General Purpose
The Care Navigator provides a partnership approach to healthcare and
community-based services, to support medical, social, developmental,
behavioral, educational, and financial needs to optimize health and wellness.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each
essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
Coordinates, monitors, and evaluates provider services and care, to
include home and/or school visits, physician/hospital visits, and
therapy visits, for a specified client population.
Assesses client needs through thorough interviews.
Documents all client encounters and contracts made on behalf of
clients/families.
Evaluates and documents the progress of individual therapeutic programs and
makes modifications, as required.
Facilitates client/family access to healthcare, school, and community
resources.
Assists client/family to develop natural resources and connects them with
support networks.
Researches and understands community resources.
Travels throughout our service area to meet with clients/families, service
providers and community partners.
Works with clients and/or families to assess, develop, implement,
monitor, and modify plans.
Performs other duties as assigned
Supervisory Duties (if any)
None
Job Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills, and Ability:
Ability to develop, implement, and modify multidisciplinary health care plans.
Ability to develop, implement, evaluate and modify plans for therapeutic
programs and services.
Ability to make administrative/procedural decisions and judgments.
Knowledge of billing procedures for clinical and social services.
Knowledge of clinical and social services documentation procedures and
standards.
Knowledge of community health and social services agencies and networks.
Knowledge of nursing and case management theory and practice.
Knowledge of basic patient care charts and histories.
Strong interpersonal, communication skills.
Ability to work effectively in diverse populations.
Education or Formal Training:
Bachelor's degree in social work, counseling, psychology or a related
health care field, from an accredited institution.
Experience
Bachelor's degree or higher in a non-related field with one (1) year
working experience in the health field
Working Conditions and Other Conditions of Employment
WorkingEnvironment:
This job operates in a fast-paced, professional office environment and
routinely requires the use of standard office equipment such as computers,
phones, photocopiers. The position may require travel to conferences,
meetings and branch locations on a regular or intermittent basis. Work may
involve moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme
temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and/or
loud noises. In the health center environment, there is potential for
contact with blood-borne pathogens and communicable diseases, as well as
potential for contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals. There could be
interaction with persons who are mentally ill, disabled, elderly and
emotionall
Physical Activities:
These are representative of those which must be met to successfully perform
the essential functions of this job.
This is a largely sedentary role but can involve standing or sitting for
extended periods of time, bending at the waist, and using hands and
fingers to handle and file papers or operate assigned equipment. While
performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to
talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
Employee may also have to lift 10 to 25 lbs. unassist d.
Conditions of Employment:
Annual TB, federally required drug screening, and Influenza vaccination or
compliance with policy and procedure.
Required possession of a valid state driver's license.
Successful candidate must submit to and pass, post-offer drug screen
Solvista Health is deeply committed to building a workplace and community
where inclusion is not only valued, but prioritized. We're proud to be an
equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,
disability, or status as a protected veteran.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified
individuals with disabilities in the employment application process. To
request an accommodation, please contact Human Resources at
hr@solvistahealth.org, or by phone at 719-275-2351.