Licensed Behavioral Health Specialist - 242598

Medix™; New York (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in New York seeks a Licensed Behavioral Health Specialist to enhance quality programs within its behavioral health services. The role encompasses ensuring regulatory compliance, managing reportable events, and collaborating with the leadership on quality improvement initiatives. The candidate must hold a master’s degree and have relevant experience, offering a competitive salary ranging from $115,000 to $130,000.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Qualifications

• Required Master’s degree in social work, psychology, or mental health counseling.
• At least 3 years in behavioral health settings.
• Preferably licensed with experience in medical record review.

Responsibilities

• Support development and management of quality programs in behavioral health.
• Investigate reportable events in collaboration with Risk Management.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with TJC, OMH, and CMS.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Quality data analysis

Performance improvement

Behavioral health expertise

Education

Master Degree in social work, psychology, mental health counseling

Job description

Licensed Behavioral Health Specialist - 242598

Licensed Behavioral Health Specialist - 242598

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This range is provided by Medix. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$115,000.00/yr - $130,000.00/yr

Direct message the job poster from Medix

Who We Are: A hospital providing emergency and ambulatory care to the densely populated, culturally and economically diverse, and medically underserved populations of the Rockaways and Five Towns in southern Queens County and southwestern Nassau County, New York. The 257-bed facility provides people of all faiths with comprehensive preventive, diagnostic treatment and rehabilitative services, regardless of ability to pay.

Come Grow With Us!

Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire

Hours: 8:00AM – 4:30PM

Pay: $115,000 - $130,000

Requirements:

• Master Degree in social work, psychology, mental health counseling
• Highly preferable to be licensed
• Office of Mental Health / Justice center exp
• Three years experience in medical record review, regulatory incident management and reporting, quality data analysis, performance improvement activities and survey readiness working within behavioral health departments in licensed inpatient and/or outpatient treatment settings is required.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for supporting the development and management of quality programs and initiatives across behavioral health programs
• Investigate and complete RCA for all NYSOMH/Justice Center reportable events for both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health in collaboration with Risk Management Department
• Collaborate with leadership to ensure all corrective actions are completed.
• Work with the leadership team to achieve full regulatory compliance including TJC, OMH and CMS.
• Collaborate with hospital quality initiatives to ensure alignment for the behavioral health areas with the organization's strategic priorities.
• Responsible for all data collection, working with Information Technology to ensure data is collected timely and accurately.
• Implements routine, standardized audits of medical record documentation, environment of care, and other audits as required for inpatient behavioral health and emergency department behavioral health with the goal of facilitating standards compliance, quality of care monitoring and problem identification.
• Supports Behavioral Health Leadership in monitoring Hospital Based Inpatient Psychiatric Services (HBIPS) Core Measures, develops performance improvement plans, and education to drive improvement.
• Drive sustainable quality improvement strategies and projects, working with leadership, team members and patients /families to identify priority areas and improve outcomes.
• Project lead on all NYS OMH collaborative projects such as “Zero Suicide” & “PSYCKES”. Assess areas for risk potential, completing proactive risk assessments.
• Complete all treatment over objection for the inpatient behavioral health units.
• Assist in departmental performance improvement activities & projects as assigned by supervisor.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care and Health and Human Services

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

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