Community Health Care Navigator (Martha W. Goodson Center)

Williamsburg, Virginia
Overview
The Community Health Care Navigator (CHN) plays a central role within the team, focusing on dementia care management to enhance the quality of life for individuals with dementia. The CHN's objective is to reduce the burden on unpaid caregivers, enabling those with dementia to remain in their homes longer, delaying LTC placement. Achieving this goal involves fostering communication and cooperation among healthcare providers, patients, caregivers, and local community partners.

What you will do

• Proactively identifies and screen patients and their families for care management from a variety of sources to include PAA, Old Town Medical, Lackey Free Clinic, Riverside Charlie W. and Golden Bethune Hill Community Health Clinic, Riverside Family Medicine at the Brentwood Medical Center, RHS internal reports, discharge/disposition planning, referrals in the health system, referrals outside RHS, team members, and team members at the Geriatric and Memory Care Clinics. Evaluates the quality and necessity of health care services and makes recommendations for an alternative level of care or care coordination such as: Home Health, Palliative Care, Hospice, GUIDE, GAC, Driving assessment, Respite, Medication Review, Adult Day. Memory Café or Support Groups. Invites patient and caregiver/family to actively participate in plan of care.


• Develops an appropriate patient-centered and patient specific Care Plan to include short- and long-term goals, objectives and actions and partners with the patient and family in the development of the plan of care. Coordinates, collaborates, and obtains approval of the plan with the patient, family/caregiver, primary provider and other members of the healthcare team. Guides the patient and family/care giver through the healthcare system, maximizing use of resources. Coordinates and executes the plan of care, optimizing access to appropriate services. Ensures necessary referrals are ordered by the appropriate discipline and coordinated.


• Serves as an advocate for, and ensures education is provided to, the patient and family/caregiver as required. Collaborates with the patient’s PCP and specialists in the development of the plan of care to ensure the patient’s needs are addressed; communicates care objectives to appropriate individuals/departments/referral sources. Promotes adherence to the Care Plan for improved healthcare outcomes. Collaboration with caregiver/family goals related to patient centered care.


• Documents and updates the Care Plan in designated EHR. Maintains documentation and data collection in accordance with RHS policies and procedures. Conducts and/or participates in program evaluation as directed. Monitors and evaluates patient's adherence and response to the treatment plan, timeliness of patient and family/caregiver contact and follow-up, identification of variances, patterns and trends from established practice guidelines and/or standards, established outcome measurements, treatment delivery and timeliness.


• Provides assistance, support, and referral services to community partners for the person living with memory loss and the family/caregiver to ensure identified education, and appropriate timely care is received.


• Anticipates the patient’s needs and encourages patients and families to actively participate in the plan of care. Establishes working relationships with referral sources and community resources.


• Provides assistance, support, and referral services to community partners for the person living with memory loss and the family/caregiver to ensure identified education, and appropriate timely care is received.


• Responsible for the execution of the interventions established that lead to accomplishing the goals set forth in the plan of care. Ensures coordination of care delivery processes, to include alternate healthcare settings and the home environment, for the purposes of enhancing the patient's health and wellness, safety, productivity, and quality of life, and for providing the most beneficial, cost-effective health care. Develops, utilizes and maintains a variety of community resources to optimize access to services and medical care.

Qualifications

Education

• High School Diploma or GED, (Required)


• Bachelors Degree, (Preferred)

Experience

• 1 year Healthcare Experience (Preferred)

Licenses and Certifications

• Certified Nurse Aid (CNA) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) Upon Hire(Preferred)


• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) Upon Hire(Preferred)
• Drives personal vehicle for RHS business 25% or more of the time to perform essential functions of the job


• Valid Drivers License Required