Inpatient Behavioral Health Case Manager - Psychiatric

MaineGeneral Health•Augusta, ME

23d•Onsite

About The Position

Job Summary: Provides comprehensive care management services to inpatient behavioral health patients by assessing needs, coordinating services, supporting safe transitions of care, and collaborating closely with a multidisciplinary team to promote positive patient outcomes. Job Description: Position: Inpatient Behavioral Health Case Manager Location: Inpatient Behavioral Health / Psychiatric Unit Schedule: 36 hours per week Shift: Day shift (typically 8:00 am–4:00 pm), every other weekend; flexibility based on patient census What You'll Do As an Inpatient Behavioral Health Case Manager on our close-knit psychiatric care team, you’ll play a vital role in coordinating patient-centered care while ensuring no one carries a patient alone — collaboration and communication are at the heart of how we work.

Requirements

Experience in behavioral health, care management, or related clinical setting
Must hold a Maine State license as a Licensed Social Worker (LSW OR LSX), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), or Registered Nurse (RN)
Strong assessment, communication, and care coordination skills
Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
A patient-centered, compassionate approach to care management in an inpatient setting

Responsibilities

Interviews and assesses patients and/or patients’ families, caregivers, and/or legal representatives to identify clinical, psychosocial, and resource needs
Determines, prioritizes, provides, and/or arranges for appropriate internal and external services and interventions
Consults regularly with multidisciplinary teams to evaluate patient status, treatment progress, and appropriateness of medical and behavioral health care across care settings
Performs ongoing chart review to identify actual or potential issues related to service delivery, patient outcomes and satisfaction, compliance, cost, and reimbursement
Actively participates in discharge planning, including identifying and coordinating appropriate post-discharge resources
Provides discharge education and resource referrals to patients and families to support safe transitions of care
Coordinates care for an inpatient psychiatric population, including patients undergoing alcohol and opioid detox

Benefits

We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs.
Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents.
A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves.
When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household.
Access the wages you’ve already earned before payday with Payactiv, giving you greater flexibility over your finances.
Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career.
We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan.
Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident.
We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time.
Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business.
We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development.
We know that our employees are our most valuable resource – they’re how we grow our business and care for our community.