Patient (Community) Navigator
3 weeks ago
**Position Details**:
- Position Information**Recruitment/Posting Title**
- Patient (Community) Navigator**Job Category**
- Staff & Executive - Healthcare**Department**
- NJMS-Emergency Medicine**Overview**
- New Jersey’s 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 University-New 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 state—at Rutgers University-New 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, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.**Posting Summary**
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Patient Navigator for NJMS- Emergency Medicine. The Patient Navigator supports various aspects of the Navigator community project funded by CDC. The Patient Navigator will engage in Community outreach, activities and events for those in need of opioid use disorder treatment.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:
- Conducts community outreach activities to connect individuals with care and services, including opioid treatment programs and medication-assisted treatment providers
- Provides guidance and support to individuals seeking assistance with opioid use disorder
- Collaborates with hospital and community partners to coordinate medical care and social services for individuals referred from the Emergency Department (ED) or other community programs.
- Respond alongside the Community Paramedic to overdose calls in the community, providing immediate support and assistance to individuals experiencing opioid-related emergencies.
**Position Status**
- Full Time**Hours Per Week**
**Daily Work Shift**
- Day**Work Arrangement**
**FLSA**
- Exempt**Grade**
- 22S**Position Salary**
- $59,590.00**Annual Minimum Salary**
- 59590.000**Annual Mid Range Salary**
- 71303.000**Annual Maximum Salary**
- 84513.000**Standard Hours**
- 37.50**Union Description**
- HPAE, Local 5094**Payroll Designation**
- PeopleSoft**Benefits**
**Seniority Unit**
**Terms of Appointment**
- Temporary Staff Appointment - Salaried 12 Month**Position Pension Eligibility**
- ABP- Qualifications**Minimum Education and Experience**
- Bachelor’s Degree in social work or Human Services
- Plus a minimum of two (2) years of fulltime professional experience working with patients diagnosed with OUD or SUD.
- Equivalent education, experience, and/or training may be substituted for the degree requirement.
**Certifications/Licenses**
**Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities**
- Ability to speak clearly and write proficiently.
- Hearing is essential.
- Must be able to focus on the task at hand despite numerous interruptions.
- Must be able to sit for an extended period and document into an electronic medical record.
**Preferred Qualifications**
**Equipment Utilized**
**Physical Demands and Work Environment**
- The position requires working in a moderate noise office setting. Fast-paced, high-pressure office environment; must be able to cooperate with a broad spectrum of staff and site visits in the University Hospital’s Emergency and Observation Department.
**Special Conditions**
- This position is granted funded and has a funding end date of August 31, 2028.
- This position is hiring at the salary of : 59,590.000
- Posting Details**Posting Number**
- 24ST1076**Posting Open Date**
- 05/02/2024**Special Instructions to Applicants**
**Regional Campus**
- Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)**Home Location Campus**
- Newark (RBHS)**City**
- Newark**State**
- NJ**Location Details**
- Pre-employment Screenings- All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.- Immunization Requirements
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