Community Outreach Specialist at Annex Teen Clinic

Are you looking for:

• A fun, flexible work environment where you can help shape the future of sexual healthcare in Minnesota and make a positive impact on young people’s lives?
• An organization committed to patient-centered care including longer scheduled patient appointment times?
• A predictable work schedule with generous benefits and paid time off? (Full-time employees qualify for up to 37 paid days off in their first year!)

Who We Are

The Annex Teen Clinic provides sexual health care and education for young adults through age 25 in a friendly, non-judgmental, and comfortable atmosphere.  Our services are low-cost, medically accurate, and developmentally appropriate. The Annex Teen Clinic has been providing services in Northwest Hennepin County and North Minneapolis since 1971.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

The Annex Teen Clinic is the industry leader in sexual health and education for young people through the age of 25. We pride ourselves on creating a comfortable, relaxed, and social work environment for mission-driven employees. Our services are low-cost, medically accurate, non-judgmental, and inclusive. We provide the full range of birth control methods, STI testing and treatment, pregnancy testing and all-options counseling and referrals, as well as sexuality education.

Wages

$22 - $25 per hour, depending on qualifications and experience.

Benefits

Paid vacation time, sick time, and personal time, plus nine paid holidays per year and two floating holidays; competitive health, dental, and vision insurance offerings; Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions up to $1,200/year for high deductible health plans, and options for Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA); employer paid basic life insurance with the option for additional coverage paid by the employee. The employer pays for Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) and short- and long-term disability insurance. The Annex sponsors a retirement plan with a 3% employer contribution after one year of service.

A Typical Day in the Life…

A typical day as the Annex’s Community Outreach Specialist provides an opportunity to manage the planning and implementation of outreach HIV testing services for the Annex Teen Clinic. The Community Outreach Specialist will provide sexual health and risk reduction education focused on BIPOC youth, specifically men who have sex with men through age 26 in schools, clinic, and community settings.

Responsibilities will include the following:

HIV Testing & Results Oversight

• Testing community members for HIV using mouth swab testing at community partner sites for youth and adolescents.
• Overseeing the entire process of handling HIV labs, from collecting samples at testing clinics to notifying patients of results and completing the necessary reporting.
• Ensuring that all test results are being delivered to patients in a timely and accurate manner and connecting patients to referral partners.
• Coordinating the use of electronic results, scheduling, and follow-up care.
• Reporting positive HIV results to the Minnesota Department of Health, overseeing programmatic aspects, and reporting all testing to the Director of Clinical Services and Operations as required by grant restrictions.

Education and Programming

• Educating youth and adolescents on risk factors and safer sex practices.
• Developing and implementing public health outreach programs at the Annex, managing program budgets, and overseeing marketing and public awareness campaigns.
• Maintaining a calendar of outreach activities, including community events, workshops, appearances, and other communication opportunities.
• Nurturing both new and existing community partner relationships through collaborative partnerships.

Who You Are

• You possess a minimum of 1-3 years of experience in sexual healthcare administration, direct patient care, or an associate degree in a related field.
• You hold a current BLS/CPR certificate and have work experience as a Medical Assistant, Medical Technician, or equivalent lab training or experience.
• You have experience providing reproductive health care, adolescent health care, and/or transgender health care in Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color (preferred).
• You understand the importance of client confidentiality and can maintain HIPAA compliance.
• You are skilled in managing and meeting deadlines.
• You have knowledge of HIV/STI prevention theory, techniques, and practices, harm reduction, motivational interviewing, and youth-development principles and best practices.
• You are available to work variable hours per week with the potential to work expanded hours as clinic hours expand.
• You can lift and carry up to 25 pounds with or without reasonable accommodation.
• You are committed to advancing awareness of adolescent sexual health, anti-racism, reproductive justice, and understanding youth development principles.
• You have a valid driver’s license, access to reliable transportation, and the ability to meet Annex Teen Clinic’s driving record requirements. Please note that if the license was not issued in the state of Minnesota, you have 60 days after becoming a Minnesota resident in which to apply for your Minnesota driver's license or permit.

Diversity and open expression are fundamental to the work of Annex Teen Clinic. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working environment where everyone can belong. Every member of our team enriches our work by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in our sector: individuals who identify as BIPOC, Indigenous or people of culture, LGBTQI+ and gender fluid or gender nonconforming, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), veterans, people of any age or family status. We encourage you to apply even if you feel like you don't fit 100% of the technical requirements. Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, disability, marital status, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, genetic information or a protected veteran’s status.

Our organization has a partnership with Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities (MACC) to provide administrative services including management of the hiring process. If you apply for this position, you may see references to MACC in some online materials.

Annex Teen Clinic participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. See E-Verify’s official poster at https://e-verify.uscis.gov/web/media/resourcesContents/E-Verify_Participation_Poster_ES.pdf. See E-Verify’s Right to Work poster at https://www.e-verify.gov/sites/default/files/everify/posters/IER_RightToWorkPoster%20Eng_Es.pdf.

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