Work Activities for research and epidemiologic positions: Under the direction of the New York State Department of Health supervising staff, contracted staff will perform epidemiologic, other datarelated investigatory services, and program evaluation assistance related to the Governor’s Ending the Epidemic Initiative, the AIDS Institute Research Agenda, and AIDS Institute Priority Areas. Specific job duties include, but are not limited to, the following: o Participate in the development, implementation, collection, processing and analysis of AIDS Institute maintained databases, including HIV surveillance data and AIDS Institute Reporting System (AIRS) data. o Serve as a “data-related liaison” between the AIDS Institute’s surveillance staff, AI program staff including contract managers, and external collaborators (e.g., Department of Corrections and Community Supervision staff, OASAS staff, and other key collaborators), to ensure appropriate coordination and management of data associated with Ending the Epidemic (ETE) programming. o Facilitate the use of AIDS Institute maintained databases for programmatic purposes consistent with the ETE Initiative (e.g., conduct searches within the New York State HIV surveillance data for patients thought to have fallen out of HIV-related medical care and use this information to generate field assignments to link out-of-care persons back to HIVrelated medical care). o Participate in data-driven continuous quality improvement activities designed to improve the quality of HIV ETE-related programming, including (but not limited to), targeted and routine HIV testing, linkage to prevention and care, treatment adherence and viral load suppression. o Assist in the review, update, and revision of partner services field manuals, policies and procedures, and operations guidance to reflect ETE-related additions and the breadth of current practice. Provide in-service training on legal mandates, case definition and reporting requirements, and the use of HIV-related data for programmatic purposes. o Assist with the development of SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time-bound) objectives, key variable measurements, and evaluation planning for new ETE programming. o Conduct medical record reviews to verify cases of HIV infection, to verify the offer of HIV testing per public health law and to facilitate new ETE-related programming. o Provide technical assistance to hospital, primary care, and ambulatory care practices related to the implementation of routine testing and compliance with New York State public health law. Provide training and technical assistance to AIDS Institute contract management staff and AIDS Institute-funded HIV testing providers related to improving the efficiency of targeted testing initiatives in New York State. o Provide data driven decision making technical assistance related to priority ETE initiatives. o Provide support and technical assistance in the development and modification of the tools, the ETE Dashboard and other mechanisms for measuring ETE progress
