Patient Navigator - Newark, United States - Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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Newark, United States

3 weeks ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Position Details:

Position Information
Recruitment/Posting Title

Patient Navigator

MCM
Job Category

Academic

Healthcare
Medical and Patient Services
Department
NJMS-MedicineInfectious Disease
Overview
New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings.

We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations.

Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Patient Navigator for NJMS-MedicineInfectious Disease. This position provides clients with medical case management services as defined by the Health Resource Services Administration (HRSA).

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

Provides client-centered services that link clients with health care, psychosocial, and other services.
Coordinates and followsup to ensure that medical treatments have been provided.
Ensures timely and coordinated access to medically appropriate levels of health and support services and continuity of care, through ongoing assessment of the client's and other key family members' needs and personal support systems.
Ensures that comprehensive medical case management is provided including the provision of treatment adherence counseling to ensure readiness for, and adherence to, complex HIV/AIDS treatments.
Key activities include (1) initial assessment of service needs; (2) development of a comprehensive, individualized service plan; (3) provision of services required to implement the plan; (4)monitoring to assess the efficacy of the plan; and (5) periodic reevaluation and adaptation of the plan as necessary over the life of the client.

Position Status

Full Time
Hours Per Week

Daily Work Shift

Work Arrangement

FLSA

Exempt
Grade
22S
Position Salary
59,590
Annual Minimum Salary

Annual Mid Range Salary

Annual Maximum Salary

Standard Hours

37.50
Union Description
HPAE, Local 5094
Payroll Designation
PeopleSoft
Benefits

Seniority Unit

Terms of Appointment

Staff 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility

ABP

Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
Bachelor's Degree in a Health, Public Health, Social Work or other relevant field required; plus two (2) years' experience in the development and/or operations of community programs required.
Equivalent education, experience, and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirements.

Certifications/Licenses

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Computer literacy with competence in Microsoft Office components required.
Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong organizational skills; detail oriented
Able to function independently and work flexible hours; friendly, outgoing, sociable; openminded & nonjudgmental; caring, empathic, compassionate; committed, dedicated, persistent; creative & resourceful.

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of Newark community preferred. Bilingual skills (English/Spanish)
Phlebotomy certification
NJDHSS HIV counselor certification

Equipment Utilized

Physical Demands and Work Environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Computer literacy, typing, working at multiple workstations in a shared environment, ability to speak clearly, write proficiently. Extensive reading and extended sitting, ability to move from unit to unit. Position requires standing and walking over 2/3 of the time.

Talking, hearing & sight are essential; requires clear close & distance vision, peripheral & color vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Position requires lifting to 10 lbs; on occasion more based upon patient demands