Recovery Support Navigator

Lynn Community Health Center; Lynn (MA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Lynn Community Health Center in Lynn, MA is seeking a Recovery Support Navigator to help patients navigate health and social service systems, develop service plans, and access benefits. The RSN works with the care team, coordinates scheduling and follow-up, documents in the EMR, tracks data, and advocates to ensure continuity of care across programs.

This role requires compassionate outreach, cultural and linguistic sensitivity, and the ability to connect patients with community resources to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Associate's degree (or equivalent combination of formal education and experience in community health) plus a minimum of 1-2 years in healthcare is preferred.
• Preference for experience in substance use disorders or related health care settings.

Responsibilities

• Addresses patients' needs and goals of funding agencies
• Monitors patients' progress via level of functioning, adherence to treatment plans, recovery/relapse process and service needs
• Assists with scheduling outpatient visits and follow-up as needed
• Provides referrals and supports clients using culturally, linguistically and educationally appropriate strategies
• Develops and maintains relationships with community resources to ensure patient access
• Collaborates with health care team members to promote prevention and harm reduction

Skills

Healthcare experience

Case management

Communication

Cultural competency

Education

Bachelor's or Associate's degree

Job description

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Recovery Support Navigator

Reception Lynn, MA, US

$21.54 To $28.99 Hourly

Recovery Support Navigator - Full Time

The Recovery SupportNavigator(RSN) helpspatients navigate systems, develops a service plan based on those identified needs, facilitates access to social service benefits and other internal and external resources, monitors thepatient's progress, and advocates on behalf of thepatient to ensure completeness and continuity of care. The RSN works collaboratively with team members and providers, reaches out to patients for scheduling and monitoring of continued progress, and tracks relevant data points as required. Responsible for documentation in the electronic medical record and complying with all data entry, data integrity, and data tracking requirements for LCHC and funding agencies' contract monitoring reports as required.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES / DUTIES:

Addressing Needs

• Addresses patients' needs and goals of funding agencies
• Monitorspatients' progress via patient's level of functioning, adherence to treatment plans, recovery/relapse process and/or service needs
• Assists with scheduling outpatient visits and follow-up as needed
• Provides referrals and supports clients using a variety of culturally, linguistically and educationally appropriate strategies, in a variety of settings. Coordinates with Interpreter Services, as needed
• Develops and maintains strong relationships with the community and resources to ensurepatientaccess
• Collaborates and coordinates with health care team members, including social work, to promote positive prevention, harm reduction.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors or Associate's degree (or equivalent combination of formal education and experience in community health) plus a minimum of 1 - 2 years in healthcare is preferred.

EXPERIENCE:

• Preference for 2+ years of experience working in a health care setting, preferably with individuals with substance use disorders.