Coordinator - Diversion Team

Coordinator
- Diversion Team

Full Time/ 40 hours

Monday
- Thursday: 7:30am - 5:30pm;
Friday 8:00am-12:00pm

- Tuscaloosa, AL -

Proven ability to work as a team with physicians to coordinate care, asking pertinent questions that are required to manage psychiatric and medical care. Ability to coordinate a program that emphasizes both aspects as equally important in the recovery of the consumer.

Proven ability to work with other healthcare or community agencies to coordinate all aspects of the consumer's continuum of care, focusing on medical as well as psychiatric needs.

Proven ability to educate staff and consumers about medications and medical conditions that often present themselves in intensive psychiatric settings.

Proven ability to assess consumers and distinguish whether presenting symptoms are psychiatric or possibly a psychiatric presentation of medical concerns that require intervention.

In-depth knowledge of medications: medical – purpose for usage, administration details, possible complications, side effects, interactions; psychotropic – purpose for usage, administration details, possible complications, side effects, interactions.

In-depth knowledge of physiological responses to medical and psychiatric illnesses and their treatment.

Proven superior psychotherapeutic skills.

Excellent ability to work with other program coordinators in a cooperative, supportive manner.

Must possess effective understanding of training techniques used with the SMI population.

Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Must be able to organize and prioritize a variety of tasks.

Must possess excellent ability to comprehend and maintain program standards.

Must be able to effectively manage, organize and schedule staff to ensure a successful program and services.

Must be knowledgeable of cultural diversity.

Ability to develop and implement a comprehensive treatment plan and ensure implementation.

Must possess excellent supervisory experience.

Monitor documentation for the Clinical Program, to ensure that admission assessments, treatment plans/reviews, progress notes, discharge summaries, nursing assessments, and medication administration are completed appropriately.

Ensure accurate and up-to-date files on all consumers and completion of documentation in a timely manner.

Supervise staff as they identify medical concerns and develop nursing and therapeutic plans to treat and monitor.

Provide collaboration and consultation to community agencies as needed.

Develop a program to provide for the implementation of well coordinated follow-up plans on consumers discharged from the program.

Complete time sheets.

Conduct staff meetings twice per month.

Assume lead role in screening consumers coming into the program.

Assume lead role in coordinating client care and referring clients to other levels of care within or outside the agency.

Conduct intake assessments as needed.

Participate in staffing, modeling for the staff effective ways to manage care problems, coordinating team participation to effectively address concerns.

Ensure that operation and management of the programs flow smoothly and effectively.

Ensure all assigned duties are implemented according to IRBH and DMH policies and procedures.

Ensure all state and Medicaid standards for the program are maintained.

Ensure all safety, fire prevention, and health measures are followed.

Coordinate the transportation of community clients to/from the Clinical Program.

Provide supervision of program staff.

Supervise the nursing staff as they coordinate securing and administering consumers' medications.

Schedule staff to ensure adequate coverage of client needs.

Work with other coordinators to maintain movement through the program,…