Behavioral Health Specialist- Jersey City Medical Center

at  RWJBarnabas Health

Req #: 0000169201
Category: Behavioral and Mental Health
Status: Full-Time
Shift: Day
Facility: RWJBarnabas Health Corporate Services
Department: QIP

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required:

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Must have reliable transportation
• Must have skills with the ability to email, navigate Microsoft Work, and other software systems.

Preferred:

• BA in Social Work preferred
• Prior experience as medical office assistant, medical assistant, or medical access/call center a plus
• Bilingual a plus

SCHEDULING REQUIREMENTS:

• Full Time
• Day Shift

• Assist patients eliminating barriers to kept appointments such as, arranging for transportation and/or transporting the patient via company vehicle
• Conduct outreach to patient and community partners as needed
• Ensure effective communication with the entire team
• Ensure that assessments and other documentation required to support NJ-QIP program requirements are completed and follow up to ensure all data is collected in a timely manner
• Foster relationships with key stakeholders
• Gather patient information to complete required documentation
• Initiate post discharge follow-up for mental health services and support adherence to the appointment and communicate the discharge plan with the interdisciplinary team
• Meet the patient in the Emergency Department, PESS/Crisis units, Inpatient Units and in the community to engage the patient and navigate to the proper follow-up location
• Partner with multidisciplinary team during the development of relapse prevention plans
• Provide motivational interviewing interventions and provide timely feedback regarding the patient s care, treatment recommendations and progress via documentation in the client s record and verbal feedback.