Clinical Treatment Coordinator

Fairview Health Services•Minneapolis, MN

About The Position

The Clinical Treatment Coordinator (CTC) partners with the physician and interdisciplinary team to guide patients and families through a treatment episode, including assessment, treatment planning, discharge planning, and community re-entry. The role includes managing patient and family expectations, responding to the crisis of hospitalization, supporting discharge and community re-entry needs, and monitoring patient length of stay and avoidable days. The position is based at UMMC West Bank in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is scheduled Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Requirements

One of the following degrees: a master's degree in psychology, counseling, marriage and family therapy or a related field, or social work; or a doctorate in one of those fields.
Completion of Behavioral Control Situation training, with retraining every two years or as often as required.
Two years of therapy, case management, or assessment experience, including providing face-to-face therapeutic or clinical services to adult or child/adolescent clients.
Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association, Red Cross, or MTN.
One of the following licenses: Licensed Graduate Social Worker (LGSW); Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC); Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist (LAMFT); Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), required within one year of supervision completion; Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), required within one year of supervision completion; or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), required within one year of supervision completion.

Responsibilities

Coordinate treatment planning and lead management of each case.
Partner with physicians and collaborate with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team to develop treatment plans.
Develop individualized plans based on age, social and cultural considerations, clinical diagnosis, level of functioning, and other relevant needs.
Implement, reassess, and adjust treatment plans as necessary.
Assess individual patient needs and complete an interdisciplinary assessment tool with each patient, updating it weekly.
Communicate frequently and effectively with the interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity and coordination of care.
Maintain thorough, timely, legible, clinically appropriate documentation that meets regulatory requirements.
Develop clinically relevant transition and discharge plans in collaboration with physicians, patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team.
Provide leadership to the interdisciplinary team in partnership with the physician and family.
Advance evidence-based practice by applying standards, guidelines, and care pathways and using data and information to continually improve care and patient outcomes.
Promote evidence-based practice through activities such as using evidence-based policies, attending learning opportunities, participating in practice or research councils, contributing to projects, journal clubs, literature reviews, care pathway development, presentations, or research studies.