Position Summary
This position is responsible for providing quality sexual health-related counseling and HIV/STI testing in an engrossing environment. You will be providing test results and education around safer sex. Gay City uses asset-based counseling techniques and applies a social justice lens to testing, LGBTQ health, and wellness.

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Provide non-judgmental and culturally competent sexual health information and resources.
• Assess the level of risk in each client and determine appropriate screenings and/or referrals.  
• Deliver positive results with compassion.  
• Complete charting and any other paperwork in a timely manner.  
• Provide outreach testing for community partners throughout Seattle and South King County
• Attend weekly staff meetings.  
• Keep current on e-mails and any changes in protocol.  
• Protect the confidentiality of clients.  
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
• Obtains blood specimens by performing venipunctures and fingersticks.
• Maintains specimen integrity by using aseptic technique, following department procedures; observing isolation procedures.
• Tracks collected specimens by initialing, dating, and noting times of collection; maintaining daily tallies of collections performed.

Qualifications

• Experience working with HIV/AIDS-impacted communities, including health promotion and HIV prevention.  
• Demonstrated ability to serve all segments of the LGBTQ community and culture, especially including mindfulness and respect with regard to people’s pronouns.
• Knowledge and familiarity of issues impacting queer and trans communities with demonstrated ability to think and work intersectionally, particularly with regard to race, class, gender, age, and ability.  
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to use sound judgment to determine the appropriate course(s) of action in complex interpersonal situations. 
• Must be highly organized, detail-oriented, and committed to delivering quality customer service.  
• Friendly, engaging presence with an ability to establish and maintain close collegial working relationships both internally and externally.  
• Established ability to maintain a high level of production while working independently.  
• General proficiency with computers and ability to learn new software. Evening and weekend availability required

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual (Spanish) 
• Knowledge of social services for LGBTQ communities
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Google Apps.
• Medical Phlebotomy license

Send resumés to jobs@gaycity.org

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