What are the responsibilities and job description for the Care Coordination Assistant position at Yavapai Regional Medical Center?
Job Summary and Responsibilities
The Continuing Care Patient Navigator primarily assists both patients and members of the department and healthcare team, but also may work with colleagues across the care coordination continuum. Duties include collaborating with the team members to achieve member goals, telephonically assisting members, and other administrative duties
- Provide excellent customer service to our patients, demonstrate ability to show kindness and empathy.
- Listen to understand patient needs, and connect them to appropriate resources both inside and outside of the department / team.
- Schedule appointments, assist with referrals, answer questions, and other similar duties as assigned, escalate issues as needed.
- Receive patient requests and refer to appropriate members of the team, community, or within the organization.
- Identify problems with healthcare access and utilization, along with providing alternatives if available, escalate as indicated/directed.
- Act as liaison for members and families to physicians, staff, community resources, and others.
Job Requirements
Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
2 years experience or more in a professional and/or healthcare environment
Excellent customer service skills
Collaborate with interdisciplinary partners, a mix of clinical, operational, and business activities related to that partnership
Ability to identify and escalate issues / barriers to care
Preferred
Knowledge and ability to work with various electronic medical records and platforms.
MA certification
Associates Degree
Where You'll WorkAt Dignity Health, living our values means bringing passion into action every day. Dignity Health-Yavapai Regional Medical Center (DH-YRMC), now part of CommonSpirit Health, is a not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that offers a broad range of inpatient and outpatient services including network-wide opportunities to advance your career.
What started as a simple community hospital, is today a state-of-the-art healthcare system with two acute care hospitals, a network of primary and specialty care clinics, outpatient health and wellness centers, cardiac diagnostic centers, and outpatient medical imaging centers.
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Salary : $21 - $30