Full-time
Care Coordinator (Santa Rosa)
Northern California Behavioral Health System
Santa Rosa, california
Hourly: $26 - $33
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:
To assist with the coordination of the overall admission flow for the department. To support the adherence to the hospital’s utilization review plan. To monitor the appropriateness of hospital admissions and pre-certification process.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responds to telephone inquiries from persons seeking mental health care or information about mental health-related services.
- Facilitates the patient's access to the appropriate level of care and setting.
- Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with Intake counselors and coordinators, intake department, physicians and health professional affiliates, healthcare facilities, and nursing staff.
- Enters the data of calls and assessments in the computer system in a timely manner.
- Assists clients who are not admitted into a program with...