Patient Navigator - Cancer Services Program – Grant Funded - Days

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital • New York, NY

1d • $21 - $34 • Onsite

About The Position

Whether an individual faces a possible cancer diagnosis, or has been diagnosed with cancer, it is very stressful. Beyond questions and concerns about the disease, questions may arise such as “what do I do next?” “How am I going to get to my appointment?” and “how am I going to pay for this?” The good news is NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Patient Navigators have answers to these questions, and provide solutions and guidance to our patients during their cancer care experience in collaboration with New York State’s Cancer Services Program that provides no cost breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screenings and diagnostic services at no cost to eligible individuals.

The Patient Navigator role functions as the primary care coordinator for patients and collaborates with key clinical staff to ensure comprehensive care, follow up, and treatment. Responsibilities include determining eligibility and enrolling patients as necessary, coordinating appointments, providing logistical support, facilitating the collection of medical records, insurance and financial information while acting as a liaison between the patient and the medical team. In addition, the Patient Navigator helps to identify barriers that may be preventing patients from receiving timely and high-quality healthcare treatment and working to find solutions to those barriers as well as participate/coordinate in outreach events and education sessions to ensure the local population of Brooklyn has the resources they need to apply for the Cancer Services Program.

Persons in this function are required to become a Designated Qualified Entity (DQE), a person designated and trained by the Department as a “qualified entity” to assist individuals who are found to need treatment for breast, cervical, colorectal, or prostate cancer, and in some cases, pre-cancerous conditions of these cancers, to apply for the Medicaid Cancer Treatment Program (MCTP).

Persons in this function conduct outreach activities throughout the service region to reach CSP-eligible individuals and identified populations of focus and recruit CSP-eligible individuals in need of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening, referring them for enrollment in the CSP.

This role is an essential part of the Cancer Services Program and will report directly to the Service Line Manager and have day to day oversight from the Clinical Program Coordinator. Together they will identify, establish, and grow a community program focused on Breast, Colorectal, and Cervical cancer screening for the uninsured and minority populations.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED
• Demonstrates an understanding of population-based disease management including community resources
• Demonstrates an ability to function independently in a goal directed manner while communicating effectively with patient, family, significant others and providers at all levels
• Demonstrates sensitivity to patient/family belief systems, ethnicity and culture as well as socioeconomic background
• Must live within a commutable distance to NYP.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual language skills
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Experience in a healthcare setting working directly with patients

Responsibilities

• Functions as the primary care coordinator for patients and collaborates with key clinical staff to ensure comprehensive care, follow up, and treatment.
• Determines eligibility and enrolls patients as necessary.
• Coordinates appointments.
• Provides logistical support.
• Facilitates the collection of medical records, insurance and financial information.
• Acts as a liaison between the patient and the medical team.
• Identifies barriers that may be preventing patients from receiving timely and high-quality healthcare treatment and works to find solutions to those barriers.
• Participates/coordinates in outreach events and education sessions to ensure the local population of Brooklyn has the resources they need to apply for the Cancer Services Program.
• Becomes a Designated Qualified Entity (DQE) to assist individuals who are found to need treatment for breast, cervical, colorectal, or prostate cancer, and in some cases, pre-cancerous conditions of these cancers, to apply for the Medicaid Cancer Treatment Program (MCTP).
• Conducts outreach activities throughout the service region to reach CSP-eligible individuals and identified populations of focus and recruit CSP-eligible individuals in need of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening, referring them for enrollment in the CSP.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits that support you and your family in every aspect of life.
• Countless opportunities for personal and professional growth.

What This Job Offers

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