Full-Time
Navigator Specialist
Posted on 9/8/2026
Cooper University Health Care
Academic health system
Compensation Overview
$25 - $42.50/hr
Camden, NJ, USA
In Person
Bachelor's, Associate's
 Social & Community Services (1) |
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- Registered Nurse, or Licensed Practical Nurse with 2 years of lived experience, or a baccalaureate degree with 2 years of lived experience, or an associate degree with 4 years of lived experience, or Certified Medical Assistant with 4 years of lived experience.
- A high school diploma is required.
- Candidates with a bachelor's degree in a related field must have 1 year of relevant experience.
- Candidates with an associate degree or Certified Peer Recovery Specialist status must have 2 years of relevant experience.
- Certified Medical Assistants must have 4 years of relevant clinical or lived experience.
- Four years of relevant clinical or lived experience may be accepted in lieu of a bachelor's degree, associate degree, or relevant certification.
- The ability to communicate with patients, visitors, and coworkers is required.
- Provide ongoing supportive services to patients with substance use disorders.
- Provide education, service coordination, service linkage, and support within healthcare, social service, and justice systems.
- Provide ongoing care coordination and case management services.
- Guide linkage to clinical services, including medication-assisted treatment, behavioral health treatment, and social services.
- Provide education, coordination, navigation, linkages, and support to individuals with substance use disorder.
- Foster one-on-one supportive relationships built on trust and respect, and encourage engagement and retention in treatment.
- Meet patients in emergency department visits, addiction treatment appointments, medical appointments, social service appointments, and therapeutic appointments to provide continuity of care.
- Identify health and wellness needs, barriers, and strengths, including physical health, medical and addiction treatment, social support, occupational and intellectual strengths and goals, financial needs, and housing needs.
- Perform outreach by meeting patients in the community and act as an ally and advocate for patient services.
- Attend Addiction Medicine clinical and programmatic conferences and meetings as required.
- Lived experience navigating the criminal-legal system.
- Bilingual ability.
Cooper University Health Care is an academic health system based in South Jersey. The organization provides hospital, specialty, primary, emergency, outpatient, research, and medical education services through an integrated care network. It serves patients, families, clinicians, students, researchers, and communities across southern New Jersey. Its operating model centers on academic medicine and community care supported by physician practices, clinical institutes, technology, facilities, and centralized operations. Teams work across nursing, physicians, allied health, research, education, technology, facilities, administration, and patient care. Teams support coordinated daily delivery.
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