Nurse Care Coordinator, CCBHC

Job Description

Job Description

The Nurse Care Coordinator (Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic) leads care coordination services, conducts physical health and preventative care screenings, monitoring and follow up for project populations. Overall ensures the delivery of services that meet the needs of the client through the coordination of care.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Monitors and ensures that health care information collected at intake and other intervals is distributed to staff, psychiatrist and other medical personnel as necessary.
• Gives treatments to patient following physician’s instructions. Conducts preventive care screening and follow up, including BMI, weight, diabetes and may conduct tobacco and alcohol screening, suicide and depression screening and medication adherence screening and management.
• Utilizes service data to monitor and coordinate CCBHC consumers’ healthcare integration with collaterals.
• Collaborates as needed with pharmacies, mental health, substance use, medical providers, and collateral supports, such as counselors, outreach teams, courts and primary care providers.
• Works closely with all consulting psychiatrists and medical doctors as assigned. This may include but is not limited to : medication administration, scheduling appointments and coordinating care as indicated by the consumer’s service plans.
• Attends to any medically related emergency or crises providing intervention as appropriate while taking charge of the situation making such determinations about other interventions as needed.
• Provides staff and consumer training as requested on such topics as medication compliance, human sexuality, first aid, CPR, naloxone administration, the Heimlich Maneuver and others.
• PMP monitoring for controlled substances prescribed
• Monitors vitals for those referred to MAT induction
• Provides on-site groups for Nicotine Cessation / Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT), Reduction of Risk Behaviors related to STI / HIV / Hepatitis and opioid overdose prevention
• Meets required billing targets and completes all documentation within assigned time frames.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Schedule : Monday - Friday 8 : 30am-5 : 00pm

MARGINAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

SKILLS / CERTIFICATIONS

WHAT SETS THRESHOLDS APART

Subject to increase based on education and experience

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Salary : $79,000