Inpatient Behavioral Health Case Manager - Psychiatric

MaineGeneral Medical Center; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 70,067,000 - 122,626,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

Paid time off & holidays

Employee Assistance Program

Payactiv wages on demand

Tuition Reimbursement

Retirement plan (403(b)/401(a))

Disability insurance

Career mobility & development

Job summary

MaineGeneral Medical Center is seeking an Inpatient Behavioral Health Case Manager for the Psychiatric Unit. This 36-hour weekly day-shift role involves coordinating patient-centered care, supporting safe transitions, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to optimize outcomes.

The role emphasizes thorough assessments, care coordination, and discharge planning, including post-discharge resources and detox patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience in behavioral health, care management, or related clinical setting.
• Strong assessment and communication abilities.
• Ability to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Interview and assess patients and families to identify clinical, psychosocial, and resource needs.
• Determine and arrange appropriate internal and external services and interventions.
• Coordinate care and participate in discharge planning for safe transitions of care.

Skills

Assessment skills

Communication skills

Care coordination

Education

Maine state license: LSW/LSX, LMSW, LCSW, or RN

Job description

Job Summary

Provides comprehensive care management services to inpatient behavioral health patients by assessing needs, coordinating services, supporting safe transitions of care, and collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary team to promote positive patient outcomes.

Job Description

Position: Inpatient Behavioral Health Case Manager

Location: Inpatient Behavioral Health / Psychiatric Unit

Schedule: 36 hours per week

Shift: Day shift, 4x9's (typically 7:30 am–5:00 pm); no weekend requirement, flexibility based on patient census

What You'll Do

As an Inpatient Behavioral Health Case Manager on our close-knit psychiatric care team, you’ll play a vital role in coordinating patient-centered care while ensuring no one carries a patient alone — collaboration and communication are at the heart of how we work.

Clinical Responsibilities

• Interviews and assesses patients and/or patients’ families, caregivers, and/or legal representatives to identify clinical, psychosocial, and resource needs
• Determines, prioritizes, provides, and/or arranges for appropriate internal and external services and interventions
• Consults regularly with multidisciplinary teams to evaluate patient status, treatment progress, and appropriateness of medical and behavioral health care across care settings
• Performs ongoing chart review to identify actual or potential issues related to service delivery, patient outcomes and satisfaction, compliance, cost, and reimbursement

Care Coordination & Discharge Planning

• Actively participates in discharge planning, including identifying and coordinating appropriate post-discharge resources
• Provides discharge education and resource referrals to patients and families to support safe transitions of care
• Coordinates care for an inpatient psychiatric population, including patients undergoing alcohol and opioid detox

What We're Looking For

• Experience in behavioral health, care management, or related clinical setting
• Must hold a Maine State license as a Licensed Social Worker (LSW OR LSX), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Registered Nurse (RN)
• Strong assessment, communication, and care coordination skills
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• A patient-centered, compassionate approach to care management in an inpatient setting

Why This Role Stands Out

• Day shift schedule with predictable hours and flexibility as census allows
• Inpatient behavioral health setting with a mix of psychiatric care, alcohol detox, and opioid detox
• Highly supportive, close-knit team where communication is strong and no one manages patients alone
• Meaningful work that directly supports patient safety, recovery, and successful transitions of care

Why MaineGeneral?

At MaineGeneral, you’re not just managing care — you’re part of a mission-driven health system that believes care is better when it’s intentional, collaborative, and centered around both patients and the teams who support them.

Compensation Information

$27.17 - $47.55

The hourly pay range shown represents the base pay range for this position. Individual pay is determined based on factors such as experience, qualifications, skills, and market considerations. In addition to base pay, eligible team members may earn additional compensation through shift, weekend, holiday, on-call, and other applicable differentials. We are proud to offer a competitive total rewards package designed to recognize our caregivers and support them in delivering exceptional care to the communities we serve.

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36

Job Exempt: No

Benefits

• Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future.
• Physical Wellness: We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs. Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents. A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.
• Emotional Wellness: When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
• Financial Wellness: Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances. Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career. We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
• Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident. We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.
• Career Mobility: Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.

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