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POSITION SUMMARY
The Public Health Technician provides HIV, HCV, STD, TB and PrEP education, counseling and testing to at-risk individuals. The goal of this interaction is to assist the client in recognizing behaviors that are placing them at risk and identifying solutions to reduce risks. Clients receiving HIV testing must be provided risk reduction and post test counseling with referral to ancillary services provided if needed. Assists individuals who test positive for HIV in accessing services. Position requires familiarity with community resources in order to conduct referrals to services including; substance abuse treatment, STD/TB Clinics, and other services. Provide HIV/AIDS/HCV and PrEP education to public in traditional and non-traditional settings. Assists senior staff in developing new testing sites and collaborations with other entities.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Preferred (2) years’ experience in the human services field.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
Must be willing to access clients in locations where at-risk individuals congregate.
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Social & Legal Services
$65k-94k (estimate)
12/06/2023
05/08/2024
specialhealth.org
TEXARKANA, TX
200 - 500
1991
JOEY PACK
$10M - $50M
Social & Legal Services
Special Health Resources for Texas, Inc. is committed to delivering comprehensive physical and mental health care of the highest standard to the 23 counties of East Texas in the most accessible and affordable methods possible. SHRT provides comprehensive health care services to the most medically fragile in East Texas with clinics serving Longview, Tyler, Paris, Texarkana and the surrounding smaller communities. For over twenty years, SHRT has provided the communities of East Texas with access to quality health care. SHRT emerged from two programs joined in an effort to serve the rapidly growi...ng HIV population of East Texas in 1989. What began two decades ago as an effort to serve that emerging HIV population of East Texas, has now expanded into full service clinics catering to the most under-served in our communities. SHRT offers a wide variety of services to our patients with the goal of treating the whole patient and the whole family under one roof. In addition to our HIV Screening and Treatment Services, we also provide our patients with Adult and Pediatric Primary Care, OB/GYN and Maternity, Dental Care, Vaccination and Immunization, as well as treatment for Substance Abuse and Mental Health.
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