Job: Public Health Behavioral Health Navigator
Job Description
Job Type: Full time, Hourly
Wage: $23.44-$28.71/hr.
Location: Salida, CO.
Job Description:
A Health Navigator (also known as a client navigator or resource navigator) is a member of the Public Health team who helps individuals overcome barriers to quality care. Health Navigators build effective working relationships with their clients, helping to support, educate, and assist clients in navigating the complex healthcare system. Health Navigators must work effectively with clients, multidisciplinary care providers, and community partners to navigate this system. They need to be able to identify their client’s physical, emotional, and cultural needs and help them access appropriate resources to meet these needs. Health Navigators must have a good understanding of the health resources available in their communities in order to refer their clients to the best available resources. This is a full time hourly position with a wage range of $23.44 to $28.71. Benefits include medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, HDHP health savings account with county contribution, paid sick, vacation and personal leave, holidays and "birthday holiday", EAP, retirement plan with county contribution and wellness program incentives. Click here for the full job description and click here for the County employment application. To apply, send a completed employment application, resume and letter of interest to [email protected]. Applications accepted until December 13, 2024. EOE.
**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.