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Carrier Clinic, a behavioral health system, has been a trusted source of compassionate help and supportive healing for patients and their families since we opened our doors in 1910.

 

Hackensack Meridian Health Carrier Clinic’s East Mountain Youth Lodge provides a continuum of out of home residential treatment services for adolescents between the ages of 13-18. We provide 24 hour clinical, therapeutic treatment for emotional, behavioral, psychiatric and substance abuse difficulties based on the resident strengths and needs.

 

The Case Manager, East Mountain Youth Lodge (EMYL) at Carrier Clinic provides administrative case management support to the clinical and leadership teams of EMYL in maintaining the proper clinical documentation, various signed consents, and psyc-educational plans for residents of EMYL. This administrative case management support will help ensure compliance to the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (DCF), Division of Children's System of Care (CSOC) licensing standards for Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS), Residential Treatment Center & Behavioral Health/Substance Use (RTC & RTC/BH/SU), and Psychiatric Community Home (PCH) programs at EMYL.

 

1. Case managers will coordinate daily with leaders in their assigned areas for daily assignments, as well as carry out standing duties.

2. Case managers will have significant communication with internal departments and outside treatment partners and families.

3. Case managers will have specific duties according to their assigned role as follows:

 

Admissions Case Management Responsibilities

• Schedule meet and greets new residents and families
• Answer phone calls in real time
• Facilitate pre-admission processes / paperwork
• Facilitate admissions into the East Mt. Youth Lodge

Nursing Case Management Responsibilities

• Insurance verifications/referrals
• Coordination of vaccine appointments and tracking for residents
• Assistance with scheduling resident lab testing needs
• Guardian outreach for medication consents
• Assist with management of nursing groups
• Medication room audit
• Scheduling routine appointments

Clinical Case Management Responsibilities

• Consents- verifying all consents at intake and obtaining new ones
• Discharge planning paperwork
• Coordinating any meet and greets
• Receiving and processing paperwork for next placements
• Communicating with internal and external teams about planning
  • School coordinator and calls for SCESC, processing intake paperwork from guardians 
  • Working on communication with districts and SCESC to work up to confirmed start dates
  • Attend meetings with EMS regarding classified pending students
• Adolescent Unit communication
  • Email phone list upon admission,
  • AU letters to OOL
  • School re-entry form (with clinical approval)
• Team phone calls
  • Updates, scheduling treatment meetings if needed
• Treatment planning
  • Attend Joint Care Review (JCR) treatment meetings to receive treatment updates and complete any non-clinical follow up from the meeting
  • Start JCR and CANS with final completion/approval from the therapist
  • Update phone/visit/pass plans with clinical leadership approval
  • Treatment plan labeling, filing, composing mailing letters/emails, mailing
  • Schedule visits/passes with CMO and guardians

4. Attend leadership meetings for any relevant input and follow up related to care of residents related to administrative case management support.

5. Other duties and/or projects as assigned. 6. Adheres to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field with minimum of 3 years of relevant experience or Master's Degree with 1 year of relevant experience.

 

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• AHA HeartSaver First Aid CPR AED Certification or completed within the first 90 days of employment. 

Starting at $25.38 Hourly

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.

The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to:

Labor Market Data: Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.
Experience: Years of relevant work experience.
Education and Certifications: Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training.
Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies.
Geographic Location: Cost of living and market rates for the specific location.
Internal Equity: Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization.
Budget and Grant Funding: Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered.


Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts.

In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.