MI Residential Coordinator

MI Residential Coordinator

Mental Illness Residential Services

Full Time / 40 hours

Monday - Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm & On-Call

- Tuscaloosa, AL

• Proven ability to work as a team with physicians to coordinate care, asking pertinent questions that are required to manage psychiatric and medical care. Ability to coordinate a program that emphasizes both aspects as equally important in the recovery of the consumer.
• Proven ability to work with other healthcare or community agencies to coordinate all aspects of the consumer's continuum of care, focusing on medical as well as psychiatric needs.
• Proven ability to educate staff and consumers about medications and medical conditions that often present themselves in intensive psychiatric settings.
• Proven ability to assess consumers and distinguish whether presenting symptoms are psychiatric or possibly a psychiatric presentation of medical concerns that require intervention.
• In-depth knowledge of medications: medical – purpose for usage, administration details, possible complications, side effects, interactions; psychotropic – purpose for usage, administration details, possible complications, side effects, interactions.
• In-depth knowledge of physiological responses to medical illnesses and treatment and psychiatric illnesses and treatment.
• Proven superior psychotherapeutic skills.
• Excellent ability to work with other program coordinators in a cooperative, supportive manner.
• Must possess effective understanding of training techniques used with the SMI population.
• Must possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be able to organize and prioritize a variety of tasks.
• Must possess excellent ability to comprehend and maintain program standards.
• Must be able to effectively manage, organize and schedule staff to ensure a successful residential program and services.
• Must be knowledgeable of cultural diversity.
• Ability to develop and implement a comprehensive treatment plan and ensure implementation.

• Establish staffing guidelines and maintain staffing levels for each program in a timely manner.
• Assist with the screening of consumers coming into the program.
• Collect documentation making sure that documentation supports all billing. Monitor care provided to identify the medical necessity.
• Coordinate rehab program within each program with goals for attaining independent living.
• Establish productivity guidelines for each staff in each program.
• Work with other coordinators to maintain movement through the program, recognizing progressive movement toward independence.
• Work with Residential Manager to establish program descriptions.
• Provide supervision of program staff and coordinate staff schedules.
• Provide education of staff and consumers in infection control, safety, consumer rights, etc. Ensure that all staff within the programs receive adequate clinical training to provide safe and effective care.
• Maintain courteous and respectful attitudes towards consumers, visitors and co-workers.
• Implement all residential guidelines.
• Complete timesheets.
• Conduct staff meetings twice per month.
• Be on-call to staff to handle staffing, clinical or facility issues.
• Monitor documentation for the clinical program to ensure that admission, assessments, treatment plans/reviews, BLS notes, bi‑weekly notes, etc. are completed appropriately.
• Constant supervision of residential programs to monitor staff interactions with individuals to ensure quality care is provided. Retrain and enforce disciplinary action when needed.
• Promote and maintain a safe environment for consumers, documenting routine monthly safety checks.
• Attend in‑service trainings and staff meetings as required.
• Provide accurate documentation of billable time and service reports in a timely manner.
• Maintain and support open communication with supervisor.
• Provide collaboration and consultation to community agencies as needed.
• Practice efficient time‑management skills.
• Complete monthly administrative reports as required (requisitions, on‑call, residential report, meals, etc.).
• Ensure the upkeep of the facilities is maintained.
• Devote 40 hours per week to the completion of duties as outlined in the job…