Behavioral Health Care Manager, Corporate Columbia, FT, Day Job Listing at Prisma Health in Columbia, SC (Job ID R1085098)

Description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

The Behavioral Health Care Manager functions as a core member of the Collaborative Care team that involves the patient's primary care provider (PCP), a psychiatric consultant, and, when available, other mental health providers in and out of the primary care offices. The Care Manager is responsible for coordinating and supporting mental health care within the primary care offices and for coordinating referrals to clinically indicated services outside the offices. The Care Manager may provide evidence-based, brief psychiatric interventions or work with other mental health providers when such treatment is indicated.

Accountabilities

• Support and closely coordinate mental health care with the patient's primary care provider and, when appropriate, other treating mental health providers.  Participate in the development of Plan of Care and Self-Management Action Plan. - 20%

  Facilitate patient engagement and follow-up care. Track patient follow-up and clinical outcomes. Document in-person and telephone encounters in the electronic system and use the system to identify and re-engage patients. Document patient progress and treatment recommendations so they can be easily shared with Primary Care Physicians, the psychiatric consultant, and other treating providers. - 20%

  Monitor patients, in person or by telephone, for adherence to Plan of Care across the continuum and for  changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications. - 10%

  Screen and assess patients for common mental health and substance abuse disorders. Provide patient education about common mental health and substance abuse disorders and available treatment options. - 10%

  Provide brief intervention using evidence-based techniques such as Behavioral Activation, Problem-Solving Treatment, Motivational Interviewing, or other treatments appropriate for primary care settings.- 10%

  Participate in regularly scheduled caseload consultation with the psychiatric consultant and communicate resulting treatment recommendations to the patient's Primary Care Physician.  Consultations will focus on patients new to treatment or who are not improving as expected. - 10%

  Support psychotropic medication management prescribed by Primary Care Physicians, focusing on treatment adherence, side effects and other complications, and effectiveness of treatment. - 5%

  Provide or facilitate in-clinic or outside referrals to evidence-based psychosocial treatments as clinically indicated. - 5%

  Re-evaluate patient progress towards goals and facilitate treatment plan revisions for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the Primary Care Physician and the psychiatric consultant. These may include changes in medications or psychosocial treatments or appropriate referrals for additional services.  Facilitate referrals for clinically indicated services outside the primary care clinic. - 5%

  Complete relapse prevention plan with patients who are in remission. - 5%

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor's Degree - Social Work, Counseling, Psychology.

Master's Degree - Preferred.

Required Certification/Registrations/Licenses

Job Related Licensure - LMSW, LISW-CP, LPC, LPC-A, LMFT-A, PsyD, PhD

Other Required Skills and Experience

Working knowledge of common mental health and/or substance use disorder diagnoses - preferred.

Familiarity with brief, structured intervention techniques (e.g. Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation) - preferred.

Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common mental health disorders - preferred

Work Shift

Location

Corporate

Facility

7002 Value-Based Care and Network Services

Department

70028455 Care Transformation

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