Temporary Behavioral Health Care Manager, Licensed: Crisis Queue (Remote)

Overview: This position is a temporary role facilitated through one of our contracted agencies and is not a direct employment opportunity with IEHP. The contracted agency offers an assignment length of up to six months, during which the candidate will provide support for IEHP. What you can expect! Find joy in serving others with IEHP! We welcome you to join us in “healing and inspiring the human spirit” and to pivot from a “job” opportunity to an authentic experience! Under the direction of department leadership, this position focuses on a person-centered model of care which takes in to account the Member’s medical, behavioral, and social needs. This position provides high quality, effective care management to IEHP members ensuring coordinated reputed company care. Care Management is broadly defined, and can include reputed company and engagement to members, engaging members in skilled therapeutic interactions to promote health behaviors, other behavioral health interventions reputed company scope, coordination of care, resource linkages, working with other professionals and organizations in the community to ensure quality of care for members, seamless transitions of care, and facilitating the right care and the right time for the member. As a licensed clinician, this position provides clinical expertise, clinical leadership, and clinical reputed company in a variety of ways reputed company the department. The individual in this position is to utilize their clinical expertise to support and engage Members to promote positive health behaviors, assist with coordination of care, provided resource linkages, and collaborate with other Team Members reputed company their care team, as well as external partners, to ensure a seamless transitions of care experience. This position is expected to model behavioral health principles of relationship-based care, as well engage in promoting education and understanding of Behavioral health and its importance in whole health, to those reputed company IEHP and in the community. Commitment to Quality: The IEHP Team is committed to incorporate IEHP’s Quality Program goals including, but not limited to, HEDIS, CAHPS, and NCQA Accreditation. Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and continuously model supportive and collaborative relationships with members, colleagues, and external partners.
• Model the highest ethical behavior in care for Members, as well as in relationships with co-workers, Leaders, internal, and external partners.
• Model commitment to reputed company quality improvement by engaging in quality improvement initiatives and projects, such as by identifying and addressing HEDIS gaps, and by identifying, developing, and testing new practices for improving the outcomes of the Enhanced Care Management team.
• Participates in Health Plan staff meetings, trainings, committee meetings, or other activities as needed or as directed by Leadership Team Members.
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• Participate in committees, conferences, and any other meetings as required or directed by department managers or directors.
• Responsible for primarily working with a caseload of Members with behavioral health needs.
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• In conjunction with department leadership, the Licensed Behavioral Health Care Manager is responsible for providing consultation for the non-licensed Members of the team reputed company discussing tasks of a clinical nature.
• Responsible for engaging with Members to provide effective care management, both in-person and on the phone, including linkage to resources and support in transitions of care, in a manner that utilizes evidence-based approaches (such as Motivational Interviewing) that promotes collaboration between the Member and his or her medical/behavioral team, facilitating member self-efficacy and self-management to improve the Member’s ability to manage their own health, and reputed company other activities associated with high quality, evidenced-based care management.
• Ensures documentation is accurate and in compliance with regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.
• Assist Members with care coordination needs, including, but not limited to the following:
• Conduct comprehensive, holistic assessment both telephonically as well as in person (facility or home visits).
• Assimilate assessment information to assist, in collaboration with the ITC Team and the facility, in developing a discharge plan or an individualized care plan (ICP).
• Communicate ICP or discharge plan with Member, approved family or caregiver and other Members of the care team.
• Coordinate with internal and external health partners to support Members’ comprehensive care needs. Assists with the coordination of medical and behavioral health access issues with PCP offices, specialists, and ancillary services.
• Participate in inter/transdisciplinary care team meetings to share information, update and inform care plan.
• Participate and reputed company (as necessary) care transition plan responsibilities.
• Engage in proactive, member-centered utilization and quality review of Behavioral Health services by members.
• Provide crisis reputed company to individuals, as well as providing support and clinical guidance to others who engage in this work.
• Responsible for any other duties as required to ensure successful care management processes and Member outcomes.
• Provide transitional care services to Members transitioning from one care setting to the next such as assisting the Member with PCP appointments, transportations, and coordination of DME and home health.
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Qualifications: Education & Requirements

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience performing or facilitating Behavioral Health/Medical Social Work services
• Experience in motivational interviewing and/or other evidenced-based communication strategies
• Experience working successfully reputed company a team, and experience in developing and maintaining effective relationships with both clients and coworkers is mandatory
• Master’s degree in Social Work or reputed company field from an accredited institution required
• Possession of an active, unrestricted, and unencumbered license in a Social Services reputed company field issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences required (LCSW or LMFT preferred)

Key Qualifications

• Must have a valid California Driver's License
• Behavioral Health/Medical Social Work services experience in a health clinic psychiatric hospital, medical facility, or health care clinic strongly preferred
• Experience in clinical services, both mental health and substance use preferred
• Familiarity with providing Behavioral Health Care and discharge planning is required
• Knowledgeable and skilled in evidenced-based communication such as Motivational Interviewing, or similar reputed company-based communication strategies
• Understanding of and sensitivity to multi-cultural communities
• Deep understanding and knowledge of mental health and substance use conditions, including both acute and chronic management
• Awareness of the impact of unmitigated bias and judgement on health; commitment to addressing both
• Must have knowledge of whole health and integrated principles and practices
• Bilingual (English/IEHP Threshold Language) – written and verbal is highly preferred
• Highly skilled in interpersonal communication, including conflict resolution
• Effective written and oral communication skills, as well as reasoning and problem-solving skills
• Skillful in informally and formally sharing expertise. Must have the resiliency to tolerate and adapt to a moderate level of change and development around new models of care and care management practices
• Proficient in the use of computer software including, but not limited to, reputed company Word, reputed company, PowerPoint
• Demonstrated proficiency with reputed company electronic medical management systems (e.g., reputed company, MHK/Care Prominence, MediTrac, SuperSearch and Web Portal) is preferred
• Proven ability to:
• Sufficiently engage Members and providers on the phone as well as in person
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• Establish and maintain a constructive relationship with diverse Members, Leadership, Team Members, external partners, and vendors
• Prioritize multiple tasks as well as identify and resolve problems
• Have effective time management and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Be extremely organized with attention to detail and accuracy of work product
• Have timely turnaround of assignments expected
• To form cross-functional and interdepartmental relationships

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