Case Manager Behavioral Health – FT – Day – Behavioral Health Specialist, Bordentown, NJ
Capital Health is the region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in our exceptional physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advanced technology.
Position Overview
Conducts intakes for all patients interested in scheduling appointments for the Department of Behavioral Health.
Identifies patient’s problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills and assistance needed, in collaboration with patient, family, and interdisciplinary treatment team.
Documents medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures, to include acute, chronic and traumatic illnesses and injuries, and common medications in patient chart.
Uses culturally competent skills to assess individual patient needs and refers to appropriate professional staff when necessary; identifies barriers and plans for intervention to overcome or lessen barriers to achieve outcome as evidenced by treatment plan.
Documents clinical record; assesses comprehensive patient needs including clinical interventions, support, and appropriate community resources according to policy; represents patient’s needs and rights to providers and community in a variety of settings.
Completes forms and letters necessary to support patients’ social service needs in collaboration with providers; provides crisis assessments and crisis interventions in collaboration with clinical team as needed.
Identifies and maintains collaboration with community support programs to address the comprehensive care needs of patients.
Responsible for maintaining and developing patient education binder/materials; actively participates in clinical team meetings.
Performs other duties as required.
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in human services related field.
Minimum two years of experience in a clinical setting preferred.
One year experience in a clinical mental health setting or in a hospital-based setting.
Occasional physical demands include: sitting, climbing stairs or ladders, push/pull, twisting, bending, reaching forward, reaching overhead, squatting/kneeling/crawling, wrist position deviation, pinching/fine motor activities.
Continuous physical demands include: talking or hearing.
Lifting: floor to waist 15 lbs, waist level and above 10 lbs.
Sensory Requirements: accurate near vision, accurate far vision, color discrimination, minimal depth perception, accurate hearing.
Offers are contingent upon successful completion of our onboarding process and pre-employment physical assessment. Capital Health will require all applicants to have an annual flu vaccine prior to start date, except for individuals with medical and religious exemptions.
For benefit-eligible roles, we provide a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, including physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, robust PTO plan, overtime to eligible roles, and other elective benefits.