Behavioral Health Navigator
Behavioral Health Navigator
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City/State
Elizabeth City NCWork Shift
First (Days)Overview:
Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Behavioral Health Navigator.
Position Status: Fulltime Day Shift
Position Location: Onsite in Elizabeth City NC
Standard Working Hours: 8:00AM to 5:00PM
Overview
The Behavioral Health Navigator serves as a vital resource for patients experiencing psychological distress in a hospital setting to include the Emergency Department Medical Floors and Behavioral Health Unit. This role is dedicated to guiding patients through the oftencomplex behavioral health care system ensuring they receive the appropriate support and treatment they need.
Key Responsibilities:
Conducting initial assessments to determine patients behavioral health needs and identifying appropriate treatment options.
Connecting patients with mental health providers community resources and support services.
Coordinating and scheduling followup appointments to ensure continuity of care.
Addressing potential barriers to treatment such as financial constraints lack of transportation or insurance challenges and working to resolve these obstacles.
Providing ongoing education and emotional support to patients and their families helping them understand their treatment plans and available resources.
Collaborating closely with medical staff social workers case managers and other healthcare professionals to facilitate comprehensive care.
Advocating for patients mental health needs within the healthcare system and the community.
Through compassionate guidance and a patientcentered approach the Behavioral Health Navigator plays a crucial role in improving access to mental health services enhancing patient outcomes and ensuring a seamless transition to appropriate care.
Education
Bachelors degree in Social Work
Certification/Licensure
No specific certification or licensure requirements
Experience
1 year of healthcare experience delivered in one of the following settings: Acute care longterm care home health hospice Skilled Nursing Facility or communitybased program services
Experience inNursing Social Work or Human Service Field
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Sentara Albemarle Medical Center located in Elizabeth City NC serves northeastern North Carolina with a caring team of approximately 650 employees and 150 medical providers. We think of each other as family with those bonds extending into our closeknit community and serving as the foundation for our patient care. Our 182bed facility features 25 specialties including emergency maternity orthopedics medical and surgical care in addition to our outpatient laboratory imaging and comprehensive breast services. In 2022 Sentara broke ground on a new campus a stateoftheart 88bed hospital to replace the current 60yearold facility on North Road Street. The 135acre campus coming out of the ground at Halstead Boulevard Extended and Thunder Road will be known as the Sentara Albemarle Regional Health Campus. It is projected to cost about $200 million up from the original estimate of $158 million due to sharp spikes in costs for building materials and medical equipment.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobaccofree environment.
For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:
Alabama Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Kansas Louisiana Maine Maryland Minnesota Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Employment Type
Full-Time
