Patient Navigator - Behavioral Unit / PRN

Job Description

The Patient Navigator evaluates psychiatric patients in the emergency department and makes recommendations to the emergency department provider as to the disposition of those patients. This position will consult with the attending psychiatrist. This position also evaluates patients throughout the organization as requested or urgently, who are in need of mental health assessments. This position facilitates or recommends appropriate referrals or preventative services, treatment and support for populations with alcohol, drugs and / or substance abuse.

Responsibilities

What you will do

• Interview, gather, and interpret clinical data for clients to provide a thorough analysis of the client's current state of being.
• Use interpretive summaries and assessments to provide a clinically supported and valid Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental disorders (DSM) diagnosis.
• Continually assess treatment and recovery progress, and, in consultation with the client and significant others, make appropriate changes to the treatment plan as necessary to ensure progress toward treatment goals (FTPR, progress notes, changes to treatment plan as indicated by client change).
• Adapt evidence-based practice to the individual needs of the client (EBP include but are not limited to, solution focused brief therapy, other brief therapies, assessment and treatment of co-occurring disorders, CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, etc).
• Recognize and manage transfer of care and other critical points in treatment (critical risk points include but are not limited to : initial contact; change or transfer of care; change in legal status; change in life events; change in mental status; change in physical condition; change to a less restrictive level of care; discharge from services).
• Complete and maintain documentation and productivity to agency and program standards, including those related to medical necessity.

Qualifications

Minimum Education

Minimum Work Experience

Licenses and Certifications

Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

About Us

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.

Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law.