Care Coordinator - Housing Team

About the role

The role is designed to be better integrated with multi-disciplinary teams in BHCHP’s outpatient clinics to facilitate communication and collaboration on some of BHCHP’s most vulnerable patients.

Responsibilities

• General Document patient encounters, as well as all outreach attempts, in the electronic health record
• Collaboratively develop, and document progress towards, patient-identified goals and a plan of care for each patient
• Carefully coordinate services and assist patients with obtaining benefits especially housing, housing tenancy supports, and housing stabilization services; transportation, nutrition, and other services that address their health-related social needs
• Support patients’ access to public health supplies by regularly stocking BHCHP’s public health vending machine and helping patients register for access to the machine
• Develop and maintain awareness of community resources and services available to patients
• Promote appointment adherence by assisting patients with scheduling and rescheduling missed medical and behavioral appointments, including specialty care, as needed. Support referrals to SUD treatment programs as needed
• Identify and develop cooperative working relationships with service providers for people experiencing homelessness, and coordinate housing supports using Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) when appropriate
• Work with patients to complete MassHealth applications and redeterminations to avoid disruptions to coverage. Successfully complete the MassHealth Certified Application Counselor exam (CAC) within 60 days of hire and maintain active certification status
• Care Coordination for High-Risk Patients: Outreach and engagement: Make best efforts, using multiple attempts and modalities, to successfully outreach and engage newly assigned patients within 30 days of their assignment to the care management panel, or within other timeframes as determined by payor. Needs assessment: Complete intake, comprehensive needs assessment, and care plans for primary care patients referred by Accountable Care Organizations or internal care teams for high-risk care management. Update these documents at least annually or when the patient’s condition changes as required by the ACOsSupport during transitions of care: Provide intensive, timely care coordination to patients during transitions of care, including but not limited to participating, as appropriate, in discharge planning with inpatient health care providers. Follow-up after hospitalization: Follow up with patients face-to-face or by telephone following an inpatient or Emergency Department discharge to coordinate clinical and supportive services

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in a behavioral health field (e.g., social work, human services, psychology, sociology, or related field); or at least three years of relevant professional experience
• Able to work with multidisciplinary team maintaining a good rapport with nursing staff, medical staff, other departments, and visitors
• Strong problem solving and communication skills (written and oral)
• Excellent customer service skills and the ability to communicate professionally with employees and patients, both on the phone and in person
• Efficient, organized, detail-oriented, and able to complete tasks in a time-sensitive manner
• Self-directed with the ability to work independently in multiple settings
• Flexible and adaptable to different health care delivery models
• Knowledge of the network of services available to homeless persons, and experience working with homeless persons preferred
• Prior case management experience preferred
• Computer skills: proficient with Microsoft Office, including Microsoft Excel, and entering narrative and other data into electronic medical records and other internet-based products
• Spanish or Haitian Creole language skills strongly preferred

Benefits

The compensation increases based on years of experience and ranges from $22.25 - $35.60 hourlyBHCHP full-time employees are eligible for our competitive time off program, health, dental and vision insurance, 403B retirement savings plan, pre-tax MBTA pass program with 40% discount, additional compensation for demonstrated bilingual proficiency and more. Benefits are prorated for part-time employees