Community Clinical Navigator, Catawba Division

Medical University of South Carolina; Nebraska; On-site; USD 65,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

MUSC Health is seeking a Community Clinical Navigator to shape health across the Catawba Division. This role builds trusted partnerships with seniors, employers, providers, and community groups to improve access and outcomes.

You’ll identify barriers to care, connect people to MUSC Health resources, and lead health education and wellness initiatives in the community. A clinical background and strong relationship skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in nursing, allied health, public health, health sciences or related field.
• Licensure: Current SC licensure or certification in an approved clinical healthcare discipline.
• Minimum five years of relevant community health, population health, or care navigation experience.
• Must have a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and ability to travel frequently.
• Ability to translate clinical knowledge into community health interventions.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with senior living communities, employers, and civic leaders.
• Navigate MUSC Health services and resources for community members.
• Identify barriers to care and develop practical solutions.
• Lead and participate in health education, screenings, and wellness programs.
• Turn community needs into measurable strategic initiatives.

Skills

Community health

Healthcare navigation

Relationship building

Public health

Data interpretation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or allied health

Tools

Valid driver’s license

Job description

Job Description Summary

Connect. Advocate. Build Partnerships. Transform Community Health. Make a difference beyond the walls of the hospital.

Entity Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC005241 LAN - Access & Network Development (LMC) Pay Rate Type Salary Pay Grade Health-24 Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Work Shift Day (United States of America)

MUSC Health is looking for a Community Clinical Navigator to help shape the future of healthcare throughout the Catawba Division. This is an exciting opportunity for a clinically trained professional who thrives on building relationships, solving problems, connecting people to resources, and creating healthier communities. In this highly visible role, you’ll be the clinical bridge between MUSC Health and the communities we serve—building trusted partnerships with senior living communities, active adult (55+) neighborhoods, employers, community organizations, healthcare providers, and civic leaders. You’ll use your clinical expertise to identify community health needs, remove barriers to care, connect individuals and organizations with the right MUSC Health resources, and champion initiatives that promote healthy aging, wellness, prevention, healthcare access, and population health. This is not a direct patient-care role. Instead, you’ll have the opportunity to influence health at the community level—bringing people, providers, programs, and resources together to create meaningful and measurable impact.

Why This Role Matters

Healthcare doesn’t happen only in exam rooms. It happens in neighborhoods, workplaces, senior living communities, community centers, and everyday conversations. As the Community Clinical Navigator, you’ll help MUSC Health meet people where they are. You’ll:

• Build relationships that open doors to better healthcare access.
• Help individuals and organizations navigate MUSC Health services and resources.
• Identify barriers to care and develop creative solutions.
• Champion healthy aging, prevention, wellness, and quality of life for older adults.
• Bring health education, screenings, and wellness programming into the community.
• Connect community partners with MUSC physicians, practices, service lines, and resources.
• Use community health data and engagement trends to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Help turn community needs into strategic initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Strengthen MUSC Health’s presence and impact throughout the Catawba Division.

What You’ll Do

Build Partnerships That Matter

You’ll serve as a trusted MUSC Health representative within your assigned communities, developing and sustaining relationships with senior living communities, active adult neighborhoods, employers, healthcare providers, community organizations, and civic leaders. You’ll attend community meetings, lead and support educational events, participate in wellness initiatives, and identify new opportunities to expand MUSC Health’s reach and impact.

Make Healthcare Easier to Access

Your clinical knowledge will help you connect people and organizations to the right care, provider, service, wellness program, or community resource at the right time. You’ll identify barriers to care, facilitate referrals and communication, promote preventive services and screenings, and help community partners navigate the healthcare resources available through MUSC Health.

Champion Healthy Aging

You’ll play a key role in initiatives designed to help older adults live healthier, more active, and more fulfilling lives. You’ll collaborate with community partners to identify priorities, coordinate health education and wellness programs, support screenings and outreach events, and encourage participation in evidence-based preventive health and wellness programs.

Turn Data Into Action

This role is about more than building relationships—it’s about demonstrating results. You’ll monitor participation, referral activity, partnership development, engagement trends, and program outcomes. You’ll use data, stakeholder feedback, and community health information to evaluate what’s working, identify opportunities, and recommend strategies that improve access and community impact.

Connect the Community to MUSC Health

You’ll collaborate with Business Health leadership, divisional leaders, physician practices, service lines, Marketing, and other MUSC teams to bring community priorities and MUSC resources together. You’ll help create innovative approaches that expand access, strengthen partnerships, increase awareness of MUSC Health services, and advance OneMUSC strategic priorities.

What Success Looks Like

In this role, success means more than completing a list of activities. Success looks like:

• A community partner who knows exactly where to turn when their residents or employees need healthcare resources.
• A senior living community with stronger connections to MUSC Health.
• An older adult who discovers a preventive service or wellness resource because you helped remove a barrier.
• An employer that sees MUSC Health as a trusted health partner.
• A community initiative that grows because you identified an unmet need.
• A referral pathway that becomes easier and more effective.
• Data that demonstrates your work is improving community engagement and access to care.

What You Bring

We’re looking for a clinically trained healthcare professional with at least five years of relevant experience who is energized by community engagement, relationship building, healthcare navigation, and strategic problem‑solving.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in nursing, allied health, public health, healthcare administration, health sciences, community health, or another accredited clinical healthcare discipline.

Licensure/Certification:

• Current South Carolina licensure or certification in an approved clinical healthcare discipline.
• Examples include: Registered Nurse (RN)
• Athletic Trainer (ATC)
• Physical Therapist (PT/PTA)
• Occupational Therapist (OT/COTA)
• Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
• Registered Dietitian (RD)
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
• Paramedic
• Other licensed or certified clinical healthcare professionals approved by MUSC

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification is preferred.

Experience: At least five years of experience in one or more areas such as:

• Community health
• Population health
• Healthcare operations
• Healthcare access or navigation
• Care coordination
• Clinical outreach
• Wellness programming
• Occupational or employer health
• Senior services
• Healthcare administration
• Related healthcare environments

A valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the ability to travel frequently throughout the assigned service area are required.

We’d Love to Meet You If You… Build relationships naturally and genuinely. Are comfortable walking into a room and connecting with new people. Can translate clinical knowledge into practical

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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Thank you for wanting to be part of the Medical University of South Carolina team. Whether you want to teach the next generation of health care leaders, innovate new business models, discover the next breakthrough or provide patient care, there's a role for you that fuels your passion and takes advantage of your skills. There are career opportunities available in academics, research, hospital medicine, physician practices and support services, from patient billing to IT. As an applicant, you can search jobs for all MUSC entities as well as search by category and location. MUSC attracts more than $250 million annually in research funding, making it the biggest magnet for biomedical, extramural research dollars of all institutions of higher learning in South Carolina. The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program aims to advance clinical and translational science to increase the speed at which new treatments become available to patients. MUSC Health, the clinical enterprise, operates a 750 bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized Children’s Hospital, the Ashley River Tower (cardiovascular, digestive disease, and surgical oncology), Hollings Cancer Center (one of fewer than 70 elite National Cancer Institute designated centers), a Level I Trauma Center and the Institute of Psychiatry. In addition, there are more than 100 outreach clinics, hospital/health system affiliations, and telehealth sites. U.S. News & World Report placed us among the top one percent of all American hospitals, with 11 specialties in the top 50. The MUSC Medical Center is also one of only three Magnet designated hospitals in South Carolina.