Associate Director, Sexual Health Services

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Associate Director, Sexual Health Services leads the development, implementation and management of APLA Health’s sexual health services. This position is responsible for the oversight of HIV testing, and STD screening and treatment, PrEP navigation, and outreach to attract patients to all sexual health services, as well as ensuring smooth integration of these services into the clinics. In addition, they are responsible for management of the APLA Health Sexual Health Express clinic. This position will ensure that all sexual health programming is in alignment with APLA Health’s harm reduction philosophy.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides supervisory duties to program staff including, but not limited to:
• Hiring of program staff
• Training of new program staff
• Conducting employee evaluations
• Dispensing disciplinary action up to and including the termination of program staff
• Approval of time off/vacation requests
• Developing training plans
• Developing yearly program objectives/goals
• Developing and monitoring program budgets.

• In coordination with the Medical Director and Nursing Director, develops and implements workflows for the Sexual Health Express clinic, as well as sexual health services in the primary care clinics.
• In coordination with the Director, Sexual Health & HIV Prevention Services, COO and CIO, integrates appropriate technology into patient experience to streamline services and improve patient satisfaction.
• Recruit, onboard and supervise Sexual Health Program Manager, who will oversee HIV Social & Sexual Networks staff, PrEP Outreach staff, and CEDIS specialists.
• Supervise Biomedical, who oversees PrEP navigation services; ensure collaboration and communication between non-clinical and clinical PrEP staff.
• Supervise Sexual Health Express Clinic Manager, who will supervise front office operations for the Sexual Health Express clinic including intake, benefits screening, check-in and checkout.
• Supervise Sexual Health Express Clinic Nurse Manager, who will supervise clinical staff including medical assistants/HCT counselors, phlebotomists, and lab technicians.
• Remain informed of advancements and changes in sexual health policy, medication availability and treatment, and in coordination with the Medical Director determine the feasibility of incorporating changes into APLA Health protocols.

• Develop staff trainings/in-services for clinical staff
• Works in collaboration with the Nursing Director to ensure on-going trainings and educational needs of clinical staff are met.
• Maintain adequate medical supplies and medications for clinical areas by monitoring supplies and ordering supplies as needed.
• Works in collaboration with the Nursing Director to ensure compliance with OSHA, local, state and federal regulations.    

OTHER DUTIES MAY BE ASSIGNED TO MEET BUSINESS NEEDS.