Healthcare, Mental Health

Whittier, United States | Posted on 02/10/2017

• · Assists all patients through the healthcare system by acting as a patient advocate and navigator, able to guide the client and family with a road map to the qualityof life.
• · Coordinates continuity of patient care with external healthcare organizations and facilities, including the process hospital admission and discharge and referrals from the primary care provider to a specialty care provider.
• · Evaluates clinical care, utilization of resources, and development of new clinical tools,forms, and procedures.
• · Support and closely coordinate health care with the patient’s primary care provide rand, when appropriate, other treating providers.
• · Screenand assess patients by completing a psychosocial assessment and develop a careplan.
• · Provide patient education about common disorders and available treatment options.
• · Support psychotropic or general medication management prescribed by PCPs, focusing on treatment adherence, side effects and other complications, and effectiveness of treatment.
• · Document patient progress and treatment recommendations in the system so they can beeasily shared with PCPs, the psychiatric consultant, other treating providers,and family members.
• · Facilitate treatment plan changes for patients who are not improving as expected in consultation with the PCP and the psychiatric consultant. These may include changes in medications or psychosocial treatments or appropriate referrals for additional services.
• · 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).

• · Current unrestricted RN License or LCSW/MSW or Advance degree in Psychology, Social Work or Nursing
• · Abilityto work with patients by telephone or in person.
• · Experience with assessment and treatment planning for common health disorders, when appropriate.
• · Working knowledge of differential diagnosis of common mental health and/or substance use disorders, when appropriate.
• · Familiarity with brief, structured intervention techniques (e.g., Motivational Interviewing, Behavioral Activation), when appropriate.
• · Demonstratedability to collaborate effectively in a team setting
• · Reliable transportation and insurance
• · Ableto receive direction and independently follow tasks through with minimum supervision.
• · Detailed orientated, able to multi-task and remain flexible with assignments.
• · Abilityto maintain effective and professional relationships with patient and other members of the care team.

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