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PrEP Navigator and Tester
People of Color Against AIDS NetworkFederal Way, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Aug 2026
💰 $65,000/yr
About the role
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Prevention Specialist PrEP Navigator
Job Title: Prevention Specialist Department: Prevention Department
Reports To: Medical Director Classification: Exempt
Reporting Relationship: Program Manager Supervisory Relationship: None
Salary and Compensation: $65K/yr ($31.25/hr) + $747/month benefits = $73,964 total.
Job Summary: The Prevention Specialist is an experienced and mature professional who is an essential part of the POCAAN's Prevention Care Team, working under the Prevention Program Manager's supervision. The Prevention Specialist - PrEP Navigator is responsible for providing HIV testing, counseling, and education to people at high risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) as well as providing PrEP, enrollment, education, and navigation to HIV negative individuals. The Prevention Specialist position specializes in providing HIV prevention, STI prevention, and safe sex education to gay/bisexual men, transgender, and non-binary persons, as well as high-risk heterosexual females.
As a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Navigator, you will provide intensive care coordination, support, and services to HIV negative individuals who require assistance in accessing and remaining in PrEP care. This individual will coordinate with the Prevention team to initiate access to PrEP care and the Medical and Pharmacy teams to assist existing PrEP patients.
Multi-lingual applicants welcomed ( Spanish and African languages and dialects a plus)******
Duties and Responsibilities:
Prevention Specialist PrEP Navigator
Job Title: Prevention Specialist Department: Prevention Department
Reports To: Medical Director Classification: Exempt
Reporting Relationship: Program Manager Supervisory Relationship: None
Salary and Compensation: $65K/yr ($31.25/hr) + $747/month benefits = $73,964 total.
Job Summary: The Prevention Specialist is an experienced and mature professional who is an essential part of the POCAAN's Prevention Care Team, working under the Prevention Program Manager's supervision. The Prevention Specialist - PrEP Navigator is responsible for providing HIV testing, counseling, and education to people at high risk of acquiring or transmitting HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI’s) as well as providing PrEP, enrollment, education, and navigation to HIV negative individuals. The Prevention Specialist position specializes in providing HIV prevention, STI prevention, and safe sex education to gay/bisexual men, transgender, and non-binary persons, as well as high-risk heterosexual females.
As a Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Navigator, you will provide intensive care coordination, support, and services to HIV negative individuals who require assistance in accessing and remaining in PrEP care. This individual will coordinate with the Prevention team to initiate access to PrEP care and the Medical and Pharmacy teams to assist existing PrEP patients.
Multi-lingual applicants welcomed ( Spanish and African languages and dialects a plus)******
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Weekly check-in meetings with the Program Manager and regular team meetings with the prevention team.
- Weekly maintenance of a work plan which details project goals and outcomes
- HIV 101 Training
- Motivational Interviewing
- PrEP Navigation Best Practices Training
- Participation in other agency training as directed
- Supports the mission, vision, and values of POCAAN
- Complies willingly with all organizational policies and procedures
- Supports and facilitates positive interaction with others by exhibiting individual maturity and Respect for others
- Work from a team-centered approach
- Maintain the highest level of confidentially
- Participates in appropriate professional development programs to attain and maintain competency
- Provide testing, education, counseling, and outreach that is specific, sensitive, and culturally relevant to persons of all gender identities and expression/presentation, diverse sexual orientations, communities of color, all ages (adolescents/ adults), and culturally diverse communities throughout all boroughs of King County.
- Provide individual, sex-positive, risk-reduction counseling, including brief PrEP/PEP/STI education/referrals.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date client testing records for HIV testing and referrals.
- Submit a weekly program and activity progress reports to Prevention Program Manager.
- Occasionally conduct community presentations to increase awareness of HIV prevention and testing in collaboration with the clinical team.
- Conduct outreach to recruit for testing to the priority populations in venues, neighborhoods, or areas where the client may
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