Patient navigator rn | San Luis Obispo, CA

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  • Location: Santa Maria, CA

a part of Dignity Health Central Coast's award-winning network of outstanding hospitals imaging centers laboratories and post-acute services. Responsibilities The patient navigator has a unique role in patient care. As a patient advocate, this individual will build working relationships, solve problems, direct patients to resources both within the organization and externally in the community as well as support patients as they learn to self-navigate the health care system.

The primary activity of the Patient Navigator is to call patients following their visit or hospitalization to discuss the experience, support the patient through the use of community resources and acquire a primary

care provider, as well as a specialist where indicated (e. g. Orthopedist for fractures). Qualifications Minimum: At least 3 years in hospital or health care setting with accountability for working with patients in nursing and/or case management/care coordination Ability to listen attentively with empathy and capture essential information for continuity of care.

Ability to work collaboratively with all care professionals including physicians, nursing, and external community agencies and post-acute care facilities Ability to complete required data entry in a timely manner. Registered Nurse Preferred: Spanish interpretation For more details: jobs-search. org/legal_santa-maria-c426363/patient-navigator-rn-santa-maria_i1959776000

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