ECM LCSW Clinical Consultant

Job Title: ECM LCSW Clinical Consultant

Reports to: Senior Director ECM

Responsibilities

As an LCSW clinical consultant within the ECM service model:

  • Provides clinical support to ECM care coordinators and clients enrolled in Enhanced Care Management services. This includes chronic disease management.
  • Engages vulnerable populations as part of a multidisciplinary outreach team. This includes home visits, accompaniment to appointments, outreach to hospitals, homeless shelters and other settings, as needed.
  • Provides clinical oversight and tracking for comprehensive intake assessments.
  • Participates in developing patient-centered care plans for the enrollees on their panel. Approves initial plan and bi-annual updates.
  • Helps to expand programming that addresses SDOH and enhances connections to community-based organizations.
  • Works with hospitals to coordinate hospital admission/discharge plans with the behavioral health clinician, PCP, pertinent specialists, and other organizations with the goal of preventing readmission, if possible.
  • Uses data to evaluate outcomes from targeted interventions for all patients. Assists in developing appropriate adjustments to care plans based on this data.
  • Implements prevention & engagement activities.
  • Provides health coaching for groups of enrollees or individual enrollees as needed.
  • Engages in quality improvement efforts.
  • Guiding Care Coordinators in steps to ensure the member’s safety and providing immediate consultation and guidance for any situations needing escalation of care.
  • Monitoring continuous quality improvement measures for coordination of care through documentation review, clinical consultations, peer review, and other related activities to ensure quality of services.
  • Overseeing charting and documentation standards adhering to ECM contracts with Managed Care Plans (MCPs).

Required

  • Valid LCSW license in California.
  • Experience working with vulnerable populations, including persons with a history of trauma, those experiencing socioeconomic stress, homelessness, or substance use disorders.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and clinical problem solving.
  • Comfort working in an autonomous clinical setting and in an outreach setting.
  • Capability of working with data to track and measure performance.
  • Basic computer skills, including the ability to send and receive emails and summarize data in spreadsheets.
  • Valid CA Driver’s License and proof of auto liability insurance meeting the minimum California requirements.

If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume to jobs@picf.org.

Partners in Care Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.  We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations. It is our intent to maintain a work environment which is free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation because of age, race (including hair texture and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locks, and twists), color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation/breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics, as well as those of family members), veteran status, uniformed service member status, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, arrest or conviction record, domestic violence victim status, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, sexual and reproductive health decisions, salary history or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions of the position.