Rehabilitation Specialist

Purpose of Position:

Oversee the development and implementation of strategies and structures to assist persons served so they may achieve their personal goals. The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Specialist provides clinical and administrative supervision of the team and practices as a clinician on the team.

Functions:

Admissions

• Conduct screening, referral and triage of individuals seeking mental health services.
• Assess person served’s needs and provide linkages/referrals to those resources which will help them in achieving his/her personal goals.
• Complete all required documentation for opening cases.
• Submit request for authorizations, ITRs and all other required information to appropriate local management entity or state contractor.

Service Management

Clinical

• Supervise Psychiatric Rehabilitation Support Staff.
• Train support staff on individuals’ disabilities, their PCP’s, and PCP implementation
• Provide or arrange clinical and technical assistance to support staff, as needed
• Develop staffing schedules based upon the person served’s needs, interests, and/or desires and the related strengths of support team staff
• Monitor the implementation of the PCP for clinical appropriateness of service delivery
• Provide linkages to various community resources for the person served
• Complete and submit routine updates of the PCP’s and re-authorizations to appropriate local management entity or state contractor
• Participate/lead treatment team meetings
• Provide on-call/first responder services as scheduled at local office

Administrative

• Ensure that services rendered to persons served are billable via management of cases and/or providing direct services
• Assemble a team of appropriately trained and qualified support staff to ensure continuity of care to individuals served
• Train support team staff on Agency philosophy of service delivery, as related to applicable service definitions, statues and rules
• Provide supervision of support team staff
• Conduct performance evaluations for support staff team and consult with the Clinical Director, take appropriate disciplinary actions consistent with Agency policies and procedures
• Represent the Agency at local management entity and other necessary meetings, as related to the care of persons’ being served
• Submit all completed documentation to the Medical Records Specialist for filing, billing, and payroll purposes
• Plan and facilitate consumer transitions to other services and/or local agencies in an efficient manner
• Complete and submit all appropriate ITR and other required discharge documentation to the appropriate state, LME, or state contractor
• Submit completed discharge date to the Medical Records Specialist for processing and filing

Quality Assurance and Improvement

• Assure consistent provision of quality services to consumers
• Monitor the implementation of the PCP to assure that services are being provided in a manner that is professional, effective, and consistent with governing rules, statutes, service definitions, and the PCP
• Assure that case management, supervision, and service notes are being completed in a manner consistent with Federal, State, and Agency’s statutes, rules, and policies and procedures, respectively
• Provide quality review and sign-off of service notes, checking them against goals as delineated in PCP’s
• Provide training to support team for remediation of documentation issues, as needed
• Provide quality review and sign-off on mileage and timesheets of support staff team
• Submit reviewed and signed service data to the Medical Records Specialist for billing verification, filing, and submission to the Home Office, as applicable
• Conduct routine follow-up with service recipients, family members, and guardians regarding their satisfaction with service…