Public Health Ambassador

About the role

ONLY PERMANENT EMPLOYEES IN THE TITLE AND THOSE THAT ARE REACHABLE ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISER CIVIL SERVICE LIST ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

Division/Program Summary

The Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health (BMIRH) envisions a world where all people live healthy, fulfilling sexual and reproductive lives, and where all children are wanted, born healthy, nurtured and loved. To this end, the key goals of the Bureau are to promote early childhood development, improve sexual and reproductive health, and improve the health of mothers and infants.

The Bureau of Maternal, Infant and Reproductive Health (BMIRH) is dedicated to improving and reducing inequities in maternal, infant, and reproductive health outcomes through program policy and research initiatives. The Bureau strives to apply a sexual and reproductive and racial justice framework to our work and fully engage community partners to move this work forward.

DOHMH's New Family Home Visits (NFHV) Initiative serves families from pregnancy through the postpartum period. NFHV incorporates a strong mental-health and chronic-disease focus, including screening for diabetes, hypertension, maternal depression, and anxiety, along with referrals to needed services. The citywide program serves families residing in the Taskforce on Racial Inclusion and Equity (TRIE) neighborhoods, DHS shelters and residents of NYCHA. These are neighborhoods and communities burdened by adverse maternal and child health outcomes.

We are seeking a candidate who is able to inspire, influence and enable others to achieve a specific mission and meet program goals.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct telephone follow-ups with program clients to provide follow-up health education on maternal and infant health education, including breastfeeding, safe sleep, early childhood development and chronic illness.
• Work on a multi -disciplinary team to support referral follow-up for program clients that are visited by the Newborn Home Visiting Program and other partners.
• Provide screenings, and health education on maternal and infant health issues, including breastfeeding, safe sleep and early childhood development and conduct environmental assessments.
• Collect and enter data; monitor, review, manage case assignments and conduct referral follow-up.
• Conduct home visits to eligible families to distribute Injury prevention and maternal and infant items including but not limited to cribs and breast pumps.
• Accompany lead home visiting and other program staff on home visits as needed.
• Perform community outreach and program marketing in geographic areas of interest throughout NYC to promote the New Family Home Visits Program.
• Assist program leadership and other program staff in other assignments as needed.

Why you should work for us

• Benefits: City employees are entitled to unmatched benefits such as:

• o a premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10K annually, per a 2024 assessment.
• o additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position's associated union/benefit fund.
• o a public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• o a tax-deferred savings program and o a robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep you healthy while serving New Yorkers.

• Work From Home Policy: Depending on your position, you may be able to work up to two days during the week from home.
• Job Security - you could enjoy more job security compared to private sector employment and be able to contribute to making NYC a healthy place to live and work.

Additional information

Established in 1805, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC Health Department) is the oldest and largest health department in the U.S., dedicated to protecting and improving the health of NYC.

We provide a wide array of programs and services focused on food and nutrition, anti-tobacco support, chronic disease prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, family and child health, environmental health, mental health, and social justice initiatives.

As the primary population health strategist and policy authority for NYC, with a rich history of public health initiatives and scientific advancements, from addressing the 1822 yellow fever outbreak to the COVID-19 pandemic, we serve as a global leader in public health innovation and expertise.

Come join us and help to continue our efforts in making a difference in the lives of all New Yorkers!

Qualifications & Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by twelve semester credits in health education, or in health, social or biological sciences; or

Note

• For certain assignments, satisfactory completion of training in phlebotomy or other necessary procedures is required. Certification in HIV counseling may be required for certain other assignments.
• Public Health Advisers are required to have an annual health assessment.
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, and six months of full-time satisfactory experience in a health promotion or disease intervention/prevention program, performing one or more of the following: interviewing, conducting community investigations, assessing health risks, making referrals, or collecting and analyzing epidemiological data; or

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• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or

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• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for one year of full-time experience. However, all candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and either twelve semester credits as described in "1" above or six months of experience as described in "2" above.

Note

• To be assigned to Assignment Level II, candidates must have, in addition to meeting the minimum qualification requirements listed above, at least one year of experience as a Public Health Adviser, Assignment Level I, or at least one additional year of experience as described in Qualification Requirement "2" above.