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Home Health Navigator

CommonSpirit Health at Home • Fort Wayne, IN 46802 • Posted 30+ days ago

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In-person • Full-time • $32.98-$47.82/hr • Mid Level

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As a Home Health Navigator at CommonSpirit Health at Home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, you will play a crucial role in guiding patients through post-acute care in the home, ensuring they receive the right care at the right time in the right setting. This position involves identifying patients who benefit from home-based services, advocating for patients during multidisciplinary rounds, and ensuring seamless discharges home to elevate clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Work with hospital partners to identify and prioritize patient populations who will benefit from CHCN services.
  • Initiate care destination discussion and discharge process upon entrance to the system, identifying and engaging with patients for "why not home" informational visit.
  • Guide patients through and around barriers within the healthcare system.
  • Identify opportunities to reduce both financial and clinical risks to patients and families who have been discharged from the hospital.
  • Act 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.
  • Maintain communication with patients, families, and health care providers to monitor patient satisfaction.

Qualifications

Required

  • Completion of an accredited registered nursing program.
  • Current unrestricted license as a registered nurse in state(s) of practice.
  • Three years clinical experience.
  • Home Health experience required.
  • Must have excellent computer skills and ability to learn new systems.
  • Must have strong organizational (time management) skills, strong interpersonal skills, the ability to handle multiple priorities with strong attention to detail.
  • Knowledge of and practical use of good business English, spelling, arithmetic, practices and the ability to communicate effectively using written and verbal skills.
  • Proficient in email communications and internet usage along with basic use of Microsoft Excel and Word.
  • Knowledge of information technology to evaluate care effectiveness (care process, outcomes and cost).

Preferred

  • Combination of Acute and Post-Acute care delivery experience preferred.

Full Job Description

**Overview**

**Parkview Health at Home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where the Home Health Navigator holds the key to getting patients home sooner.** Make a profound impact on their lives by ensuring they receive the right care, at the right time, in the right setting. Join our Care Coordination team and educate at-risk patients about home-based services, guiding their journey back home with confidence. As the Health at Home Navigator (HHN), 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.

**Responsibilities**

As the Health at Home Navigator (HHN), 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.

**Qualifications**

+ Completion of an accredited registered nursing program.

+ Current unrestricted license as a registered nurse in state(s) of practice.

+ Three years clinical experience.

+ Home Health experience required. Combination of Acute and PostAcute care delivery experience preferred.

+ Must have excellent computer skills and ability to learn new systems.

+ Must have strong organizational (time management) skills, strong interpersonal skills, the ability to handle multiple priorities with strong attention to detail.

+ Knowledge of and practical use of good business English, spelling, arithmetic, practices and the ability to communicate effectively using written and verbal skills.

+ Proficient in email communications and internet usage along with basic use of Microsoft Excel and Word.

+ Knowledge of information technology to evaluate care effectiveness (care process, outcomes and cost).

+ Ability to work autonomously with

**Pay Range**

$32.98 - $47.82 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.