Behavioral Health Case Manager LMSW LCSW LPC LAC

Banner Health•Scottsdale, AZ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Banner Health is seeking a Behavioral Health Case Manager for its Scottsdale, Arizona location. This role is within the Social Services-Psych department and operates on a Day shift. Banner Health has been recognized as a Great Place To Work® Certification™ for four consecutive years. Banner Behavioral Health Hospital has a long-standing reputation for providing nationally recognized behavioral health care programs for children, teens, and adults facing psychiatric, behavioral health, or chemical dependency challenges. The hospital is committed to offering safe, confidential, and compassionate treatment with customized plans in the least restrictive therapeutic environment, including care for co-existing psychiatric and substance abuse problems. The successful candidate will float between adult and adolescent units, as well as Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) as needed. The position involves conducting assessments for outpatient treatment and providing IOP services at both the Scottsdale facility and Chandler office for adults and adolescents with mental health or chemical dependence challenges. This is a Full Time position, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Banner Health emphasizes the importance of Total Rewards, offering a variety of benefit plans to support employee and family well-being, health, and financial security. Banner Behavioral Health has been providing 24/7 crisis intervention and therapeutic services for over four decades in a medically safe, recovery-focused environment, with 156 licensed inpatient beds. The focus is on adults and adolescents who voluntarily seek help for mental health and/or chemical dependency issues, with a dedicated staff committed to providing a therapeutic healing environment.

Requirements

Requires master’s degree in social work or related field or equivalent experience.
Requires a proficiency level typically achieved with 5 years clinical experience and as required by state law, a licensure in at least one of the following categories: social work, professional counseling or marriage and family.
Certification requires two years post graduate experience in a mental health setting or equivalent combination of education and documented supervised clinical experience.
Positions providing direct services to substance abuse program patients must also possess board licensure in addictions as required by state.
Must have a working knowledge of care management, hospital and community resources.
Must demonstrate critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, effective communication skills, and time management skills.
Must demonstrate ability to work effectively in an interdisciplinary team format.
Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.
Employees working in the Banner McKee Senior Behavioral Health Inpatient Unit must possess a Colorado Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
Employees working in any Banner Staffing (BSS) Behavioral Health role in Arizona must possess a State of Arizona Department of Public Safety Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.

Nice To Haves

Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Manages individual patients across the health care continuum to achieve the optimal clinical, financial, operational, and satisfaction outcomes.
Provides assessment, direct psychoeducation, and direct psychotherapy to individuals, families, and groups.
Coordinates all aspects of patient care from admission to discharge, interacting with the physician and other members of the clinical treatment team to provide quality patient care.
Acts in a leadership function with process improvement activities for populations of patients to achieve the optimal clinical, financial, operational, and satisfaction outcomes.
Evaluates the medical necessity and appropriateness of care, optimizing patient outcomes.
Establishes and promotes a collaborative relationship with physicians, payers, and other members of the health care team.
Collects and communicates pertinent, timely information to payers and others to fulfill utilization and regulatory requirements.
Acts in a leadership function to collaboratively develop and manage the interdisciplinary patient discharge plan.
Effectively communicates the plan across the continuum of care.
Educates internal members of the health care team on case management and managed care concepts.
Facilitates integration of concepts into daily practice.