Case Manager

Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital • Bakersfield, CA

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital (BBHH) is seeking a Case Manager to support its inpatient units and provide collaborative, high-quality care in a fast-paced behavioral healthcare setting. The role oversees patient admissions and services, including creating and organizing medical and legal documentation and maintaining patient charts. The Case Manager gathers information about patients’ histories and primary treatment issues, obtains relevant collateral information from patients and their significant others or support people, and documents that information.

From admission onward, the Case Manager develops and coordinates individualized discharge plans. This includes using treatment-team input and written chart information to identify aftercare needs and communicating by phone, fax, or other correspondence with families and community resources, such as nursing homes, group homes, and mental health providers, to arrange aftercare.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree; preferably in Psychology or a related field.
• Current CPR certification when applying, or obtain certification before the start date.
• Complete Handle-With-Care Physical Restraint Technique Training during orientation.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in a mental healthcare hospital environment focused on human behavior, psychiatry, psychology, or other mental healthcare situations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee patient admissions and services.
• Create and organize relevant medical and legal documents and maintain patient charts.
• Gather information to document patient histories and identify primary issues for treatment.
• Obtain collateral information from patients and their significant others or support people, and document relevant information.
• Develop and coordinate individualized discharge plans from admission, using treatment-team input and chart information to determine aftercare needs.
• Communicate with families and community resources, including nursing homes, group homes, and mental health providers, to provide an aftercare plan.

Benefits

• Paid time off (over three weeks in the first year for full-time employees).
• Life insurance.
• Short-term disability insurance.
• Long-term disability insurance.
• Medical insurance.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• Pet insurance.
• Accident insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan.
• Discounted meals.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Tuition assistance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time