Peer Prevention Specialist/Ukhc

Peer Prevention Specialist/UKHC

RE40134

EIS Peer Health Educator

H5001: Pharmacy Services- KIRP

London KY

06

$16.20-24.82/hour

Staff

Full-Time

http://www.uky.edu/hr/employment/working-uk/equivalencies

None

This position will require driving between multiple syringe services program and outreach locations over a defined service area in Laurel County and the associated/surrounding counties (Garrard, Lincoln, Rockcastle, Jackson, Laurel, Clay, Knox, and Bell counties).

This position must be willing to work in different environments (both office-based and on the ground), at times best suited to the community (including some evenings and weekends). This includes hours outside of traditional office hours (i.e., 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.).

This position will be embedded in a Harm Reduction Program in the Laurel County Health Department and the surrounding service area (Garrard, Lincoln, Rockcastle, Jackson, Laurel, Clay, Knox, and Bell counties) and will serve as an EIS Peer Health Educator. This position will provide targeted HIV and Hepatitis C testing and counseling to persons presenting for services at the harm reduction programs to help the unaware learn of their status. This position will requiring driving throughout a defined service area in Laurel County and the surrounding counties. This position will refer persons found to be positive for HIV or Hepatitis C to medical care and treatment services at key points of entry for Outpatient/Ambulatory Health Services, Medical Case Management, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. This position will provide interventions and educational information to persons at high-risk for contracting or transmitting HIV on how to reduce the risk of HIV transmission and will work with individuals to assess individual risk needs and connecting them to appropriate resources as needed. This position will provide information about medical and psychosocial support services and counseling to improve the participants health status. Educational topics covered to include: risk reduction strategies to reduce transmission including comprehensive HIV, Hepatitis C, and STI prevention counseling, preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for clients’ partners and treatment as prevention and harm reduction. This position will provide tools to clients to improve their health literacy, increase retention in medical care, and improve treatment adherence to achieve better health outcomes. This position is distribute patient education materials (pamphlets and books) as well as risk reduction supplies (sharps containers and condoms) to persons at high risk for contracting or transmitting HIV. The EIS Peer Health Educator will represent the Target4 Project within the local health department and assist in collaborations and strategic planning.
This position is part of Target4 Project and will be funded by the the Kentucky AIDS Drug Assistance Program (KADAP) income Reinvestment Program (KIRP). This position is part of the KIRP program and will require travel in a defined service area within the Commonwealth of Kentucky, specifically in Laurel County and the surrounding service area (Garrard, Lincoln, Rockcastle, Jackson, Laurel, Clay, Knox, and Bell counties).
This position has been identified as supporting UK HealthCare, which receives funding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Therefore, all individuals hired into this position must comply with the federal CMS mandate issued in March of 2022. This mandate requires all new hires to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination or obtain an approved medical or religious exemption as a condition of employment. Start of employment cannot occur until two weeks after receiving the full COVID-19 vaccination series or upon obtaining an approved exemption. Only vaccines approved by the World Health Organization can be accepted.

The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of and experience using Microsoft Windows, including the Office applications Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.

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Substance abuse disorder experience. Looking for lived, personal experience with substance use disorder.

05/28/2023

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