Life at Healthy Alliance

At Healthy Alliance, our purpose is to improve health and empower the underserved. Every community has its own needs, affecting the health of those who live, learn, work, and play within them. Our network brings together organizations, big and small, to coordinate and collaborate so that all communities have reliable access to the resources they need. Why? Because every New Yorker deserves the same opportunity to be healthy.

Designated as the Social Care Network (SCN) Lead Entity for the Capital Region, Central NY, and North Country under New York’s 1115 Waiver Amendment’s SCN & Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) Program, we are responsible for ensuring that there is a seamless, consistent end-to-end process for HRSN screening, navigation, and the delivery of HRSN and other services to thousands of Medicaid Members. Transformative in nature, this novel Program will further sustain our mission of advancing health equity within and across historically marginalized communities.

As a 2019-2024 Albany Business Review’s Best Places to Work and a 2021-2024 Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work in Health Care award recipient, we strive to maintain a culture wherein high-performing, mission-driven team members collectively work toward better health for all. Dedicated to promoting a culture built upon autonomy, mastery, and purpose, we believe our differences in strengths and perspectives play an integral role in propelling us forward, while our core values ground us, serving as the common thread that unites our team.

Why You Should Join Healthy Alliance

We offer amenities, professional development opportunities, events, and programming that support the interests of our teams while expanding and enriching our culture. Some of the benefits you can expect when you join Healthy Alliance include:

• Competitive compensation package
• Comprehensive insurance benefits available the 1st of the month after hire, including but not limited to medical, dental and vision, group short-term disability and life insurance with buy-up options, flexible spending and HSA company-contributed accounts, and more
• 401K with a company match
• Unlimited paid time off after 90 days of employment
• Company-sponsored training and certification opportunities
• Remote employer with flexible work schedules
• A workplace that values safety, respect, employee engagement, recognition, and diversity
• Salary range: $52,950-$60,982 per year, commensurate with experience

Who You Are

The Social Care Navigator is responsible for conducting HRSN screenings, eligibility assessments, and navigation activities for Medicaid Fee-for-Service and non-eligible Managed Medicaid members.

We are looking for someone in the North Country.

What You’ll Do

• Manage incoming referrals for screening and navigation to ensure successful and timely connections for community members.
• Assign Members already connected to an established contracted care team to their SCN-designated screener and/or Social Care Navigator to conduct screening and navigation activities, fostering continuity with existing contracted care teams.
• For those Members not engaged, conduct and document outreach in alignment with required frequency, modality, and timeframe.
• Manage Member consent and attestation as required throughout the engagement.
• Conduct HRSN screening using the Accountable Health Communities (AHC) screening tool to assess member HRSNs.
• Conduct eligibility assessments to determine Member eligibility for enhanced HRSN services and refer Members to eligible programs and services, including enhanced HRSN services and/or existing federal, state, and local resources
• Maintain effective communication with internal team members, community members, and partner organizations to ensure acceptance, resolution, or redirection of referral requests.
• Document progress notes and action taken with each referral as detailed in the Network Standards and Quality Program.
• Regularly use data and data tools to report referral patterns and trends to the Referral Coordination Manager.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of task activities and/or duties that are required of the employee for this job. Responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

What You’ll Need

Education

• Associate degree in health, social services, or related field preferred. Equivalent work experience in a related field may be considered in lieu of degree requirements.

Professional work experience

• Minimum of 5+ years related experience in a clinical, non-profit, or Managed-Care Organization (MCO) environment preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of health equity, social drivers of health, and social care data.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Experience using translation services preferred.
• Ability to build collaborative working relationships with others inside and outside the organization through cooperation and mutual respect. Capacity to inspire and motivate others.
• Thrive working with multiple systems and processes.
• Demonstrate ability to use various technology platforms to ensure successful and timely referral connections are made.
• Extremely detail-oriented and capable of multitasking.
• Proven record of hitting key metrics, defining effective data-driven network development strategies, and problem-solving.
• Proficient computer skills and willingness to learn additional software applications.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in a demanding environment.
• Performs all work in accordance with Healthy Alliance core competencies and values
• Effectively work in a hybrid work environment. Some local travel may be required for meetings, community events, and other job-related responsibilities.
• Demonstrate commitment to the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Your next career opportunity is at Healthy Alliance!

This position involves sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing, use of typical office equipment such as a computer, laptop, and cell phone. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Healthy Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. We adhere to these principles in all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, benefits, social and recreational programs, and discipline. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to hr@healthyalliance.org.

Privacy Requirement

This job function involves potential access / interaction with protected health information. Position will be required to abide by company policies and procedures that support federal, state, and local HIPAA regulations. Any violations will be subject to company policy which includes disciplinary actions up to and including separation of employment.

Healthy Alliance is an At-Will Employer.