Patient Navigator - OB/GYN Clinic - Full-time
Company: Kern Medical
Location: Bakersfield
Posted on: March 16, 2023
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Job Description:
Kern Medical has been a community cornerstone since its founding
in 1867. Today, we are an acute care teaching center with 222 beds,
offering the only advanced trauma care between Fresno and Los
Angeles.Kern Medical offers a range of primary, specialty, and
multi-specialty services including high-risk pregnancy care,
inpatient psychiatric services integrated with county mental health
programs, and a growing network of outpatient clinics providing
personalized patient-centered wellness care. Kern Medical cares for
15,500 inpatients and 125,000 clinic patients a year.
Career Opportunities within Kern Medical include many benefits such
as:
Definition:
The Patient Navigator, under direct supervision of Management, will
establish contact with cancer patients, survivors and caregivers
through approaches agreed upon, in order to raise awareness about
information resources, support programs and services, and assisting
in meeting other cancer-related needs of patients and caregivers.
The Patient Navigator will guide patients and their families
through the cancer care continuum to identify barriers to treatment
and assist with access to needed resources to decrease
barriers.
Knowledge of Cerner and Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
preferred. Experience with scheduling, referral process,
coordinating schedules for inpatient/outpatient surgeries. Some
knowledge of medical terminology preferred. Must complete
competency of patient consent.
Essential Functions:
Supplemental:
Dependent upon assignment, applicants may be required to pass an
extensive background investigation, and be fingerprinted.
Disqualification for felony, misdemeanor, and traffic offenses will
be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
All Kern Medical employees are designated "Disaster Service
Workers" through state and local laws (CA Government Code Sec.
3100-3109 and Ordinance Code Title 2 - Administration, Ch. 2.66
Emergency Services.) As Disaster Service Workers, all county
employees are expected to remain at work, or to report for work as
soon as practicable following a significant emergency or
disaster.
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