Mental Health Care Navigator: Care Coordination & Discharge

Johns Hopkins Medicine; Baltimore (MD); Sur place; USD 28 000 - 47 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore seeks a Psychiatric Care Navigator to coordinate patient discharges with social work and a multidisciplinary team, ensuring smooth transitions of care and continuity.

You will communicate with referral sources, connect patients to community resources, and obtain insurance authorizations as needed, supporting positive outcomes and equitable care across the hospital.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in psychology, social work, or a related field required; bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Knowledge of mental health care, community resources, social work practices, and the current health care environment.
• Familiarity with utilization review and insurance authorization processes.
• Ability to gather and synthesize information to support patient-care decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with patients, families, hospital staff, and community providers.
• Experience providing social work or care coordination services in a health care or mental health setting.
• Strong assessment, problem-solving, and organizational skills, including the ability to identify barriers to care and recommend improvements.

Responsabilités

• Coordinate patient discharges with social work and multidisciplinary teams.
• Support smooth transitions of care and continuity.
• Communicate with referral sources and connect patients with community resources.
• Obtain insurance authorizations as needed and ensure documentation.

Connaissances

Mental health knowledge

Community resources knowledge

Social work practices

Health care environment awareness

Utilization review

Insurance authorization

Data gathering & synthesis

Communication skills

Care coordination experience

Assessment skills

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Barrier identification

Formation

Associate degree in psychology or social work

Bachelor's degree preferred

Description du poste

Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore seeks a Psychiatric Care Navigator to coordinate patient discharges with social work and a multidisciplinary team, ensuring smooth transitions of care and continuity.

You will communicate with referral sources, connect patients to community resources, and obtain insurance authorizations as needed, supporting positive outcomes and equitable care across the hospital.