Care Coordinator - Care Management

Job Title:  Care Coordinator - Care Management

Mount Sinai Health Partners (MSHP) is the management services organization developed to enhance the Health System’s implementation of population health initiatives, that is, programs of care that enhance the patient experience and health status, improve the health of patient populations and reduce utilization and healthcare costs. Population health initiatives particularly focus on preventive care. MSHP provides the infrastructure to support population health initiatives and includes services such as care coordination, information technology, workflow optimization, physician engagement and quality reporting. The Department of Social Work Services takes a leadership role in MSHP Care Management, which is providing essential short-term and long-term care management services for a large diverse group of individuals who have a variety of insurances that are part of value based contracts. The goal of MSHP Care Management is to provide standardized care management services to meet patients’ medical and psychosocial needs, increase quality and reduce unnecessary health care costs.

The Care Coordinator is an integral member of Mount Sinai Health Partners Care Management and is responsible for coordinating care and providing guidance, support and education to patients. The Care Coordinator closely collaborates with the patient’s care team to develop and implement a comprehensive care plan and associated interventions. They interact with patients and family caregivers, as appropriate, to ensure continuity of care, and identification and removal of barriers preventing adherence to care plans. They utilize a variety of  behavioral change modalities while coaching patients and family caregivers on how to make lifestyle behavior changes that can positively impact a patient’s health. In consultation with the patient’s care team, the Care Coordinator provides health education related to symptom management and preventive care and advocates to ensure that patients receive necessary care and services.  

Location This position will include a hybrid of on-site work, community-based home visits and accompaniments and remote work. Location for on-site work is to be determined. The position also requires participation in regular individual and group supervisory meetings (both in-person and remote).

• Bachelor?s degree.
• Commitment and passion to meeting patients where they are at and engaging in community-based care service models. 
• Healthcare and/or community-based experience working with diverse populations with complex chronic illness and/or behavioral health population preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office. Ability to learn hospital documentation and scheduling systems and care coordination applications.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, organizational skills, and comfort with advocacy, 
• Ability to foster a supportive environment for patients and work collaboratively as of a team.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
• Minimum of one year in current position.

Non-Bargaining Unit, 096 - Social Work - ISM, Icahn School of Medicine

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About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

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Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides salary ranges that comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $58661 - $79823.56 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.