Patient Navigator Ambulatory I

The Ambulatory Patient Navigator I supports coordinated, patient-centered care across the ambulatory Primary Care network through patient outreach, navigation, care coordination, and transitional care support activities. The role supports Advanced Primary Care Management (APCM), Transitional Care Management (TCM), preventive care initiatives, chronic disease management, referral coordination, and care gap closure workflows. It is designed to improve patient outcomes, continuity of care, quality performance, and patient experience. The Ambulatory Patient Navigator I collaborates with providers, nursing, operations, and interdisciplinary teams to support value-based care initiatives and Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) objectives.

St. Joseph's Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization's outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation's "100 Best Places to Work in Health Care".

St. Joseph's University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.

The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women's health, imaging and pediatrics.

The nursing team at St. Joseph's University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession's highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.