Behavioral Health Navigator

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Overview:

Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Behavioral Health Navigator.

The Behavioral Health Navigator serves as a vital resource for patients experiencing psychological distress in a hospital setting to include the Emergency Department, Medical Floors, and Behavioral Health Unit. This role is dedicated to guiding patients through the often-complex behavioral health care system, ensuring they receive the appropriate support and treatment they need.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conducting initial assessments to determine patients' behavioral health needs and identifying appropriate treatment options.

• Connecting patients with mental health providers, community resources, and support services.

• Coordinating and scheduling follow-up appointments to ensure continuity of care.

• Addressing potential barriers to treatment, such as financial constraints, lack of transportation, or insurance challenges, and working to resolve these obstacles.

• Providing ongoing education and emotional support to patients and their families, helping them understand their treatment plans and available resources.

• Collaborating closely with medical staff, social workers, case managers, and other healthcare professionals to facilitate comprehensive care.

• Advocating for patients' mental health needs within the healthcare system and the community.

Through compassionate guidance and a patient-centered approach, the Behavioral Health Navigator plays a crucial role in improving access to mental health services, enhancing patient outcomes, and ensuring a seamless transition to appropriate care.

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work

• No specific certification or licensure requirements

• 1 year of healthcare experience delivered in one of the following settings: Acute care, long-term care, home health, hospice, Skilled Nursing Facility, or community-based program services

• Experience inNursing, Social Work or Human Service Field

Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, a Certified Primary Stroke Center, has 145 licensed beds and features the latest healthcare technologies, serving the region with the life-saving capabilities of an ultra-modern medical center.

The hospital offers a full range of medical care from emergency heart catheterization to all-inclusive obstetrics care where patients can stay in one room. The hospital also provides advanced imaging and "smart" operating rooms. Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center has also achieved Magnet recognition, the nation's highest honor for excellence in nursing. We improve health every day, come be a part of the community.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.