Responsibilities

Sun River Health provides the highest quality of comprehensive primary, preventative and behavioral health services to all who see it, regardless of insurance status and ability to pay, especially for the underserved and vulnerable. Sun River Health is a Federally Qualified, Non-Profit Health Center serving communities in Suffolk, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia and Westchester County. Sun River Health is currently seeking a full-time Sexual Health Patient Navigator to join our team in Amenia, NY.

A Patient Navigator identifies and links eligible patients and their families to services in the prevention, education and care of HIV. In addition, this person will perform other duties as assigned on as needed basis.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities for a Patient Navigator:

• Facilitates patient care within different departments of Hudson River HealthCare and outside agencies.
• Responsible for referring patients to appropriate agencies, with specific focus on referrals to specialty care and public health insurance programs, as needed and appropriate; track progress in eCW and alert providers.
• Consult with medical staff to link patients to services through the provision of ancillaries such as translation, transportation assistance and application assistance.
• Responsible for all necessary clinical information available to specialist for referral groups; tracks referral appointments and obtains consultant reports; obtains consent for release of information.
• Assist patient in overcoming obstacles that would prevent them from receiving needed referrals.
• Provide basic instruction/health education to clarify provider instructions, procedures and referral needs.

Minimum Education Requirement: High School diploma/ GED

Minimum Work Related Experience: 2-4 years

Preferred Specialized Skills and Knowledge: Bilingual in English and Spanish (orally and written)

Relation to Mission
The mission of Sun River Health is to increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and to improve the health status of our community, especially for the underserved and vulnerable.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Sun River Health provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual preference, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap or disability in each aspect of the human resources function.

Americans with Disabilities Act
Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation. The organization shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities
The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. Sun River Health may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.