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Position Details Position Information Recruitment/Posting Title Health Educator III Job Category Staff & Executive - Healthcare Department NJMS-Pediatrics-Adolescent Medicine Overview New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state-at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Health Educator III for NJMS- Pediatrics. The Health Educator III is responsible for stimulating public awareness of health needs, sound health practices, hospital and community resources. Promotes public awareness of HIV and STI for prevention and improved public health status. Conducts outreach and case management to clients that are lost to care and links those who are newly diagnosed with HIV to appropriate care and treatment programs. Provides HIV counseling (ARTAS), testing and referrals for clients receiving services on the STOP mobile unit and on-site. Serves as lead HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Counselor. Participates in the Youth Advisory Board (YAB)Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Studies and assesses health education needs of the community and analyzes the knowledge, interactions, beliefs, and practices of people in the community to identify populations at risk of HIV infection and determine possible barriers to health education processes.
- Applies the CDC's Social Networking Strategy utilized to recruit clients for program participation and referrals for HIV testing.
- Provides outreach to HIV positive individuals who are lost to care. Links those who are newly diagnosed to services and resources.
- Assess and identify individuals that would benefit from PrEP and initiate referrals for treatment when appropriate. Maintains PrEP Counselor certification.
- Serves as lead PrEP counselor including sessions, data entry and management in PrEP database, and PrEP monthly report.
- Provides family planning coun
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