Patient Navigator - Community
Patient Navigator - Community
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11-07-2025
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Rutgers the State University of New Jersey is seeking a Patient Navigator Community for the Emergency Medicine Department within New Jersey Medical School. The Patient Navigator will support various aspects of the Navigator Essex County and the ED Alt projects. This role will be evenly split with 50% dedicated to community outreach activities and events for those in need of opioid use disorder ( OUD ) treatment and 50% focused on providing services for patients with OUD in the Emergency Department (ED). Among the key duties of the position are the following: Conducts community outreach activities to connect individuals with care and services including opioid treatment programs and medication-assisted treatment providers. Engage with community members during outreach events and respond to individuals encountered on 911 calls working alongside the Community Paramedic. Provides guidance and support to individuals seeking assistance with opioid use disorder in the ED and the community. Collaborates with hospital and community partners to coordinate medical care and social services for individuals in the ED and the community. Respond alongside the Community Paramedic to overdose calls in the community providing immediate support and assistance to individuals experiencing opioid-related emergencies. Build and maintain relationships with community organizations treatment providers and social service agencies to enhance access to care and resources for individuals in the community.
Overview
New Jerseys 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 UniversityNew 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 stateat Rutgers UniversityNew 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 Newarks University Hospital in Newark and other affiliates. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey is seeking a Patient Navigator Community for the Emergency Medicine Department within New Jersey Medical School. The Patient Navigator will support various aspects of the Navigator Essex County and the ED Alt projects. This role will be evenly split with 50% dedicated to community outreach activities and events for those in need of opioid use disorder ( OUD ) treatment and 50% focused on providing services for patients with OUD in the Emergency Department (ED). Among the key duties of the position are the following: Conducts community outreach activities to connect individuals with care and services including opioid treatment programs and medication-assisted treatment providers. Engage with community members during outreach events and respond to individuals encountered on 911 calls working alongside the Community Paramedic. Provides guidance and support to individuals seeking assistance with opioid use disorder in the ED and the community. Collaborates with hospital and community partners to coordinate medical care and social services for individuals in the ED and the community. Respond alongside the Community Paramedic to overdose calls in the community providing immediate support and assistance to individuals experiencing opioid-related emergencies. Build and maintain relationships with community organizations treatment providers and social service agencies to enhance access to care and resources for individuals in the community.
Overview
New Jerseys 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 UniversityNew 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 stateat Rutgers UniversityNew 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 Newarks University Hospital in Newark and other affiliates. Through this community of healers scientists and scholars Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
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