Navigator Specialist
US-NJ-Camden
External Career Portal
Req #: 79893
Type: Full Time
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Responsibilities: Navigator Specialists in the Center for Healing provide ongoing supportive services to patients with substance use disorders. They provide education, service coordination, service linkage, and support to patients within the healthcare, social service, and justice systems. Provide ongoing care-coordination and case management services. Guide linkage to appropriate clinical services including medication-assisted treatment (MAT), behavioral health treatment, and social services to individuals with Substance Use Disorder. Provide education, coordination, navigation, linkages, and support to individuals with Substance Use Disorder Foster one-on-one supportive relationships built on trust and respect, and encourage engagement and retention in treatment in order for patient to reach and maintain optimal outcome Provide continuity of care by meeting patients in various clinical care settings including the following: * Emergency department visits, addiction treatment appointments, medical appointments, social service appointments, and therapeutic appointments. * Identify health and wellness needs, barriers and strengths including physical health, medical and addiction treatment, social support, occupational and intellectual strengths and goals, financial and housing, etc. * Perform outreach by meeting with patients in the community and act as allies and advocates for patient services * Attend Addiction Medicine clinical and programmatic conferences and meetings as required. Qualifications: Communication - Ability to communicate with patients, visitors and coworkers Bi-Lingual preferred
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