Patient Care Manager Jobs in New Mexico

Location Address:

8300 Constitution Ave NE Albuquerque, NM 87110-7613

Compensation Pay Range:

Minimum Offer $24.27 Maximum Offer $37.07

Summary

We’re seeking a dedicated Care Manager – Inpatient Behavioral Health (LMHC/LPCC/LMSW/LCSW) to join our interdisciplinary team.

If you’re passionate about behavioral health and want to make a difference in patients’ lives, we’d love to hear from you—apply today and join a team committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full time
FTE: 1.00
Job Exempt: No
Work Shift: Days (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

Sign on and relocation benefits available to qualified candidates!

In this role you will be a key member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, providing clinical interventions to include assessment, group therapy, treatment and discharge planning for psychiatric patients. Responsible for facilitating and coordinating appropriate and efficient use of hospital resources by utilization review activities including, but not limited to, prior authorization, concurrent review, retrospective review and/or quality assurance operation.

Additional Job Duties:

• Performs counseling and case management for each patient assigned, including, assessment, diagnosis, planning care, intervention (including counseling patients/significant others, facilitating brief psychotherapy and educational group, planning discharge), evaluation (including identifying unmet or new therapy services)
• Demonstrates the therapeutic core conditions of genuineness, empathy and positive regard when interacting with patients and significant others, according to generally accepted counselling practice.
• Performs discharge planning functions for each patient assigned to include follow-up appointments, family meetings, post discharge phone calls, and documentation. Participates in treatment planning meeting with multi-disciplinary team and is responsible for adherence to treatment plan initiatives. Acts a primary therapist for each patient assigned. Provides supportive interaction with patients and families throughout the admission. Complete Psycho-social assessment on each patient assigned.
• Performs risk management documentation and follow-up actions required for patient complaints and/or adverse events.
• Responsible for utilization management functions, to include prior and concurrent authorization for inpatient services, managing the appeals process for denied services.
• Participates in the Internal Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) process, such as peer review, audits, Joint Commission survey preparation, and implementations of clinical paths.
• Keeps an accurate, complete and current status of documentation onto the patients chart.
• Conveys professional role model example for other staff through quality of own clinical practice, work habits, availing self to others as a consultant on clinical issues, attending ongoing internal and external professional development events.
• Performs other functions as required.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Counseling, Social Work or Psychology Required
• 3 years experience relevant to specific program needs and patient populations, preferred
• Experience in psychiatric inpatient acute care setting HIGHLY Preferred
• Current State of New Mexico licensing must be obtained in 12 months from date of hire.

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

Compensation Disclaimer

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

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