PSYCHIATRY & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NAVIGATOR

Partnering with you to live your best life. At Centra, we want to listen carefully and get to know you well. We want to understand your hopes, goals and dreams. We want to do our part so you can be your very best - as you define it. This remains true whether you are a patient, a Centra Caregiver, or a member of the communities we serve. As a candidate considering employment with our organization, we want you to understand that it is our mission to help partner with you throughout each stage of your career.

COVID Vaccination Requirement

Consistent with long-standing practices requiring health care workers to be vaccinated against serious infectious diseases for the safety of patients and staff, Centra will require COVID-19 vaccinations for all new and current employees and those who work in Centra facilities as a condition of their employment. If hired to work at Centra, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination or be willing to receive the vaccination. Medical and religions exemptions may be requested.

Job Description

Overview

Job Description: The P&BH Care Navigator will be responsible for providing care and guidance to high-risk patients to promote better health outcomes. The position will work to eliminate barriers to care by guiding, educating, and navigating patients to receive necessary health care monitoring and resources, both within Centra and externally. The position will be charged with building professional relationships with the patient and their families, local and regional healthcare providers to ensure smooth transitions and timely access to care for patients. The P&BH Care Navigator is expected to have extensive knowledge of local resources on order to successfully link patients and families to the appropriate Behavioral Health resources and supports based on their specific needs and insurance status. 

The P&BH Care Navigator role supports The Virginia Mental Health Access Program (VMAP) collaboration with Centra Psychiatry & Behavioral Health (P&BH)

VMAP is a statewide initiative that helps health care providers take better care of children and adolescents with mental health conditions through provider education and increasing access to child psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and care navigators. VMAP ensures that more children have access to providers who are better able to screen, diagnose, manage, and treat mental health.  

Centra partners with VMAP by employing and engaging Child/Adolescent Psychiatrists, Licensed Mental Health Professionals, and Care Navigators to meet regional Child/Adolescent Psychiatry & Behavioral Health needs.

Remote Care Navigator position in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health for the Virginia Mental Health Access Program which facilitates mental health access for children and adolescents. 

Our care givers at Centra are the most valuable asset we have and it is our mission and commitment to build and sustain a diverse and inclusive environment.

When recruiting and retaining talent at Centra, our hiring needs are based on matching a candidates job qualifications with our job requirements and department needs without regard to race, color, age, religion or belief, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Centra is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.

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