What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Navigator position at Sentara Health?
City/State
Williamsburg, VA
Work Shift
First (Days)
Overview:
Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Behavioral Health Navigator.
Position Status: Full-time, Day Shift
Position Location: On-site in Williamsburg, VA
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 often-complex behavioral health care system, ensuring they receive the appropriate support and treatment they need.
Key Responsibilities:
Education
Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
The hospital offers a full range of medical care from emergency heart catheterization to all-inclusive obstetrics care where patients can stay in one room. The hospital also provides advanced imaging and “smart” operating rooms. Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has also achieved Magnet® recognition, the nation's highest honor for excellence in nursing. We improve health every day, come be a part of the community.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member 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 tobacco-free 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.
Williamsburg, VA
Work Shift
First (Days)
Overview:
Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Behavioral Health Navigator.
Position Status: Full-time, Day Shift
Position Location: On-site in Williamsburg, VA
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 often-complex 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 follow-up 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.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work
- No specific certification or licensure requirements
- 1 year of healthcare experience delivered in one of the following settings: Acute care, long-term care, home health, hospice, Skilled Nursing Facility, or community-based program services
- Experience in Nursing, Social Work or Human Service Field
Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
- Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Resources Plan
- Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met
The hospital offers a full range of medical care from emergency heart catheterization to all-inclusive obstetrics care where patients can stay in one room. The hospital also provides advanced imaging and “smart” operating rooms. Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has also achieved Magnet® recognition, the nation's highest honor for excellence in nursing. We improve health every day, come be a part of the community.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member 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 tobacco-free 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.
Salary : $5,250
