Behavioral Health Care Manager

About MedElite:

MedElite provides innovative solutions for skilled nursing facilities by partnering with long-term care providers and clinicians for the benefit of the facilities, the specialists, and most importantly, the patients. MedElite’s vision is to revolutionize geriatric healthcare by combining state-of-the-art equipment and on-site expert clinicians with our long-term care facility partners. We are paving the way to an all-new concept of medical services that provides our patients with proactive care for many significant health concerns that have previously been neglected. MedElite achieves this by providing our physicians with advanced technology, which allows them to perform testing and treatment for patients that would otherwise not be possible. Our unique service supports facilities to ensure enhanced quality of life for our patients.

Job Description:

The Behavioral Health Care Manager will be responsible for reviewing patient charts and communicating with the Clinical department and providers about any irregularities as part of chronic care management.

Responsibilities:

• Provides assessment and care management services, including: 
• The administration of validated rating scales 
• Initiates behavioral health care planning concerning behavioral or psychiatric health problems 
• Revises / modifies care plans for patients not progressing or whose status changes 
• Brief psychosocial interventions if needed 
• Ongoing collaboration with the billing practitioner 
• Maintenance of the registry/tracking sheet C
• Consultation with the psychiatric consultant 
• Has a continuous relationship with the patient.
• Collaborative, integrated relationship with the rest of the care team 
• Conducts an interdisciplinary care plan meeting to go over the patient’s beneficiary to the program

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in social work
• Experience in long-term care preferred
• Experience in behavioral health preferred

Benefits:

• Health
• Dental
• Vision
• Company Sponsored Life Insurance
• Short and Long term Disability
• Paid Time Off

Salary: $60,000 - $75,000

EEO/AAP Statement: MedElite is an equal-opportunity employer. We acknowledge and honor the fundamental value and dignity of all individuals. We pledge ourselves to crafting and maintaining an environment that respects diverse traditions, heritages, and experiences. MedElite is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

The above-noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the applicant a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of this position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of the position.