MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST
Camden, NJ Job ID 45876 Job Type Full Time Shift Day Specialty Social WorkAtCooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies and research protocols. We have a commitment to our employees to provide competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and part-time employees a comprehensive benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement. We also provide attractive working conditions and opportunities for career growth through professional development.
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Short Description
The Mental Health Specialist is a newly required position on the PPC grant. This position supports the department through direct outreach to PCPs, patients, and community resource partners. This position is an integral part of the team, providing follow-up services to PPC stakeholders
Provides clinically competent case management services to clients as needed
Makes phone calls, communicates with patients and families, and completes disposition letters for the PCP’s.
Provide referrals and linkage to community-based services, and case management for patients and their families.
Participates in daily clinical team meetings and documents updates in client EMR records.
Utilizes My Cooper when communicating with patients.
Extracts information from EMR and utilize it to identify referral sources, time from referral to intake, and various other benchmarks.
Creates telephone encounters, messages and schedule appointments in EMR.
Maintains work queues, proper cash handling and end of day procedures, scheduling patients according to template and protocols, answering and processing telephone calls, successful check in/out of patients and verifying all demographics.
Fulfills responsibilities as assigned including sending/receiving patient medical records. Obtaining lab reports, hospital notes, and referral information.
Completes forms/requisitions as needed and manages charts to ensure that information is complete and documented appropriately in health maintence.
Experience Required
3-5 Years Preferred
Education Requirements
Bachelor's Degree Preferred
The New Jersey Pay Transparency Act requires disclosure of the pay range for this position.
A salary offer will vary based on the job role, candidate experience, qualifications, internal pay equity and market data.
About the Area
With the help of Cooper, I have obtained my Epic Certification as well as my Masters in Business Administration. Cooper has really been supportive and really helpful in helping me to develop professionally and personally they really believe in a strong work-life balance.
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