Case Manager
Company: Oceans Healthcare
Location: Abilene
Posted on: April 24, 2024
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Job Description:
Description
At Oceans Behavioral Hospital Abilene, healing is our focus. We are
passionate about helping adolescents, adults and seniors manage the
challenges associated with anxiety, depression and other mental
health issues. Utilizing proven, innovative and progressive
therapies, our qualified professionals strive to promote long-term
wellness through a range of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric
counseling and treatment options.
The Case Manager coordinates with the admission staff and clinical
staff to facilitate the meeting of patient's treatment needs as
well as management of utilization review activities for the
inpatient programs in accordance with the Joint Commission, Federal
and State regulations, Oceans' mission, policies and procedures and
Performance Improvement standards. Acts as patient liaison for
physician, clinical staff and family member's activities. Works in
coordination with the Performance Improvement Coordinator to
conducts closed and concurrent reviews of medical records.
Interacts with members of the medical/clinical team to provide a
flow of communication, ensure criteria for admission and continued
stay are met and that the medical record documentation supports the
level and intensity of service rendered as well as facilitating
timely discharge planning. Works with the primary therapist and
nursing staff to facilitate treatment planning documentation,
family contact, scheduling appointments, absentees from programming
and access to community resources.
Essential Functions:
Requirements
Associate degree with emphasis on healthcare or bachelor's degree
in social services field preferred. At least one year
psychiatric/chemical dependency experience with good working
psychiatric/medical knowledge.Must have excellent assertive
communication skills. Knowledge and in-depth understanding of
CD/psych treatment and discharge planning process. Must have good
writing and composition skills. Must have good understanding of
regulatory and fiscal reimbursement and utilization review as a
primary component of patient care. Must demonstrate strong patient
advocacy skills. Must be able to organize and prioritize high
volume workload. Must be able to analyze and utilize data and
systems to provide individualized quality treatment in a
cost-effective manner. Must be able to function with minimal
supervision. Therapeutic Intervention De-escalation Education
required. Must have ability to maintain overall good work attitude
and interact cooperatively and professionally with other staff
members and third-party payers to achieve mutually beneficial
outcome. Must possess basic competency in age/disability/cultural
diversity needs of patients served and ability to relate to
patients in a manner sensitive to those needs. Must successfully
complete CPR certification and an Oceans approved behavioral health
de-escalation program.Subject to many interruptions. Occasional
pressure due to multiple calls and inquiries. This position can be
high paced and stressful; must be able to cope mentally and
physically to atmosphere. This person might sometimes experience
disagreeable odors, sights and/or unpredictable patient behavior.
Work requires spending approximately 90% or more of the time inside
a building that offers protection from weather conditions but not
necessarily from temperature changes.
Keywords: Oceans Healthcare, Abilene , Case Manager, Executive , Abilene, Texas
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