What are the responsibilities and job description for the BH/DS Clinician I position at City of Virginia Beach?
The City of Virginia Beach Department of Human Services is seeking to fill multiple Clinician I positions for the DS Case Management program in the Developmental Services Division. We are looking for candidates who have one (1) year or more experience working with the ID/DD population and who are QDDP certified with the VA Board of Licensing.
And here's the exciting part - the selected candidate will qualify for a $4,000 hiring bonus!**
Duties:
- Perform difficult, complex assessments, and clinical intervention (including consumers with dual diagnosis) in case management.
- Develop routine service plans with the consumer, family, caretakers, or other relevant parties, links, coordinates, and monitors consumer care and services.
- Provide leadership in the implementation of planned consumer services; strategizes and implements the development of needed resources and services.
- Provide appropriate, timely case documentation in accordance with requirements of quality assurance, Medicaid, license certification standards, and professional ethics and standards.
- Provide direct case management services to individual consumers and their families based upon a thorough assessment of the consumer’s situation, wants, and needs.
- Maintain case management caseload (28 ) of Medicaid State Plan Option and waiver consumers and non-Medicaid consumers.
- Perform initial intakes and routine assessments to determine consumer’s interests, strengths, and needs and evaluate progress.
- Develop service plans that are clear, quantitative, and individualized to the consumer’s needs.
- Meet with clients based on the required meeting schedule as established by the state, division, and/or department.
- Enter consumer data into the department’s electronic healthcare record application accurately and within deadlines to ensure licensure compliance and timely billing submission and reimbursement.
- Ensure all plans and documentation are in a format approved by the Continuous Quality Improvement division and in compliance with Medicaid and licensure standards.
- Maintain consumer charts in accordance with department, division, Medicaid, and licensure standards.
- Effectively respond to crisis or emergency situations with supervisory consultation.
The City offers a generous benefits package such as health, dental, and life insurance, retirement, and savings plans. Other key benefits include:
- Maternity/paternity and parental leave
- Leave donation program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Employee Assistant Program
- Professional Development
Hiring bonuses shall only be for new hires of original employment or reemployment as defined in Human Resources Policy No. 5.0.
- $1,000 will be awarded in the first paycheck.
- $1,250 will be awarded upon completion of the six (6) month interim performance evaluation with an overall rating of “Meets Expectations”.
- $1,750 will be awarded upon completion of the employee’s one (1) year probationary period and a performance evaluation with an overall rating of “Meets Expectations”.
