Disease Intervention Specialist
Accentuate Staffing
Charlotte, NC
Accentuate Staffing has an immediate opening for a Disease Intervention Specialist in the Charlotte, NC area. The Disease Intervention Specialist plays a crucial role in swift disease response through a variety of public health interventions and prevention strategies. This position involves direct engagement with patients, their partners, and healthcare providers to address sensitive medical topics, such as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and sexual health concerns. The ideal candidate will excel in communicating complex, sensitive information with empathy, professionalism, and discretion, always ensuring patient confidentiality.
Responsibilities:
- Notify clients of positive and negative STD and HIV test results, providing counseling either in the clinic or in the field. Secure medical treatment, follow up, or make appropriate medical and psychosocial referrals as needed.
- Conduct in-person interviews with syphilis and HIV/AIDS patients to provide disease information, counseling, and risk reduction planning. Gather detailed personal information about their sexual and needle-sharing partners.
- Refer clients and individuals at risk of STD/HIV/AIDS to suitable medical, substance abuse treatment, and psychosocial resources.
- Identify, notify, and counsel sexual and needle-sharing partners, suspects, and high-risk associates who may have been exposed to syphilis or HIV.
- Facilitate and ensure the testing, treatment, and follow-up of HIV/STD partners and associates through county health departments or private healthcare providers.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive documentation and reports of all field activities, cases, and interactions with partners and infected individuals.
- Uphold client confidentiality by adhering to legal, departmental, and organizational policies and protocols during fieldwork, record-keeping, and communications.
Requirements:
- Availability to work onsite Monday through Friday.
- Reliable transportation (mileage reimbursement provided).
- Proficiency in MS Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Associate’s degree preferred.
- Strong customer service skills and a genuine compassion for helping others.
- CNAs, Medical Assistants, EMT’s are encouraged to apply.
- This role demands a high level of sensitivity, communication skills, and professionalism to effectively manage disease intervention and support the health and well-being of individuals within the community.
About the Company
Accentuate Staffing
Since 1996, Accentuate Staffing has delivered “The Power of Positive” to you. As one of the Triangle’s largest woman-owned companies, Accentuate Staffing sources candidates in the career specialties of Accounting/Finance, Office Professional, Information Technology, Scientific/Clinical, Light Industrial and R&D Consulting services. The current roster of more than 250 corporate clients is diverse, highly regarded, and often exclusive. Accentuate Staffing’s honors include nine Triangle Business Journal Fast 50 awards, four Raleigh Chamber Pinnacle Awards, No. 222 on the INC 500 list and an inaugural winner of the TBJ’s A Better World Award. Accentuate Staffing cherishes its position as a leader in the community, offering support to charitable institutions including Children’s Flight of Hope, National Students of AMF, the MS Society, the Shepard’s Table Soup Kitchen, and Stop Hunger Now among others. For detailed information on how “The Power of Positive” can impact your company or your career, please visit at www.accentuatestaffing.com.