Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary
The PREP Clinic Coordinator plays a critical role in helping to facilitate, coordinate, educate, and bring awareness to the city’s efforts to end the HIV epidemic. The PREP Clinic Coordinator will be part of the Community Health Team focused on HIV/STI prevention and PREP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis) adoption among high-risk populations. This position supports the Community Health Team goals of preventing HIV/STI infections by providing access to treatment, offering supportive services, and delivering education and sexual health services that are sex-positive and inclusive. The primary responsibility of the PrEP Clinic Coordinator is to aid in the coordination and success of the PREP Clinic Program within the health center to meet operational demands. This includes expansion of PREP and PEP uptake, direct service to clients, program coordination, and team mentorship. The PREP Clinic Coordinator works directly with the Sr. Director of Community Health to ensure program productivity and sustainability. This position will also identify outreach opportunities to promote health and wellness services to HIV+ individuals who are not currently in care as well as engage individuals with an immediate need for Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP).
Primary Essential Duties:
• Serves as the lead to patients of the PREP Clinic to answer general questions about PREP and the clinic.
• Supports the Prevention Programs Manager in all the PREP Clinic operations.
• Coordinates PREP Clinic clients’ prescriptions from our pharmacy daily and keeps hold of those prescriptions until delivery.
• Coordinates PREP injectable treatment for PrREP Clinic patients.
• Coordinates with pharmacy with the delivery of the injectable treatment for PREP and maintains inventory of the medication until it is administered.
• Administers Injectable cabotegravir for PREP for PREP patients.
• Provides one-on-one PREP and sexual health educational sessions.
• Conducts HIV/STI testing.
• Draws blood via standing order and processes the labs.
• Provides referrals to the PREP Navigator and for other Whitman-Walker program and services when applicable.
• Leads quarterly patient re-engagement campaign.
• Creates monthly reports.
• Documents all work activities according to established standards, collecting data for production in weekly, monthly, and annual reports, and assists with the creation of those
reports as necessary.
• Assists with maintenance of testing kits, lab materials, and other physical inventory.
• Performs outreach to community agencies and social groups, promoting collaboration, referrals to Whitman-Walker programs, and enrollment of new clients in Whitman-Walker
services.
• Develops guidelines, reports, procedures, and policies. Sets priorities and standards for achieving program goals and evaluates program activities.
Knowledge, Skills, and Talents Required:
• Knowledge of ambulatory healthcare, HIV/STDs, substance abuse, PEP/PREP.
• Knowledge of the DC community.
• Ability to conduct sensitive, empathetic interviews that respect the dignity and diversity of clients.
• Excellent face-to-face interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively educate, treat, and counsel
clients from diverse educational, social, and economic backgrounds.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the charisma, energy, and enthusiasm to
present and facilitate group and individual interventions.
• Well-honed analytical skills, including the ability to understand, interpret, and present data related to the
tracking of various Community Health related events, diseases, and behaviors.
• Developed organizational skills, including the ability to juggle several tasks at once and the capability to
consistently reprioritize work as necessary to meet deadlines.
Education and Experience Required:
• Bachelor's Degree or at least four years of direct experience.
• HIV testing and training certification from INSTI preferred; experience providing counseling to people living
with HIV preferred.
• Experience working with a broadly diverse population and ability to work harmoniously with diverse groups of
individuals required.
• Completion of phlebotomy training is required.
• Completion of administering injection training is required.