CARE NAVIGATOR - Urban

The Institute For Family Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The Institute For Family Health in New York, NY, is seeking a Care Navigator to support patients by addressing personal and environmental barriers to treatment adherence. You will accompany patients to medical appointments, promote healthy living, provide social support, and distribute health education literature while conducting home visits and community outreach.

Responsibilities include ensuring engagement, obtaining health home consents, and performing pre-visit planning and case management

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or GED required.
• Knowledge of programs and services.
• Ability to write professional reports and correspondence.
• Excellent interpersonal, time management and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients with personal and environmental barriers to treatment adherence.
• Accompany patients to medical appointments and promote healthy living.
• Provide social support, health education materials, and conduct home visits.
• Coordinate community outreach and ensure engagement with care plans.
• Ensure consent for health home and perform pre-visit planning and case management.

Skills

Program knowledge

Report writing

Teamwork

Healthcare knowledge

Resource identification

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Organizational skills

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Job description

• Location 50 98 East 168th St,Bronx, NY, 10452,United States
• Base Pay $21.77 - $21.77 / Hour
• Job Category Care Navigator
• Employee Type FT Non-Exempt
• Required Degree High school

Description

Works as part of an interdisciplinary team to assist patients address personal and environmental difficulties which could negatively affect treatment adherence. Care Navigators will ensure the execution of service plans by accompanying patients to medical appointments, promoting healthy living, providing social support, health education literature, conducting home visits, and community outreach, as well as ensuring engagement and obtaining health home consents. Care Navigator will adhere to evidence based guidelines. Care navigators will carry out pre-visit planning, provide case management to address patient’s individual needs as they pertain to treatment adherence, including but not limited to transportation to medical appointments and childcare.

Requirements

EDUCATION REQUIRED

• HS Diploma or GED required.

EXPERIENCES AND/OR SKILLS REQUIRED

• Knowledge of programs and Services
• Ability to write professional reports and correspondence
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Knowledge of health care
• Ability to identify resources and utilize problem solving skills in order to meet patient’s individual needs
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Not applicable

The Institute for Family Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. This job summary is intended to be brief and may not list all the duties and functions required, however, it does highlight the essential requirements. Nothing outlined in this job summary is to be construed as an express or implied contract of employment.