Utilization Review Coordinator

Position Overview

Are you looking to advance your career in Admissions & Utilization Review? If you answered yes, consider joining our team where you can take your career to the next level. Devereux Florida is a nonprofit behavioral health organization providing services for children, adolescents, and families across the state. Our programs support individuals with emotional, behavioral, and developmental challenges, including autism, trauma histories, or intellectual disabilities.

Services include residential treatment, therapeutic foster care, outpatient counseling, crisis intervention, and community-based supports. The Utilization Review Coordinator will work with dedicated professionals internally and externally to ensure a fluid collaborative Admissions and Utilization Review process for the children's psychiatric residential treatment programs throughout Florida. Responsibilities include preparing and maintaining admission utilization review for each client’s appropriateness for admission and treatment, facilitating and monitoring discharges and aftercare services, and maintaining current knowledge on funding sources and ensuring compliance with mandated requirements and standards.

Schedule:

Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm (in‑person position).

Salary:
Starts at $20.25 hr, subject to increase based on relevant experience and education.

Benefits and rewards:
We strive to create an inclusive environment that retains talented employees. Employees receive:

• Paid time off (24 days per year, increasing with years of service); sick time (64 hours per year)
• Retirement – 403(b) through TIAA
• Quality low‑cost benefits (medical, dental, vision), pet insurance, student loan debt assistance, and a 30‑day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).)
• ASCEND Tuition Program – 100% tuition covered (up to $15 k for undergraduates, $25 k for graduates)
• ASCEND Student Loan Repayment – assistance with repayment
• Access to Pay Activ (partial earned wages between pay periods)
• Employee Assistance Program and employee discounts via Carebridge
• Service Awards for long‑term commitment (5, 10, 15, etc. anniversary)

• Bachelor’s degree in behavior analysis, mental health, social work, psychology, rehabilitation, special education, or a human services field (required).

• 1+ year of targeted case management, medical billing/record keeping, utilization management, discharge management, or related clinical service experience (required).
• Strong MS Office Suite experience (required).

• Valid Florida driver’s license.
• Successfully pass pre‑employment medical screenings which include a drug test.

Devereux is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations, providing services, insight and leadership in behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912, Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical, therapeutic, educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of more than 10,000 children, adults and families each year.

Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional, behavioral or cognitive differences.

At Devereux, servant leadership is embedded throughout our culture. Our mission‑driven, people‑first mindset is at the heart of the high‑quality programming we provide for individuals and families each day. We create an empowering, positive and rewarding environment that values the needs of others and calls for service and leadership.

• Medical (including telemedicine), dental, prescription drug, preventive care and mental health services.
• Student loan debt assistance, tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.
• Generous time‑off (start accruing 1st day), 403(b) retirement plan with matching, voluntary/employee‑paid supplemental life and accident coverage.
• Employee assistance / work‑life balance program.

Devereux is a drug‑free workplace, drug screening required. EOE.