Patient Navigator/Data Analyst

$70,000 - $70,000/Yr

Physician Affiliate Group of New York

Full-time - Entry Level

1,001-5,000 employees

Ambulatory Health Care Services

About the position

The Patient Navigator/Data Analyst position is a full-time role focused on supporting a CDC-funded program aimed at reducing HIV and other communicable diseases. The role involves a combination of case management, data analysis, and direct client interaction to facilitate HIV testing and care linkage, while also contributing to programmatic quality improvement efforts under physician supervision.

Responsibilities

• Identify candidates for routine HIV testing in the adult emergency department.
• Interact with clients to perform and document rapid, point-of-care HIV testing according to hospital and state guidelines.
• Provide appropriate pre- and post-counseling and education to clients receiving rapid HIV tests.
• Link newly diagnosed HIV+ clients to care in designated HIV clinics for immediate antiviral treatment.
• Connect eligible patients to appropriate clinical outpatient care, including those with newly diagnosed HIV+, out of care HIV+, and sexually transmitted diseases.
• Provide counseling and education for HIV- clients regarding PrEP and PEP.
• Document patient interactions and communications in the EMR per program protocols.
• Participate in quality improvement efforts and focus group interviews for program enhancement.
• Attend job-related education training, seminars, and conferences as determined by the program manager.
• Identify internal and external sources of clinical data and conduct literature searches of peer-reviewed publications.
• Prepare tables, graphs, fact sheets, and written reports summarizing research results.
• Manage databases and perform descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses of data using computer software.

Requirements

• College degree required; Master's preferred in relevant fields such as Healthcare, Public Health, or Epidemiology.
• Strong understanding of medical terminology and clinical workflows.
• Experience with patients living with HIV preferred.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.

Nice-to-haves

• Bilingual in Spanish/English preferred.

Benefits

• 401(k) with 10% company contribution after one year of service and 3% starting day one.
• Choice of three tiered medical plans starting at FREE medical plans on day one.
• Excellent dental insurance including orthodontics coverage starting on day one.
• Generous paid time off program.