Lead Home Visitor

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 New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) is expanding its commitment to reducing health disparities and improving outcomes for families through the New Family Home Visits (NFHV) Initiative. This program delivers comprehensive, evidence-based home visiting services designed to improve maternal and child health outcomes in neighborhoods disproportionately affected by racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities. As DOHMH scales NFHV to reach more families, the Public Health Advisor II role is essential to the successful delivery of services.

Position Summary:
Reporting to the Supervising Public Health Advisor, the Public Health Advisor II will provide frontline services to expectant and new mothers. Through home visits and ongoing engagement, the advisor will deliver targeted health education, conduct assessments, and coordinate access to care and resources. This role plays a critical part in addressing preventable maternal and infant health issues and promoting equity across New York City communities. This position ensures that families receive consistent, high-quality health education, screenings, and referrals in the comfort of their homes supporting both immediate and long-term health outcomes for mothers and infants.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Conduct home visits to eligible mothers, delivering prenatal and post-partum education, health assessments, and referrals.
- Provide maternal and infant health education, covering topics such as breastfeeding, safe sleep, mental health, and chronic illness.
- Assess home environments for health hazards like lead, making necessary referrals for follow-up.
- Collect, monitor, and track case data, ensuring accurate documentation.
- Connect families to internal program specialists (e.g., lactation consultants, social workers) and external community-based services.
- Follow up on external referrals with post-visit phone calls.
- Engage with community providers to identify and recruit eligible families.
- Promote the program at community events, conduct neighborhood health assessments, and support senior management with additional tasks.
- Represent the NFHV program at community events, assist with neighborhood-level health assessments, and support program leadership with additional assignments as needed.
- Participate in marketing program through community events, conduct neighborhood health assessments and/or surveys, and assist senior management in other assignments.


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.

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. Our mission is to safeguard the health of every resident and cultivate a city where everyone, regardless of age, background, or location, can achieve their optimal health. 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!

Commitment to Equity:

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

The NYC Health Department is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to all individuals. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, contact Sye-Eun Ahn, Director of the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity, at [email protected] or 347-396-6549.

PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISER - 51191

1. 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
2. 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 field investigations, assessing health risks, making referrals, or collecting and analyzing epidemiological data; or
3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or
4. 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.
Additional Requirements
A. 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.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.