Care Coordinator

Wellpath; Missoula (MT); Híbrido; USD 36 451 - 44 551; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

401k

Tuition Assistance

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness program

Resumo da oferta

A healthcare organization in Missoula, MT is seeking a Care Coordinator to work within a collaborative care team, providing treatment services for patients with mental health disorders. The candidate will be responsible for coordinating care plans, monitoring symptoms, and facilitating patient engagement. Preferred qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in behavioral sciences or related fields and one year of relevant experience. The organization offers competitive compensation, training opportunities, and a supportive work culture.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent qualifications.
• Minimum of one year of experience in mental health services.
• Knowledge of DSM and community mental health resources.

Responsabilidades

• Coordinate mental health care with treatment teams.
• Monitor patients for symptom changes and treatment side effects.
• Facilitate patient engagement in mental health care.

Conhecimentos

Effective communication

Crisis intervention

Cultural sensitivity

Case management

Critical thinking

Formação académica

Bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences, social work, or psychology

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We're on a path to better healthcare. Join us

Compensation Information: $26.46 - $32.34 / hour

Department (Org): Mental Health

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service.

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan.

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Care Coordinator is a key member of a collaborative care team that provides treatment services to patients with mental health and behavioral disorders. They work closely with the patient's psychiatrist, Competency Intervention Specialist, and mental health providers to develop and implement treatment plans that are tailored to the patient's needs. The role involves providing case management services, crisis intervention, counseling, and skills training to promote effective psychiatric rehabilitation.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with the patient's treatment team to coordinate mental health care.
• Monitor patients for changes in symptoms and treatment side effects and provide brief interventions using evidence-based techniques.
• Facilitate patient engagement in mental health care and assist in implementing treatment plan changes for patients not improving as expected.
• Responsible for coordinating activities related to trainings, trainers, and trainees and integrating PERT principles into the milieu.
• Apply sensitivity to cultural diversity issues, critical thinking, and sound judgment to different situations while paying close attention to details and working under stress.

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences, social work or psychology; Bachelor’s degree in a non-behavioral health field of study with significant course work in behavioral science plus a case management certificate from a certified and accredited program with a professional school of behavioral science; May substitute a Master’s degree in social work, substance abuse, education, counseling, psychology or other related field if no prior experience in mental health.

Experience

• Minimum of one (1) year of related work experience.
• Knowledge of the DSM, the chronically mentally ill, and community resources.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels within the facility, in addition to a variety of outside customers with varying interests.

Licenses/Certifications

• Will require application as an Agency Affiliated Counselor within seven (7) days of employment.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.