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New Brunswick, NJ | United States

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Position Summary:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Senior Care Coordination Specialist NJMS -Medicine-Infectious Disease. The Senior Care Coordination Specialist works as the Licensed Social Work/ Licensed Associate Counselor Mental Health Clinician and contributes to the success of the program by managing the daily workflow to achieve high quality care management delivery and positive clinical outcomes, while meeting the administrative and contractual performance targets, documentation standards and billing requirements of the grant program(s).

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Assess and works collaboratively with the patients, medical provider, designated family/significant others and community support service providers to address the needs identified in the patient's health and psychosocial risk assessment and implement a plan of care based upon the needs identified
• Facilitates the development and implementation of a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary plan of care for patients with complex mental health and/or substance abuse and socio-economic problems, in collaboration with the physician and other members of the healthcare team
• Counsels and educates patients in individual and group sessions to assist them with managing experiences of trauma, illicit substance use, mental and physical illness, poverty, unemployment or abuse.
• Assists in the coordination and monitoring of the unit's buprenorphine program. Follows all guidelines and standards regarding record keeping and documentation.
• Provides co-occurring behavioral health psychotherapeutic interventions to provide psychosocial support with continued adherence to treatment and engagement in ongoing treatment and care or referral to higher level of community outpatient programs such as IOP or Partial Hospitalization

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling or a related field with a license to practice in the State of New Jersey plus two (2) years post Masters experience. 
• Minimum one year managed care and/or case management experience required. 
• At least two (2) years of clinical experience in the care of people with HIV / AIDS . 

City: Newark

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :
Position requires standing to 1/3 of the time, walking to 2/3 of the time, requires sitting 1/2 of the time, talk or hear over 2/3 of the time. There are no special vision requirements.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :
Clinical environment. Moderate noise (examples: business office with computers and printers, light traffic).

Salary: 82,178

Posting Number: 24ST0418

About Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.

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