**Primary Function/General Purpose of Position**

The Victim Services Advocate (VSA) is a hospital-based professional who provides trauma informed, patient centered advocacy and support to individuals experiencing domestic or intimate partner violence, sexual violence, human trafficking, child abuse, elder abuse and workplace violence. The VSA is a core member of the Violence Response Team inclusive of Forensic Nurse Examiners, Victim Service Advocates and Community Health Workers, who work collaboratively to support patients throughout their medical care encounter and following discharge.

**Essential Job Functions**

_​_ Respond promptly to patients in the emergency department and inpatient units who disclose or are identified as experiencing violence or abuse.

+ Collaborate with Forensic Nurse Examiners, other Violence Response Team members and other hospital departments to ensure coordinated, trauma -informed care during medical and forensic examina...