Patient Care Coordinator

3 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa St. John's Riverside Hospital Full time

About the Role

At St. John's Riverside Hospital, we are committed to providing exceptional patient care and services. We are seeking a skilled and compassionate Patient Navigator to join our team.

Key Responsibilities

The Patient Navigator will be responsible for providing client-centered support, education, and linkage to care services to patients in our Emergency Departments. This will involve collaborating with our HIV/Hepatitis C treatment and prevention services, as well as community service providers, to coordinate and advocate for services that promote positive health outcomes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Conduct in-person outreach, education, and linkage to care services to individuals presenting at our Emergency Departments.
• Support staff and patients to engage in HIV/HCV/HBV testing while receiving services in our Emergency Departments.
• Offer supportive counseling and linkage to services as it relates to new HIV/HCV diagnosis, disease progression, available medical treatment, adherence, and other information as requested/needed.
• Provide patient-centered referrals and follow-up to appropriate resources based on the patient's HIV, HIV prevention, Hepatitis B and C health and/or behavioral health needs.
• Use available prevention, primary/specialty health care & behavioral health services to increase the number of people with a diagnosis of HIV and/or Hepatitis C who are linked to services.
• Develop relationships with internal and external service providers to ensure timely access to services for patients.
• Monitor and track all referrals, remind patients of upcoming appointments, (via phone call or text), verify that scheduled appointments were kept, and assist with rescheduling as needed.
• Develop a Brief Action Plan with patients to support engagement in self-management skills.
• Assess patient's risk factors and implement a harm reduction approach to advocating for services.
• Responsible for documenting all interventions conducted with the patient or on their behalf in the hospital's EMR (Meditech) in a manner that is timely, accurate and error-free.
• Track all interventions on the program-specific patient contact log.
• Ensure that patient's confidential health care and personal information is protected at all times.
• Responsible for ensuring that appropriate consent forms are signed and updated as required.
• Ensure that exchanges of information only occur with those individuals and programs for which written patient consent has been obtained.
• Responsible for the safeguarding of electronic devices and passwords.
• Work as a team player in all areas to enhance the program.
• Hear staff and patient concerns in an open and solution-oriented manner.
• Provide effective customer service as well as culturally and linguistically appropriate care to all customers (internal and external).
• Independently travel between hospital locations and surrounding community, as needed.



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