CARE Navigator - Family Health Center of Harlem

CARE NAVIGATOR – Family Health Center of Harlem

Brief Description

Works as part of an interdisciplinary team to assist patients address personal and environmental difficulties that could negatively affect treatment adherence. Care Navigators ensure the execution of service plans by accompanying patients to medical appointments, promoting healthy living, providing social support, health education literature, conducting home visits, community outreach, and obtaining health home consents. Care Navigator adheres to evidence‑based guidelines and carries out pre‑visit planning, providing case management to address each patient’s individual needs in relation to treatment adherence—including but not limited to transportation to medical appointments and childcare.

Requirements

• HS Diploma or GED required.
• Knowledge of programs and services.
• Ability to write professional reports and correspondence.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of health care.
• Ability to identify resources and utilize problem‑solving skills to meet patients’ individual needs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time‑management and organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills required.
• Bi‑lingual, Spanish preferred.

Licenses/Certifications Required
Not applicable

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action
The Institute for Family Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. This job summary is intended to be brief and may not list all the duties and functions required; however, it does highlight the essential requirements. Nothing outlined in this job summary is to be construed as an express or implied contract of employment.

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Job Details

• Senior level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Other, Information Technology, and Management
• Industries:
  Hospitals and Health Care