Complex Discharge Specialist

Overview

Title: Complex Discharge Specialist

State Role

Title:

Prog Admin Specialist I

Hiring Range: Up to $65,618

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept Behavioral Health/Develop

Location: Eastern State Hospital

Agency Website: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties: The Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS) is seeking an experienced individual to work within the Facility Services team to augment, implement and support the mission and vision of DBHDS. This position will partner with state hospitals and community service boards (CSBs) to provide discharge planning, navigate access to the vast array of services and benefits across the spectrum of agencies, and support the discharge of individuals to appropriate community services, which allow the individual to live in the least restrictive and most integrated setting possible.

The emphasis is to provide discharge planning services for individuals in state hospitals, specifically individuals with complex behavioral health disorders and individuals with comorbid co-occurring disorders. This discharge planning requires collaborating with patients, families, guardians, and hospital treatment teams; identifying potential appropriate discharge placements and community resources that are available for patients; facilitating the development of a discharge plan, to include follow up services and supports;

implementing the discharge plan; and following up with patients and providers after discharge to monitor clinical stability, progress in the community and participation in services. This position will collaborate with CSBs to identify funding needs at discharge, ensure the effective utilization of DAP and other COV resources, and serve as a liaison to private providers and organizations working with the adult and geriatric populations.

Frequent travel may sometimes be required. Valid driver’s license required.

• Coordinating and collaborating with the Community Integration Team, CSBs, social service agencies, nonprofit organizations, community partners, and colleagues on the transition of individuals from the state hospital to the community
• Provisioning of timely, safe, and effective discharge planning with adults and geriatric populations and nurturing strong relationships with state hospitals and other DBHDS staff, public agencies, private providers, professional associations, and CSBs.
• Maximizing the effectiveness of financial resources, specifically DAP funding.
• Development of safe, timely, and comprehensive discharge plans for individuals in state hospitals
• Implementing discharge plans and monitor services and supports immediately after discharge.
• Collaboration within DBHDS, other state agencies, legislators, community and facility providers, consumers, families, advocates, and other stakeholders.
• General support for DBHDS mission, values, and strategic planning as part of the Clinical Services team.
• May be required to assist the agency or state government generally in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor.

• Knowledge and expertise in contemporary best practices in behavioral health services and supports for individuals with complex mental illness and co-occurring disorders consistent with integration within the least restrictive and most integrated community setting.
• Knowledge and expertise in coordinating the optimum utilization of resources available through community service providers.
• Thorough understanding of the nature and process of recovery for adults with mental illness, co-occurring disorders and related conditions.
• Ability to apply recovery concepts and other constructs to service development, service delivery, and quality improvement approaches for adults and geriatrics or individuals with complicated behavioral health, co-occurring and comorbid conditions.
• Knowledge and expertise to support timely, safe, and collaborative discharge planning and integration of individuals in community supports and services.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Experience working with individuals who have mental health disorders that are…