Senior Care Coordination Specialist

Senior Care Coordination Specialist

Recruitment/Posting Title - Senior Care Coordination Specialist

Job Category - Staff & Executive - Healthcare - Medical and Patient Services

Department - NJMS - Medicine Infect Disease

Overview - New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and six centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, clinical and translational research, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research. Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers. Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Blackwood, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates. Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.

Posting Summary - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Senior Care Coordination Specialist for the department of Medicine at the New Jersey Medical School. The Senior Care Coordination Specialist will work as the Licensed Social Work/ Licensed Associate Counselor Mental Health Clinician and contribute to the success of the program by managing the daily workflow to achieve high quality care management delivery and positive clinical outcomes, while meeting the administrative and contractual performance targets, documentation standards and billing requirements of the grant program(s). This position will focus on assessment, counseling, and coordinating care of high risk/high acuity patients with untreated mental, emotional or substance abuse or problems. The LSW/LACMCM is responsible for meeting the HRSA standards for medical case management that include (1) initial assessment of service needs; (2) development of a comprehensive, individualized service plan; (3) coordination of services required to implement the plan; (4) client monitoring to assess the efficacy of the plan; and (5) periodic re-evaluation and adaptation of the plan as necessary over the life of the client, as well as patient specific health education, counseling, monitoring, assessment and deployment of techniques to assure the engagement and retention in care of the identified patients. LSW/LACMCM activities include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, conducting clinical assessments, medical case management, client advocacy, referral, prevention, and education.

FLSA - Exempt

Grade - 29S

Salary Details

Minimum Salary - 84829.000

Mid Range Salary - 102167.000

Maximum Salary - 121574.000

Benefits - Rutgers provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. The specific benefits vary based on the position and may include: Medical, prescription drug, and dental coverage Paid vacation, holidays, and various leave programs Competitive retirement benefits, including defined contribution plans and voluntary tax-deferred savings options Employee and dependent educational benefits (when applicable) Life insurance coverage Employee discount programs

Position Status - Full Time

Working Hours

Standard Hours - 37.50

Union Description - HPAE 5094

Payroll Designation - PeopleSoft

Seniority Unit

Terms of Appointment - Staff - 12 month

Position Pension Eligibility - ABP

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience - Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or a related field with a license to practice in the State of New Jersey plus two (2) years post Masters experience. Patient experience in the area of mental health and/or substance use required. At least two (2) years of clinical experience in the care of people with HIV/AIDS. Other Skills & Abilities/Qualifications: Minimum one year managed care and/or case management experience required.

Certifications/Licenses

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities - Computer literacy with competence in Microsoft Office components. Detail oriented with excellent organizational and communication skills. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers. Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Excellent organizational skills. Knowledge of ICD10 and DSM-V coding is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications - Bilingual (Spanish) a plus.

Physical Demands and Work Environment - Physical Demands: Position requires standing to 1/3 of the time, walking to 2/3 of the time, requires sitting 1/2 of the time, talk or hear over 2/3 of the time. There are no special vision requirements. Work Environment: Clinical environment. Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).