Behavioral Health Navigator

Company: Sentara
Location: Elizabeth City
Posted on: April 18, 2025

Job Description:

City/StateElizabeth City, NCWork ShiftFirst (Days)Overview:Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Behavioral Health Navigator. Position Status: Full-time, Day ShiftPosition Location: On-site in Elizabeth City, NCStandard Working Hours: 8:00AM to 5:00PMOverviewThe 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.Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Social WorkCertification/Licensure
    • No specific certification or licensure requirementsExperience
      • 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.Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career* Medical, Dental, Vision plans* Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000* Paid Time Off and Sick Leave* Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave * Emergency Backup Care* Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans* Life Insurance* 401k/403B with Employer Match* Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education* Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000* Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development* Pet Insurance * Legal Resources Plan* Colleagues may have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is metSentara Albemarle Medical Center, located in Elizabeth City, NC, serves northeastern North Carolina with a caring team of approximately 650 employees and 150 medical providers. We think of each other as family, with those bonds extending into our close-knit community and serving as the foundation for our patient care. Our 182-bed facility features 25 specialties including emergency, maternity, orthopedics, medical, and surgical care in addition to our outpatient laboratory, imaging, and comprehensive breast services. In 2022, Sentara broke ground on a new campus, a state-of-the-art 88-bed hospital to replace the current 60-year-old facility on North Road Street. The 135-acre campus, coming out of the ground at Halstead Boulevard Extended and Thunder Road, will be known as the Sentara Albemarle Regional Health Campus. It is projected to cost about $200 million, up from the original estimate of $158 million, due to sharp spikes in costs for building materials and medical equipment.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.

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