Co-Occurring Disorders (COD) Coordinator in Langhorne, Pennsylvania at Penndel Mental Health Center

JOB DESCRIPTION – Co-Occurring Disorders (COD) Coordinator

Join a Team Where Purpose Meets Impact!

Who we are…Penndel Mental Health Center is a private, non-profit community mental health center, which has been providing psychiatric and social services to residents of Lower Bucks County for over 50 years.

At our organization, every role in our organization contributes directly to our mission to strengthen individual, family and community well-being through accessible high-quality community-based behavioral health services.

What we value… Each member of our team supports our commitment to operational excellence, collaboration, responsiveness, adaptability, access to services, building healthy environment, providing comprehensive and integrated services, honesty and trustworthiness, and working as one Penndel!

How to join our team… Apply today! At Penndel, you’ll enjoy excellent training, supervisory support, and industry-leading total rewards package. Become a part of our great team…Where Purpose Meets Impact!

Position: Co-Occurring Disorders (COD) Coordinator

Location: 1517 Durham Road, Penndel, PA 19047

Department: Outpatient

FT/PT: Full time

Qualifications (Education and Experience):

Minimum requirements include a Master’s degree, pertinent licensure, and two years of direct service experience. Supervisory experience in behavioral health, including a working knowledge of co-occurring disorders is preferred.

Essential Job Duties:

• Provides clinical and administrative supervision to COD staff.
• Engages in marketing activities to improve and grow the COD program.
• Maintains a clinical caseload of 10-15 clients weekly and runs groups as needed.
• Completes clinical intakes and ASAM assessments.
• Trains staff to complete clinical intakes and ASAM assessments.
• Maintains all DDAP required trainings and training logs.
• Participates, represents and prepares for external meetings as assigned by the Director/AED.
• Assists in coordinating service delivery including, but not limited to, case distribution and monitoring, programmatic statistics and outcome reports, new staff orientation, chart reviews, and best practices.
• Assists in gathering needed information for payroll pertaining to staff and completes regular staff evaluations in collaboration with the Director.
• Participates in incident management as assigned.
• Implements structure, processes, policies, and forms relative to services assigned.
• Assists in readying program(s) for audits, participation during audits, as well as following up on implementation of changes resulting from audits.
• Available for consultation to all staff in regard to clinical decisions, HIPAA, processes, regulations, policies, etc.
• Follows up on any external or internal communications assigned by the Director.
• Will be integral in hiring, disciplining, evaluating and other HR issues pertaining to staffing for programs assigned in collaboration with the Director.
• Makes recommendations for continuous programmatic improvements.
• Pursues ongoing professional development, education and training to maintain/upgrade skills and sustain credentials. Assists in ensuring that staff are aware of trainings and obtain necessary continuing education.
• Maintains effective interdepartmental relationships with other coordinators and agency staff.
• Maintains all required documentation as per regulatory, ethical, managed care and agency standards. This includes, but is not limited to, clinical charting, insurance authorizations, fiscal documentation, utilization management reviews, and request for information by outside agencies for clinical and oversight purposes.
• Maintains assigned work area in a clean, organized condition and report any hazard immediately to supervisor.
• Demonstrates a caring, respectful, responsive, and professional manner in all dealings with consumers, colleagues, and stakeholders.
• Complies with all policies and procedures of Penndel Mental Health Center.
• Attend trainings, meetings, and supervision as assigned.
• Engage in safe and hazard free work environment.
• Participates in agency-wide Continuous Quality Improvement initiatives.
• Will adhere to Corporate Compliance Plan and review annually.

Physical Requirements:

• Sitting for extended periods of time, walking up stairs, balancing, reaching, bending, stretching, standing, walking, and lifting up to 10 lbs.
• Equipment use including, but not limited to, computer (including repetitive motions of typing, seeing monitor), copier, fax, printer, shredder, telephone, and voice mail.

Salary: $70,000 - 80,000 annually

Benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Employer Paid Short-term Disability
• Employer Paid Long-term Disability
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Education Reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
• Paid Holidays
• Company Parties