Engagement Care Specialist - COMCARE
- Wichita, KS
- $23.46 per hour
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Provide outreach to individuals who have a severe mental illness, serious emotional disturbance, those with a mental health or substance abuse need
- Serve as a linchpin for the CCBHC program to include access, referral, follow through, and follow up for services
- Engage patients and families to better understand mental and physical health conditions
- Provide whole person health screening and assessments
- Utilize motivational interviewing techniques to facilitate change
- Utilize positive reinforcement and encouragement to promote patient engagement
- Provide transportation to support client attendance in medical appointments and other therapeutic goal-related activities
- Be a system navigator and point of contact
- Serve as an extension to service providers through activities geared towards collaboration of care
- Identify and foster strong working relationships with other community providers
- Address barriers for success
- Assist patients in understanding relevant details from medical appointments
- Facilitate care transitions to behavioral health services
- Make collateral contact with doctors, family members, designated team members, etc.
- Collaboration and follow through on access to preventive and health promotion services
- Complete documentation in an accurate and timely manner and in compliance with agency, CCBHC, state, and federal requirements for coding and content
- Collect and enter patient vitals
- Ensure confidential communication of patient health information
- Monitor and follow up to ensure that needed care is not only offered but accessed
- Monitor adherence to treatment plans and evaluate effectiveness
- Enter data accurately in electronic health record and program spreadsheets
- Understand and work toward achieving CCBHC program outcomes