Description
We are seeking a Behavioural Health Patient Navigator to join our team at Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital. As a Behavioural Health Patient Navigator, you will work on the inpatient psychiatric unit and assist patients referred from Psychiatry, Emergency Department, and other units in achieving their discharge goals for follow-up treatment.
Essential Functions:
- Meet with patients in need of behavioural health services who have been referred from inpatient units, Emergency Departments, and Access Centres to review their discharge plan.
- Assist patients in connecting with referred resources.
- Initiate 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.
- Document discharge plans in the patient record.
- Gather needed data and complete other required logs timely and accurately.
- Coordinate patient care needs with care providers and other hospital resources, including attending meetings where patient needs may be addressed or need to be represented.
- Establish and maintain 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 behavioural health community resources.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Three years of experience working with Behavioural Health Patients in a behavioural health care setting.
- Post high school education in a related field of study.
- Experience with discharge planning for behavioural health patients.
Physical Requirements:
- Hearing/Listening, Speaking, Sitting, Seeing, Manual Dexterity, Standing, Walking.
Benefits:
- Benefits eligible
- Competitive salary range: $20.82 - $31.67 per hour