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If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health careChallenge yourself, your peers and our industry by shaping what health care looks like and doing your life`s best work.(sm)
Ecf choices program offers person-centered care planning, support coordination, and support services for individuals receiving home and community-based services (hcbs).
The support coordinator is responsible for identifying, developing, and supporting opportunities for a member’s community involvement, including achieving and maintaining competitive, integrated employment consistent with the member’s individual strengths, preferences, and conditions for success.
If you are located in the knoxville, tennessee area, you will have the flexibility to telecommute* as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary responsibilities:
Maximizing member strengths, resources and opportunities available in the member’s community and natural supports available to the member in coordination with ecf services and supports to enable the member to achieve his / her desired lifestyle and goals for community involvement, employment and independent living, and wellness
Assessing a member’s physical, behavioral, functional and psychosocial needs
Identifying the physical health, behavioral health and long-term services and other support services and assistance (e.g., vocational rehabilitation, housing or income assistance) that are necessary to enable the member to achieve his/her desired lifestyle, goals for community involvement, employment and independent living, and wellness and to address identified needs
Ensuring timely access to and provision, coordination and monitoring of physical health, behavioral health and long-term services and supports necessary to facilitate the member’s community involvement, including achieving and maintaining competitive, integrated employment, consistent with the member’s individual strengths, preferences and conditions for success and necessary to maintain or improve his or her physical or behavioral health status and functional abilities, to maximize independence, to ensure the member’s rights and choices, health, safety and welfare, and as applicable, to delay or prevent the need for more restrictive and more expensive institutional placement
Facilitating access to other support services and assistance the member needs to achieve his / her desired lifestyle, goals for community involvement, employment and independent living and wellness and to address identified needs
Performs other related functions as assigned
You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required qualifications:
Bachelor`s degree in social work, nursing, education, rehabilitation counseling, or other human service (e.gPsychology, sociology) or health care profession or other related field as approved by tenncare; or
Be an rn or lpn, with a preference that such individuals also have current certification from the developmental disabilities nurses association as a certified developmental disabilities nurse (cddn) for rns or a developmental disabilities nurse (ddc) for lpns or
5+ years of experience as an independent support coordinator or case manager for service recipients in a 1915(c) hcbs waiver and have completed personal outcome measures introduction and assessment workshop trainings as established by the council on quality and leadership (copy of certification required)
2+ years of experience working with ms word, excel and outlook
1+ years of experience in case management managing populations with id and/or dd, complex medical and behavioral health challenges
Experience in long-term care, home health, hospice, public health, icf/idd, special education, or advocacy role
The ability to travel in assigned region to visit medicaid members in their homes and/or other settings, including community centers, hospitals or providers` offices
Based on the federal mandate full covid-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this roleUnitedhealth group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance
Must live in the state of tennessee and travel to members homes up to 75% of the time.
Preferred qualifications:
Registered nurse, social worker or other degree professional recognized as a qidp / qddp
Experience with electronic charting
Unitedhealth group requires all new hires and employees to report their covid-19 vaccination status.
Careers at unitedhealthcare community & stateChallenge brings out the best in usIt also attracts the bestThat`s why you`ll find some of the most amazingly talented people in health care hereWe serve the health care needs of low income adults and children with debilitating illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hiv/aids and high-risk pregnancyOur holistic, outcomes-based approach considers social, behavioral, economic, physical and environmental factorsJoin usWork with proactive health care, community and government partners to heal health care and create positive change for those who need it mostThis is the place to do your life`s best work.(sm)
*all telecommuters will be required to adhere to unitedhealth group’s telecommuter policy.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: unitedhealth group is an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Unitedhealth group is a drug-free workplaceCandidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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