Home Health Navigator

Responsibilities

As the Health at Home Navigator (HHN) with VNA Health at Home, your understanding of home-based services will be a beacon of hope. Collaborate with providers to ensure seamless and timely discharges home, elevating clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.Guide patients through post-acute care in the home.

• Identify those who benefit from home-based services, overcoming health care system barriers.
• Safeguard their well-being, reducing financial and clinical risks.
• Advocate for patients during multidisciplinary rounds, fostering holistic care.
• Communicate care destination info and home service candidates to ensure a seamless transition.
• Works with hospital partners to identify and prioritize patient populations who will benefit from CHCN services.
• Initiates care destination discussion and discharge process upon entrance to the system, identifying and engaging with patients for “why not home” informational visit.
• Guides patients through and around barriers within the healthcare system.
• Identifies opportunities to reduce both financial and clinical risks to patients and families who have been discharged from the hospital.
• Acts as an active participant in multidisciplinary rounds as a patient advocate to ensure efficient continuity of care throughout the continuum.
• Communicate pertinent care destination information and the home services candidates who were identified to the case manager and/or social worker.
• Maintains communication with patients, families, and health care providers to monitor patient satisfaction.
  
  

Benefits

• Generous annual bonus opportunity based on company performance
• Excellent holiday and paid time off plans
• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• Tuition reimbursement for degree-seeking students
• Employer contribution to your 401(k)
  
  

Qualifications

• Current RN license in the state(s) of service or have BSW/MSW from an accredited institution with certification in state of service.
• Minimum of (2) years of healthcare experience is required, preferably in a home health setting.
• Experience in a post-acute setting such as ALF/SNF/ILF is required; a combination of Acute and Post-Acute care experience preferred.
• Strong communication, assessment, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to build relationships, educate, and promote services effectively.
• Committed to professional development and improving own skills.
  
  

At CommonSpirit Health at Home, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our organization. We value the unique contributions of all individuals, including minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.

Overview

VNA Health at Home is part of an expansive health care network that is committed to providing better patient care, with better outcomes, where it is best received, at home. As a faith-based organization, we are committed to finding new ways to improve the health of our patients and their families and the health of the communities we serve. Rooted in humankindness, our ministry is at the heart of everything we do and can be seen in every patient we touch.

Pay Range

$31.04 - $45.01 /hour