Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM CST
Locations available for home visits: Remote + Field Visits anyone local to - (Cook County, Mclean County, Rockford, Peoria, Madison/St. Clair, or Champaign)
Pay Rate: $36.71/hr. on w2
Job Description:
- This is a remote position requiring home visits for members in the LTSS population.
- Provides support for care management/care coordination long-term services and supports (LTSS)-specific activities. Collaborates with multidisciplinary team coordinating integrated delivery of member care across the continuum for members with high-need potential.
- Strives to ensure member progress toward desired outcomes and contributes to overarching strategy to provide quality and cost-effective member care.
- Completes comprehensive member assessments within regulated timelines, including in-person home visits as required.
- Facilitates comprehensive waiver enrollment and disenrollment processes.
- Develops and implements care plans, including a waiver service plan in collaboration with members, caregivers, physicians and/or other appropriate health care professionals and member support network to address the member needs and goals.
- Performs ongoing monitoring of care plan to evaluate effectiveness, document interventions and goal achievement, and suggest changes accordingly.
- Promotes integration of services for members including behavioral health care and long-term services and supports (LTSS) and home and community resources to enhance continuity of care.
- Assesses for barriers to care and provides care coordination and assistance to members to address psycho/social, financial, and medical obstacles concerns.
- Identifies critical incidents and develops prevention plans to assure member health and welfare.
- Collaborates with licensed care managers/leadership as needed or required.
- 25-40% estimated local travel may be required (based upon state/contractual requirements).
Required Qualifications:
- At least 2 years of health care experience, including at least 1 year of experience working with persons with disabilities/chronic conditions long-term services and supports (LTSS), and 1 year of experience in care management, or experience in a medical and/or behavioral health setting, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
- Associate/Bachelor or Master degree required.
- Valid and unrestricted driver's license, reliable transportation, and adequate auto insurance
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working with populations that receive waiver services