Healthcare Consultant / Care Coordinator

Healthcare Consultant / Care Coordinator

Job Description

Position Summary:
Provide comprehensive healthcare management services to facilitate appropriate healthcare treatment, effectively
manage healthcare costs and improve healthcare program/operational efficiency involving clinical issues

Duties:
Determines medical necessity/ appropriateness
Facilitates optimal outcomes
Identifies and follow through with continuous quality/ compliance opportunities . May also include identification of aberrance's and initiation of corrective action
Educates/ empowers customers to ensure compliance, satisfaction and promote patient advocacy
Optimize total costs
Implementation and evaluation of policy based on usage and program directives
Educate/empower colleagues at all levels to enable decision making at most appropriate level

Experience :
Bachelor’s degree or non-licensed master level clinician required
2+ years of experience in behavioral health, social services, or human services
2+ years of experience with personal computers, keyboard and multi-system navigation, and MS Office Suite applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint).
2+ years of experience in children's mental health, child welfare, developmental disabilities, juvenile justice, or a public sector human services or behavioral health care field, providing community-based services to children and youth, and their family/caregivers.
2+ years experience in one or more of the following areas of expertise: family systems, community systems and resources, case management, child and family counseling/therapy, child protection, or child development.
2+ year of experience with Ohio delivery systems, including local community networks and resources.

Education:
Bachelor’s degree or non-licensed master level clinician required, with either degree being in behavioral health, human services, health services, or public health preferred. (i.e. psychology, social work, marriage and family therapy, counseling, juvenile justice).

Notes:
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm EST with the ability to work later for member needs

VIVA is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants have an equal opportunity for placement, and all employees have an equal opportunity to develop on the job. This means that VIVA will not discriminate against any employee or qualified applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.