Health & Wellness Navigator

Arbol Residences of Santa Rosa•Elmhurst, IL

11h•$68,000 - $80,000•Onsite

About The Position

THE ROOSEVELT AT SALT CREEK is recruiting for a hospitality focused Nurse Navigator to join our team! The Nurse Navigator is responsible for evaluating residents’ needs, identify and assist them in accessing the available resources within and outside the community to reduce barriers for successful independent living. The Nurse Navigator will ensure a seamless transition between appropriate levels of care offered at the community by building relationships, solving problems, and locating resources for residents transitioning throughout the continuum of care. The Nurse Navigator will also assist residents in facilitating their wellness and healthcare needs while ensuring social integration into the community. Responsible for informing and educating residents on specific programs and activities within the 8-Dimensions of Health & Wellness model including, but not limited to intellectual, occupational, social, environmental, spiritual, emotional, nutritional, and physical aspects of health and wellness to provide as much support as residents need to maintain overall wellness and avoid transitions to higher levels of health services.

Requirements

Three to five years of experience working in long-term care, post-acute care or other health care setting is preferable
Three to five years of organizational or management experience with an interdisciplinary approach to care.

Nice To Haves

Hospitality focused

Responsibilities

Evaluating residents’ needs
Identify and assist residents in accessing available resources within and outside the community to reduce barriers for successful independent living
Ensure a seamless transition between appropriate levels of care offered at the community by building relationships, solving problems, and locating resources for residents transitioning throughout the continuum of care
Assist residents in facilitating their wellness and healthcare needs
Ensure social integration into the community
Inform and educate residents on specific programs and activities within the 8-Dimensions of Health & Wellness model including, but not limited to intellectual, occupational, social, environmental, spiritual, emotional, nutritional, and physical aspects of health and wellness to provide as much support as residents need to maintain overall wellness and avoid transitions to higher levels of health services.