PCA Service Coordinator in Portland, Oregon at COMAGINE HEALTH

FOCUS Areas: Eugene and Portland Metro, but will review qualified candidates from all areas in Oregon.

Comagine Health partners with the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to provide statewide eligibility determination, service coordination, medical appropriateness reviews, and transition planning for individuals diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI).

Our goal is to support adults with SPMI to live in the least-restrictive settings possible by ensuring that necessary and desired supports and services are in place. The Home and Community Based Coordinator facilitates timely and appropriate discharges and care transition support services through collaboration with providers, community service agencies, and other stakeholders.

Qualified Mental Health Associate (QMHA) certification is required.

Requirements and experience:

Bachelor’s degree in a related field; Equivalent combination of education and/or work experience in related field may be substituted

Qualified Mental Health Associate (QMHA) Certification required

2+ years of clinical experience

1+ year of care coordination experience (preferred

What you’ll be doing for us:

Facilitates timely and appropriate discharges and care transition support services through collaboration with providers, community service agencies, and other stakeholders

Conduct brief functional needs assessments, develops service plans and provides service coordination

Provide assistance and support to the Oregon Behavioral Health Support Program and other Comagine Health staff

Maintain and distribute information about the availability of community resources

Assist and support Medicaid consumers during the care transition process

Participate in discharge planning, service coordination, and implementation of the service plan

Participate in and facilitate consumer and/or provider education

Coordinates initiatives, tracks, and monitors progress, and sets timelines for delegated assignments

Coordinates, organizes, and maintains effective filing system and performs complex data entry and data management

Ensures all records and business sensitive information are developed, distributed, handled, retrieved, and archived

Develops and maintains documents, reports, templates, etc.

Receives and processes requests for service from any source (via phone, fax, SFTP or mail) and coordinates with team

Performs data entry into systems (both external and internal) for requests, services provided, authorizations, etc.