Patient Navigator - BILH Weight Management Program (Hybrid/Remote)

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Westwood, MA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Patient Navigator supports the care of our patients in accessing and maintaining continuity with the healthcare team and assist patients in achieving their health care goals. Based on the current practice workflows and strategies, will develop practice improvement initiatives for ongoing quality improvement.

Requirements

High School Degree or GED.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills required.
Ability to work in both a team environment and independently.
Ability to think creatively and recommend solutions to problems.
Ability to work in a multicultural diverse environment as a member of a health care team.
Strong communication (oral and written), interpersonal, organizational, and record keeping skills.
Ability to handle multiple tasks and responsibilities at the same time effectively.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to cultural differences.
Ability to understand basic medical terminology.
Ability to be flexible and easily adapt to change.
Familiar with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Teams, SharePoint, Excel.
Vaccination against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

College level study a plus.
Prior customer service experience or patient care experience a plus.
Experience working and building relationships with patients and care team members in a healthcare or community-based setting (preferred).
Previous customer services experience (preferred).
Completed motivational interview (MI) training (preferred).

Responsibilities

Performs direct outreach to patients to initiate patient engagement and enrollment with the clinic and perform introduction of the clinic, schedule initial appointment with clinician, and if necessary, follow-up assistance.
Proactively contact patients to resolve and follow-up on potential barriers for appointment or program enrollment including reviewing patient records for enrollment requirements. Maintains and reviews KPI dashboards with program leadership on a recurring basis.
Leverages Motivational Interviewing techniques or similar tools to engage patients and provides emotional support to patients throughout the care journey.
Documents patient communication in the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) using encounter notes, in basket messages and MyChart and internal program management software.
Verifies and updates patient insurance information when scheduling visits.
Provides general clerical support, this may include: filing, making appointments, photocopying, faxing, preparing and sending mail, making reminder phone calls, and maintaining contacts database.
Answers incoming calls to the clinic and escalates any patient issues to the appropriate team member.
Contributes to the workflow and process improvements and the development of new ideas that impact the program.