PrEP Navigator

Get ready for something extraordinary! Picture this – You've got 6 weeks of paid time off in your first year, plus 12 days of paid holidays. That's just the beginning of the perks at Vivent Health. There is 401k with 100% employer match up to 5%, 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave, employer subsidized medical, dental, vision benefits, and gender-affirming care benefits. And that's not even scratching the surface. Our complete package also includes employer paid short and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement, certification, and licensure assistance, and so much more. We also offer benefits for part-time roles!

But here's the real deal. Your journey with Vivent Health isn't just a job. It's a chance to join an organization dedicated to fostering a workforce that reflects diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences. This makes you a part of something bigger and enables you to have a meaningful impact in our communities and the lives of the amazing patients we serve.

Here are a few highlights of what working at Vivent Health may offer you:

• Equity Practices: Fair treatment, access, and opportunities for all employees, creating an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to contribute.
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for professional development and advancement, along with training programs and events that promote cultural competence, unconscious bias training, and awareness.
• Collaboration on an inter-disciplinary team: Within our integrated HIV care and prevention model, we employ a high level of collaboration across disciplines. That means that, in your role, you will have the opportunity to be exposed to whole person-care across medical, behavioral health, pharmaceutical, research, and more!
• Delivery of quality patient care: Our integrated HIV care and prevention model is proven to help patients achieve positive health outcomes.

Working at Vivent Health, you can truly serve the underserved and become an impactful part of their health journey.

Position Purpose

The Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Navigator provides intensive care coordination, support and services to HIV negative individuals who require assistance in accessing and remaining in PrEP care. This individual will coordinate with the Health Promotion team to initiate access to PrEP care and the Medical and Pharmacy teams to provide assistance to existing PrEP patients. This individual will implement a client-centered approach with individuals throughout the state, with a focus on those utilizing Vivent Health PrEP clinics.

This position will assist PrEP clients with services such as, but not limited to, health insurance enrollment, PrEP provider identification, appointment scheduling, management of clinical costs, appointment reminders, education on the benefits of PrEP and ongoing maintenance. This position will work to empower clients to navigate medical and social systems on their own.

Essential Functions

• Work with Prevention staff and others to identify potential PrEP clients and those in need of PrEP navigation services.
• Provide support to HIV negative individuals who are interested in starting PrEP and those already utilizing PrEP care.
• Complete screenings to identify readiness for PrEP and other barriers to care. Work with client to identify potential solutions.
• Assess benefits and insurance, and if needed, provide assistance to access payor programs.
• Provide PrEP disease prevention and PrEP adherence education and counseling.
• Effectively collaborate with all individuals involved in PrEP care and program delivery for the purposes of supporting high quality PrEP programming.
• Make referrals for external services needed to support PrEP care and follow up to ensure service delivery.
• Provide ongoing follow up to ensure PrEP adherence.
• In some cases, in consultation with the PrEP supervisor, provide transportation to and from PrEP appointments.
• Maintain appropriate patient files and timely documentation of services utilizing electronic prevention or medical software.
• Serve as a fully functioning member of the Prevention team, able to participate in daily activities and functions to maintain overall operations.
• Provide outreach to relevant communities with a focus on the men who have sex with men of color (MSMOC) community.
• Establish working relationships with appropriate community resources in the area, including those providing mental health and social services to the target population.
• Provide HIV/STI testing as needed to meet overall funder grant requirements.
• Any and all other duties assigned by your supervisor(s).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, public health, health care or human services from an accredited college or university is preferred.
• One year or greater field experience in prevention activities, care navigation, linkage to care, providing education and/or direct services in a community-based health center or social service environment.
• Previous experience working in the MSM of color communities.
• Understanding of and sensitivity to HIV/AIDS and PrEP.
• Knowledge of prevention, medical and social delivery systems.
• Ability to complete work assignments with minimal supervision, thoroughness and efficiency.
• Ability to communicate effectively with community members, organizational leaders, medical providers and others.
• Demonstrated cultural competency including the ability to communicate effectively and work cooperatively with individuals from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
• Dependability and punctuality.
• Working knowledge of Spanish language (bilingual) is a plus.

Salary:

Starting at $21/hourly (Depending on Experience)

Public Student Loan Forgiveness

Employment at our organization may qualify you for federal student loan forgiveness programs. We do not directly pay for – nor forgive – federal student loans; however, our status as a not-for-profit organization under Section 501 (c) (3), makes us an eligible employer. There may be other determining factors for one to qualify.

Please follow this URL to review one such program and their requirements:

https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service