Patient Navigator, Cancer Center

Medical Faculty Associates, Inc.

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About The Position

Essential Duties and Responsibilities to include the following.

Provides patient navigation services by facilitating resources and processing
applications for various patient assistance programs, including but not
limited to financial, Medicaid enrollment, free or reduced cost medication,
social security benefits, disability benefits, copayment assistance and
insurance coverage.
Focuses on identifying barriers that prevent patients from obtaining prompt
care and takes action to reduce or eliminate these barriers.
Disseminates and manages the distress screening tool for all new oncology
patients; triages patients’ logistical needs and refers to medical team for
medical and psychosocial needs.
Initiates and coordinates communication with patients and families between
social workers, health service, and insurance providers.
Collaborates with representatives of community services to enable patients to
resolve non-medical problems and to facilitate referral of patients to other
sources of assistance.
Makes transportation arrangements for patients.
Identify patients and assist patients with enrollment into patient assistance
programs, including the Katzen Patient Assistance Fund.

Act as the community liaison for support programming to ensure that patients
throughout the city are aware of free services offered by the Division of
Hematology/Oncology and the Katzen Cancer Research Center.
Improves quality of life of patients, caregivers, and survivors by assisting
with service referral, community mobilization, collaboration, and advocacy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 2 years of healthcare experience, preferably in oncology
• Ability to input data into the computer, and analyze data as requested
• Able to communicate providing verbal feedback in a professional manner
• Must be able to follow and understand instructions, and react favorably in all work situations
• Must be mentally adaptable and flexible in dealing with a variety of people

Responsibilities

• Provides patient navigation services by facilitating resources and processing applications for various patient assistance programs
• Focuses on identifying barriers that prevent patients from obtaining prompt care and takes action to reduce or eliminate these barriers
• Disseminates and manages the distress screening tool for all new oncology patients; triages patients’ logistical needs and refers to medical team for medical and psychosocial needs
• Initiates and coordinates communication with patients and families between social workers, health service, and insurance providers
• Collaborates with representatives of community services to enable patients to resolve non-medical problems and to facilitate referral of patients to other sources of assistance
• Makes transportation arrangements for patients
• Identify patients and assist patients with enrollment into patient assistance programs, including the Katzen Patient Assistance Fund
• Act as the community liaison for support programming to ensure that patients throughout the city are aware of free services offered by the Division of Hematology/Oncology and the Katzen Cancer Research Center
• Improves quality of life of patients, caregivers, and survivors by assisting with service referral, community mobilization, collaboration, and advocacy

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees