Job: Care Advocate (LCPC, LCSW, RN or PhD) - %22Be Empowered to Improve the Lives of Others!%22

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Jobing Description

By providing 60 million Americans with information, tools and solutions, we are helping to guide them through the health care system, financing their health care needs, and enabling them to achieve their personal health and well-being goals.


The Mental Health Care Advocate will assist with assessment/triage as well as outpatient and concurrent review while managing a broad range of diagnostic patient cases


Primary Responsibilities:

Focus on initial inpatient admission for psychiatric and chemical dependency patients

Making patient assessments and determining appropriate levels of care

Obtaining information from providers on outpatient requests for treatment

Determining if additional clinical treatment sessions are needed

Managing inpatient and outpatient mental health cases throughout the entire treatment plan

Administering benefits and reviewing treatment plans

Coordinating benefits and transitions between various areas of care

Identifying ways to add value to treatment plans and consulting with facility staff or outpatient care providers on those ideas

At OptumHealth, you will perform within an innovative culture that's focused on transformational change in the health care system. You will leverage your skills across a diverse and multi-faceted business. And you will make contributions that will have an impact that's greater than you've ever imagined.

Skills / Requirements

Qualifications:

Licensed Master's degree-level clinician in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or Marriage or Family Counseling OR Licensed Ph.D., or an RN with experience in behavioral health.

Licenses must be active and unrestricted

2+ years of demonstrated experience in a related mental health environment - Inpatient Facility, Substance Abuse

MS Office proficiency

Additional Preferred Assets:

Inpatient experience

Experience working in an environment that required coordination of benefits and utilization of multiple groups and resources for patients

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V



UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.