Patient Navigator, Breast Imaging Services

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

7h

About The Position

This job is responsible for working in a collaborative manner with multi-disciplinary medical center in the continuum of care of these patients, their caregivers and/or families to achieve desired goals.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 5 years working experience in health care environment.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field.
• Working experience in a large multi-specialty system.

Responsibilities

• Acts as a liaison between the patient, their family and internal/external service providers.
• Implements individualized patient navigation plan for patients seeking treatment by facilitation of appointment scheduling, assisting with referral process, providing client education and linking clients with appropriate support services.
• Identifies patient's understanding of medical care/outcome and provides appropriate education and resources to address needs.
• Empowers patients to self-navigate the healthcare system. Assists people to create their own/unique solutions by acting as a resource of health care information, community support group.
• Advocates teamwork and multidisciplinary care concept to patients, staff and faculty.
• Promotes the navigation program to the UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) community.
• Identifies and maintains a database of appropriate resources for client support.
• Recognizes barriers to healthcare and connects patients to the resources they may need.
• Duties performed may include one or more of the following core functions: a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients; b) Directly interacting with or caring for human-subjects research participants; c) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records); or d) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting human-subjects research records.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED