Patient Navigator Non Clinical - Somerset, NJ at RWJBarnabas Health – Somerset, New Jersey

The Oncology Lay Navigator position is a grant funded position with Alliance for Equity in Cancer.

Job Overview:

The Patient Navigator collaborates with the primary care provider, all members of the health care team, and community organizations to accept referrals and manage cancer screening/oncology caseload. She/he works with other healthcare professionals to establish and maintain a climate of mutual respect, dignity, diversity, ethical integrity, and trust.

Qualifications:

Required:

• High School Diploma, required
• The candidate must possess a valid driver's license and be willing and able to drive a car.
• Ability to effectively communicate preventive health and health management philosophies through community outreach
• Must have strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a vast array of internal and external health care providers.
• Demonstrates ability to be confident, personable, self-motivated.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills, knowledge, judgment and leadership in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Knowledge of the relevant of health information and appropriate documentation methods. All patient related hospital departments, patients, families, visitors, nursing personnel and medical staff.

Preferred:

• Minimum of 2 years of health care in an office/clinic/hospital setting or human services experience preferred
• Chinese -bilingual in Mandarin or Cantonese preferred
• Haitian -bilingual in Haitian Creole, or French or Frespanol preferred
• Previous experience in presenting health education materials to individuals and small groups.
• Community Health Worker based care with a focus on culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate assessment experience preferred

Essential Functions

• The Oncology Lay Navigator supports and executes the interventions and strategies in a particular territory to impact coordination of cancer care.
• Integrates with primary care and other specialty care, patient-centered communication and engagement in care and psychosocial and other supportive care with the goal to improve access to high-quality cancer care for underserved populations.
• The Oncology Lay Navigator supports care that is culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate, building collaborations with trusted community-based partner organizations that can help address the social determinants of health and the innovative use of digital tools to reduce barriers to care.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.