Behavioral Health Care Manager (BHCM) - Remote

Behavioral Health Care Manager role:   

The BHCM is a core member of Cerula Care’s collaborative care team.  Cerula Care’s team includes a BHCM, a Consultative Psychiatrist, and a Health Coach.  The BHCM is critical to collaborating between external specialists (e.g., oncologists) and the internal care team; the role is partly clinical and partly operational.   

Key Traits:   

• Experienced and passionate about interacting with and helping members with cancer; strong ability to engage members through telehealth 

• Exceptionally organized and able to keep track of all care coordination tasks 

• Highly adaptable, with interest or experience in start-up environment 

Key Responsibilities:   

• Engage in an initial clinical member biopsychosocial intake including a safety screen and administering BH assessments (PHQ-9, GAD-7, etc.) 

• Engage in follow-up visits and asynchronous interactions, including brief interventions (e.g., behavioral activation, mindfulness, psychoeducation, etc.) 

• Be the key care coordinator and act as a liaison between the referring specialist and the practice, ensuring if there is a member question or administrative question, it is answered or triaged to the appropriate team within Cerula Care 

• Lead the interdisciplinary team meetings on a weekly basis with the Consulting Psychiatrist and Health Coach, ensuring all high-risk members are discussed and all new psychiatric recommendations are documented in the chart 

• Communicate closely on an ongoing basis with the Cerula Care behavioral health care team (Coaches and Psychiatrist)  

• Document member progress in a HIPAA-compliant electronic medical record system and client registry provided by Cerula Care 

• Identify patients who are not improving and may need more intensive mental health care and report any concerns to the medical provider and the Consulting Psychiatrist 

• Facilitate referrals for clinically indicated services outside of Cerula Care under the supervision of the BHCM Lead (e.g., SMI). 

Educational, Certification, and Experience Requirements:  

• Bachelor’s Degree Required in nursing, social work, or other health and human services disciplines from an accredited college or university. 

• Experience as a Certified Case Manager (CCM), Community Health Worker (CHW) or Peer Support Specialist (PSS), or Accredited Case Manager (ACM) preferred 

• Qualified applicants must have at least one year of clinical care management experience, with some part of the experience directly working with people with cancer or advanced illness (e.g., Cancer coaching, Palliative Care, etc.) 

Location Requirements:  

• Due to California regulations, we cannot accept contract positions from California at this time.

Time Commitment, Salary, Start Date:  

• Part-time, hourly requirement (1099 contractor position) depending on caseload.

• • Month 1-2: 10-20 hours/week 

• • Month 3+: 30-40 hours/week 

• Hourly rate: mid-20s

• Start date: end June 2024