Behavioral Health Coordinator

Overview: The behavioral health coordinator advocates for patients and their families by helping them access resources and coordinate care. Duties include following up and providing appropriate documentation for referrals and communicating with the referring provider.

Talent Pool: Allied Health

Responsibilities

Identifies and accesses resources to optimize effective and efficient patient care outcomes in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

Provide care coordination for patients and their families with various systems which can include hospitals, schools, department of social services and other community agencies

Assists the patient and family to understand medical recommendations and provide services planned to restore the patient to optimum social and health adjustments

Assist the patient and families with personal and environmental difficulties which predispose towards illness and environmental difficulties which predispose towards illness or interferes with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care

Participates in staff education as requested

Care coordination may involve a wide range of scenarios which require a wide array of potential responses including but limited to- informing, need, reviewing documentation, phone communication, participation in pre-visit planning

• Qualifications:
  
  

EDUCATION:Required: Bachelor?s

Preferred: Bachelor's in Social Work or equivalent field

EXPERIENCE:An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered

Preferred: Minimum one year experience in a health related field; experience with care coordination and/or case management

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRY/LISTING:REQUIRED

BLS (CPR)-American Red Cross or AHA Healthcare Provider