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Inpatient Behavioral Health Care Navigator

2 months ago


Manchester, Connecticut, United States ECHN Full time
Job Summary

This position is responsible for maximizing access to inpatient behavioral health care and patient movement for the Department of Behavioral Health at ECHN.

Key Responsibilities
  • Coordinate admission and transfer between levels of care within the facility.
  • Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representatives in a timely manner.
  • Maintain optimal census across all units.
  • Establish positive working relationships with community referral resources to increase admissions to behavioral health from surrounding hospitals.
  • Perform insurance benefit verifications and prior authorization for admission.
  • Ensure all medical admission documentation is gathered from external sources prior to patient admission.
  • Assist crisis services with prior authorization when time allows to facilitate timely patient throughput.
  • Review clinical data and determine appropriate level of care for patient after consulting with the attending physician.
  • Complete an intake form, documenting patient's clinical information and disseminate to the interdisciplinary treatment team.
  • Contact Utilization Review clinician with authorization and follow up reviews.
  • Assist crisis services with referring outside of system to find appropriate beds when time allows.
Requirements
  • Master's Degree and licensed/certified in a Behavioral Health field is required.
  • Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in the Behavioral Health field with Utilization Review required.
  • Must have experience in caring for those with mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders.
  • Requires experience with benefit verification, eligibility, pre-authorizations, and admission criteria.
  • Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate with and be responsive to medical staff, referral sources, patients, family, and a multitude of other customers who interface with areas of responsibility.
  • Requires experience working with and understanding hospital-based inpatient behavioral health care.
  • Must have experience working with managed care and understanding of prior authorizations and utilization review.
  • Must be familiar with requirements to meet hospital level of care, including basic symptomology, required labs, importance of obtaining medication reconciliations, and accepting appropriate insurance plans.