Patient Navigator - Emergency Medicine

Description

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding Patient Navigator - Emergency Medicine to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and North Central Bronx . Jacobi Medical Center is a 457-bed, Level I Trauma Center and North Central Bronx Hospital (NCB) has 213 licensed beds.  To this day, Jacobi and NCB remain respected leaders in emergency medicine, trauma surgery, burn care, pediatrics, primary care, and women’s health. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with  Albert  Einstein College of Medicine to maintain its high healthcare delivery standards.  

The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay, comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.

Opportunity Details:

This position encompasses work of varying degrees of difficulty in a multi-faceted, CDC-funded program that aims to reduce HIV and other communicable diseases. Ranging from basic case management to planning, organizing, and conducting of disease control efforts in these areas, and requires data analysis to support programmatic quality improvement efforts under the direction of physician supervision.

• Identification of candidates for routine HIV testing in adult Emergency Department.
• Interact with clients to perform and document rapid, point-of-care HIV testing in accordance with hospital, local, and state requirements and guidelines.
• Provide clients receiving rapid, point-of-care tests, and give appropriate pre- and post-counseling and education.
• Responsible for linking newly diagnosed HIV+ to care in the Jacobi or North Central Bronx HIV clinics for immediate antiviral treatment.
• Responsible for linking eligible patients to the appropriate clinical outpatient care. This includes clients with newly diagnosed HIV+, out of care HIV+, sexually transmitted diseases, and clients interested in PrEP and/or for follow-up care for PEP that has been initiated.
• Provide counseling and PrEP/PEP education for HIV- clients.
• Responsible for documentation in the EMR of patient interactions and communications per program protocols.
• Participation in focus groups and individual interviewing of patients for program enhancement.
• Attend job related education training, seminars, and conferences as determined by the program manager.

Qualifications

Wages and Benefits include: 

Annual Base Salary: $60,000

• 401(k) Company Contribution (subject to IRS contribution limits):  

  • Employees are immediately vested in a 3% company contribution of base earnings. No employee match is required. 

  • After one year of service, employees receive an additional 7% company contribution of base earnings. No employee match is required. 

• Medical, Prescription, and Dental Coverage: Top-tier plans with employee contributions significantly below market rates. 

• Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Coverage: Equal to 3x your salary (up to a maximum of $250,000) provided at no cost to you.  

  • Additional employee-paid Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage is available for you and your family. 

• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs). 

• Pre-tax employee-paid contributions for commuting expenses. 

Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (PAGNY)  mission is to provide accountable, responsive, quality care with the highest degree of sensitivity to the needs of the diverse population that lives in our New York community. PAGNY is one of the largest physician groups in the country and directly employs nearly 4,000 physicians and allied health professionals who provide services to NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal health care system in the nation, serving more than a million New Yorkers annually.  Our providers are highly skilled professionals with outstanding credentials who deliver the highest level of quality healthcare to patients throughout New York City.   

Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (PAGNY)is an equal opportunity employer committed to equitable hiring practices and a supportive workplace.  All candidates are considered based on their individual qualifications, potential, and experience.  To learn more about our culture and ongoing workplace practices, please visit our  Workplace Culture | PAGNY page . 

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