Behavioral Health Navigator I: Care Coordination

UPMC; Cumberland (MD); Sur place; USD 34 440 - 48 216; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

A healthcare organization is hiring a part-time Behavioral Health Navigator I in Maryland to support their emergency department and inpatient unit. The role involves assessing and navigating patients while collaborating with psychiatrists. Master’s-level candidates with Maryland licensure are preferred. Responsibilities include developing treatment plans, participating in interdisciplinary activities, and ensuring effective communication with patients and families. Flexible shifts are required, including weekends and evenings.

Qualifications

• Master's-level candidates are strongly preferred.
• Maryland licensure including LGPC, LCPC, LMSC, and LCSW-C is strongly preferred.
• Undergraduate and graduate transcripts must be included with the application.

Responsabilités

• Assess and navigate patients and families in collaboration with psychiatrists.
• Develop initial treatment plans for disposition planning.
• Facilitate communication regarding patient care and operations.
• Participate in interdisciplinary activities like staff meetings.
• Respond rapidly to appointment or inpatient admission requests.

Connaissances

Mental health assessment skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of mental health laws

Ability to identify patient acuity

Triage and assessment skills

Formation

Master's degree in relevant field

Maryland licensure (LGPC, LCPC, LMSC, LCSW-C)

Description du poste

UPMC Western Behavioral Health is hiring a part-time Behavioral Health Navigator I to support UPMC Western Maryland!

The Behavioral Health Navigator I is responsible for the assessment and navigation of patients and families in collaboration with attending psychiatrists and other staff within the Western Maryland Emergency Department and Inpatient Behavioral Health Unit. They will develop initial treatment plans to facilitate disposition planning and assists with bed placement or disposition planning. They will have the ability to identify acuity level of patient and facilitate the flow of information to promote effective communication regarding the patient care and patient operations and disposition.

The incumbent will work varied shifts, including days, evenings, nights, and weekends. Shifts will typically be 4 to 5 hours, but it is based on department needs.

Master's-level candidates are strongly preferred. Candidates with Maryland licensure, including LGPC, LCPC, LMSW, and LCSW-C are strongly preferred. Please indicate which licensure you have obtained on your application and resume.

*UNDERGRADUATE & GRADUATE (if applicable) TRANSCRIPT(S) MUST BE INCLUDED WITH APPLICATION*

Responsibilities:

• Meet standards for documentation and completes all required paperwork, including psychiatric evaluation, commitment paperwork.
• Demonstrate ability to utilize DSMV and to develop provisional diagnosis.
• Demonstrate knowledge of mental health laws and reviews inpatient commitment for accuracy, competencies and proper time frames.
• Knowledge of insurance programs, processes and able to obtain authorizations as needed.
• Participate in interdisciplinary activities such as staff meetings and other committees as assigned.
• Maintain competency requirements.
• Learn and utilize up-to-date technology in delivery of patient care for assessment and disposition/referral planning.
• Efficiently take a sizable volume of calls and disposition callers to meet their needs rapidly
• Follow outpatient scheduling or referral documentation guidelines
• Responds rapidly to appointment or inpatient admission requests through email, phone, or voicemail
• Review and summarizes the patient information for admissions to a behavioral health unit and triaging patient for appropriate placement
• Ability to verbally present the case to physicians and others
• Demonstrate triage and assessment skills for medical necessity or appropriate outpatient clinic
• Provides accurate, timely information to coworkers, physicians, outside agencies, with a professional and courteous manner
• Demonstrates expertise in accessing social systems by providing resource-specific information to patients and families, initiating contact with appropriate resources and facilitating the patient/family's ability to accept referrals.