HIV Prevention Counselor

About the role

Serving one million patients and their families annually. Advancing medical knowledge, technologies and practices. Developing and educating the next generation of exceptional health care professionals. With more than 100 locations in hospital-based clinics, outpatient health and specialty care centers, we provide the most advanced medicine and thoughtful, patient-centric care to the greater metro-Detroit community. Job Summary: The Prevention Specialist is responsible providing STD (gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomonas, syphilis, HSV 1 & 2, etc.) and HIV prevention education to people living with HIV and people at a high risk of acquiring or transmitting STDs and HIV. The Prevention Specialist position specializes in providing STD and HIV prevention education to gay/bisexual men living with HIV/AIDS and their sexual partners as well as high risk heterosexual males and females. Job Description: Essential Duties & Responsibilities: 1. Provide specialized HIV prevention education to HIV positive individuals, including individualized sessions and educational workshops. 2. Conduct scientific based prevention education sessions with HIV positive individuals, and individuals at high-risk for HIV infection, including individual sessions, workshops, and social marketing activities for on-going recruitment. 3. Coordinate and implement all program activities as per scope of work and timeline. 4. Prepare and develop all program curriculums, materials, fliers, and all other printed materials required by the program or based on client's needs. 5. Coordinate with Wellness program staff and Manager of Prevention Services for health education and materials approval. 6. Link newly diagnosed individuals to care services, including case management and doctor appointments, as well as helping with access to health insurance. 7. Conduct process and outcome evaluation activities. 8. Collect data, conduct data entry and prepare monthly program statistics. 9. Prepare draft progress and final reports for programs and activities. 10.Develop relationships with the community in order to gain access to HIV positive individuals and individuals at risk for HIV infection. 11.Represent the program at community meetings, and represent Wellness at committee meetings. 12.Attend specialized training specific to HIV prevention program design and implementation, and behavior change theory application. 13.Attend medical updates conferences and other program related trainings. 14.All other duties as assigned. Competency: To perform the job successfully, the Prevention Specialist must demonstrate the following competencies; 1. Excellent written and communication skills 2. Ability to coordinate multiple assignments 3. Ability to determine priorities 4. Proficiency in English grammar and composition 5. Strong interpersonal skills and professional attitude 6. Ability to represent Wellness in a professional manner at all times