Patient Navigator, Cancer Center

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities to include the following. - Provides patient navigation services by facilitating resources and processing applications for various patient assistance programs, including but not limited to financial, Medicaid enrollment, free or reduced cost medication, social security benefits, disability benefits, copayment assistance and insurance coverage. - Focuses on identifying barriers that prevent patients from obtaining prompt care and takes action to reduce or eliminate these barriers. - Disseminates and manages the distress screening tool for all new oncology patients; triages patients’ logistical needs and refers to medical team for medical and psychosocial needs. - Initiates and coordinates communication with patients and families between social workers, health service, and insurance providers. - Collaborates with representatives of community services to enable patients to resolve non-medical problems and to facilitate referral of patients to other sources of assistance. - Makes transportation arrangements for patients. - Identify patients and assist patients with enrollment into patient assistance programs, including the Katzen Patient Assistance...