Behavioral Health Patient Navigator

Job Description:

This position is responsible to assist patients referred from Psychiatry, Emergency Department, and other units located within the facility in achieving their discharge goals for follow up treatment. The Behavioral Health Patient Navigator is instrumental in educating patients on how to access available mental health resources and services within their community.

Job Specifics

• Pay Range: $20.51 - $31.20 Non Exempt
• Benefits Eligible: Yes
• FTE: Full time
• Shift: 9:00am- 5:30pm, Monday - Friday.
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Essential Functions

• Meets with patients in need of behavioral health services who have been referred from inpatient units, Emergency Departments, and Access Centers to review their discharge plan.
• Assists patients in connecting with referred resources.
• Initiates timely follow up calls with the patient after their discharge to ensure they are following their discharge plan and receiving maximum benefit from available resources.
• Documents discharge plans in the patient record.
• Gathers needed Data and completes other required logs timely and accurately.
  Coordinates patient care needs with care providers and other hospital resources, including attending meetings where patient needs may be addressed or need to be represented.
  Establishes and maintains an accurate resource list of treatment facilities and community resources, updating the list as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience adapting quickly when the need arises.
• Knowledge of available behavioral health community resources.

Preferred Qualifications

• Social Service Worker licensure.
• Three years of experience working with Behavioral Health Patients in a behavioral health care setting.
• Post high school education in a related field of study.
• Experience with discharge planning for behavioral health patients.

Physical Requirements

• Hearing/Listening, Speaking, Sitting, Seeing, Manual Dexterity, Standing, Walking.

Location:

Intermountain Health LDS Hospital

Work City:

Salt Lake City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

$20.51 - $31.20

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

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