Health at Home Navigator
Company : Catholic Health Initiatives
Location : Lakewood, CO, 80228-1527
Job Type : Full Time
Salary : 39.27-58.42 HOUR
Date Posted : 3 January 2026
Job Summary and Responsibilities
As the Health at Home Navigator (HHN), your expertise in home-based services is essential to ensuring continuity of care for patients transitioning from acute care to home. By collaborating with physicians, case managers, and hospital teams, you play a critical role in improving clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction, and the overall care experience.
Key responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with Care Teams: Partner with providers, case managers, and social workers to facilitate seamless and timely discharges to home-based services, prioritizing patient-centered care.
- Guide Patients Through Transitions: Assist patients and families in navigating post-acute care options, addressing barriers, and advocating for home-based services that align with their needs.
- Safeguard Patient Well-being: Identify opportunities to reduce financial and clinical risks, ensuring patients and families are supported during and after their hospital stay.
- Advocate During Rounds: Actively participate in multidisciplinary rounds, serving as a patient advocate to ensure efficient and effective continuity of care.
- Engage Patients Early: Initiate discussions about care destinations and discharge planning upon patient admission, conducting informational visits to promote home health as a preferred option.
- Prioritize Patient Populations: Work with hospital partners to identify and prioritize patient populations who will benefit most from home-based services, such as home health or hospice.
- Overcome Healthcare Barriers: Address and navigate barriers within the healthcare system to ensure patients have access to appropriate home-based care.
By fulfilling these responsibilities, the HHN plays a pivotal role in enhancing patient outcomes, improving satisfaction, and reducing care inefficiencies.
Why Join Us?
At CommonSpirit Health at Home, you’ll find not just a job but a mission: to transform the home healthcare landscape and touch lives in a profound way—all while maintaining the work-life balance you deserve.
If you’re ready to build something extraordinary, we want to hear from you.
Apply today and lead the way in reimagining patient care.
Benefits:
- Excellent Vacation Plan to recharge
- Seven paid holidays; Four days of Personal Time
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard PPO Plan/High Deductible Health Plan
- Delta Dental Plan
- EyeMed Vision Plan
- Fidelity 401(K) Plan
- Lyra Mental Health Benefits
- Cigna Life/AD&D Plans
- Cigna Long Term Disability
- Cigna Short Term Disability
- Cigna Critical Illness/Group Universal Life Insurance
What We’re Looking For:
We seek experienced, compassionate leaders with:
- A strong background in home health and hospice services
- Completion of an accredited registered nursing program. Current unrestricted license as a registered nurse in state(s) of practice.
- Home Health experience or prior navigator experience in a post-acute setting such as ALF/SNF/ILF preferred.
- Combination of Acute and Post-Acute care delivery experience preferred.
- A desire to shape and lead an innovative program
- Excel in communication and patient education
- The courage to step into a startup type environment and make a lasting difference
At CHI St Anthony's, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our organization. We value the unique contributions of all individuals, including minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
Where You'll WorkNow Hiring RN Home Health Navigator for St. Anthony's Hospital in Lakewood, CO.
Be a Trailblazer in Home Health and Hospice but still have the work balance you desire!
No Weekends - No Nights - No On Call!
Are you a visionary leader in home health and hospice ready to embrace innovation and improve patient identification and home services transitions?
CommonSpirit Health at Home is offering an exciting hospital-based role: Health at Home Navigator. This forward thinking position is ideal for driven professionals who are passionate about creating solutions and thrive on the challenges of a startup environment. As a Navigator, you will be a part of the hospital team of discharge planners but with the sole focus of driving care to the home setting, identifying patients who would benefit from home health or hospice services.
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Frequently asked questions
In Lakewood, CO, certifications in home health, hospice care, and registered nursing licenses are highly valued. Employers often prefer candidates with accreditation in post-acute care settings, which enhances your ability to coordinate effective home-based patient transitions.
Lakewood's healthcare sector is growing, increasing demand for roles like Health At Home Navigator. While competition exists, specialized expertise in home health and hospice navigation paired with strong communication skills significantly improves your hiring prospects locally.
A Health At Home Navigator focuses on bridging hospital discharge and home care by coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, advocating patient needs during rounds, and overcoming barriers to smooth home service transitions—distinct from typical direct caregiving roles.
Absolutely. This role cultivates skills in patient advocacy, care coordination, and healthcare system navigation, laying a strong foundation for leadership in home health program management or strategic roles within post-acute care services.
Unlike aides focused on hands-on care, a Health At Home Navigator manages patient discharge planning, collaborates with hospital teams, and ensures continuity by guiding patients through care options—making it a more strategic and communicative position.
Catholic Health Initiatives emphasizes a mission-driven environment with no weekends or on-call duties, offering a balanced work-life setup while fostering innovation in home health navigation within hospital settings, which may contrast with more traditional or fragmented roles.
At CHI, Health At Home Navigators benefit from a culture focused on diversity, career development, and mental health resources. The role encourages initiative-taking in a startup-style atmosphere, providing opportunities to shape home healthcare delivery models.
Health At Home Navigators in Lakewood, CO typically earn between $65,000 and $80,000 annually, reflecting the specialized nursing skills, home health experience, and hospital-based coordination responsibilities required for this role.
Yes, Lakewood’s healthcare policies prioritize patient safety and post-discharge care coordination, requiring navigators to stay updated on state nursing licensure regulations and home health service guidelines to ensure compliant and effective patient transitions.
In Lakewood hospitals, multidisciplinary teams actively involve Health At Home Navigators in rounds and discharge discussions to align clinical decisions with patient-centered home care options, enhancing overall care continuity and reducing readmission risks.