Patient Navigator
Desert Parkway Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Las Vegas, nevada
The Patient Navigator is responsible for patient coordination of care to outpatient services. Communicates with all disciplines to facilitate seamless continuity of care and recognizes priorities of tasks and responds accordingly.
Outpatient Service Programming Support
- Integrates and coordinates with the Inpatient treatment team: attends meetings related to treatment and discharge planning, working with case managers, therapists and physicians.
- Works with case managers regarding those patients that have not been referred to Outpatient to overcome barriers and issues preventing referral to Outpatient services.
- Meets with appropriate patients to educate them about the services offered at Outpatient and explains the continuum of care.
- Facilitates successful inpatient step-downs to Outpatient services.
- Meets with parents of appropriate adolescent patients regarding Outpatient services.
- Tracks, trends, and...