Behavioral Health Care Manager

Shawnee Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Care Manager for our Carbondale clinic. The position reports to the Behavioral Health Program Coordinator.

$51,320 – $56,079 per year

Join Southern Illinois’ leading healthcare organization, with over 350 team members dedicated to caring for patients and each other.

• Support and closely coordinate behavioral health and substance abuse care with the patient’s primary care provider and, when appropriate, other treating behavioral health providers.
• Screens patients for common behavioral health and substance abuse disorders utilizing evidence based tools.
• Provide patient education about common behavioral/mental health and substance abuse disorders and available treatment options.
• Monitor patients (in person or by telephone) for changes in clinical symptoms and treatment side effects or complications as reported by patient.
• Support psychotropic medication management prescribed by PCPs, focusing on treatment adherence, side effects and other complications, and effectiveness of treatment.
• Provide brief interventions using evidence‑based techniques such as problem‑solving, motivational interviewing, or other interventions appropriate for primary care settings.
• Facilitate in‑clinic or outside referrals to behavioral health and substance abuse treatment as clinically indicated.
• Facilitate patient engagement and follow‑up in care.
• Track patient follow‑up and clinical outcomes in EHR. Document in‑person and telephone encounters and use the system to identify and re‑engage patients.
• Document patient progress in the EHR so that they can be easily shared with PCPs, the BHS, psychiatrist, and other treating providers.
• Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the PCP.
• Facilitate referrals for clinically indicated services outside the primary care clinic (e.g., social services such as housing assistance, vocational rehabilitation, mental health specialty care, substance abuse treatment).
• Develop and complete relapse prevention self‑management plan with patients who have achieved their treatment goals and have been discharged from the caseload.

• Master’s degree in a related field and additional 2 years of behavioral experience is preferred.

$51,320 – $56,079 depending on experience.

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Employer and Voluntary Paid Life
• Employer Paid Long Term Disability
• Voluntary Short‑Term Disability
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Account
• 401k Retirement Plan

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