Behavioral Health Care Advocate, Multiple Locations - Full-time / Part-time

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond counseling services and verified referrals to behavioral health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us and help people live healthier lives while doing your life's best work.(sm)

What makes your clinical career greater with UnitedHealth Group? You can improve the health of others and help heal the health care system. You can work with in an incredible team culture; a clinical and business collaboration that is learning and evolving every day. And, when you contribute, you'll open doors for yourself that simply do not exist in any other organization, anywhere.

Are you a licensed mental health professional with background in insurance/managed care industry? Are you a clinician who has worked in a mental health or chemical dependency role in direct service or utilization review?  Bring your clinical experience to a rewarding position on a fast-paced, supportive team. We're looking for clinically curious, passionate, dedicated professionals to fill telephonic-based care advocacy roles! Apply today! 

Primary Responsibilities:

• Concurrent care management, effectively influencing facility treatment toward best practices and ongoing stabilization and well-being for our members. Independent management of daily caseloads, collaborating with other clinicians and MDs


• Assessment and Triage Queue-based Care Advocate: Assessing inpatient, residential, and partial treatment needs based on Level of Care Guidelines

Behavioral Health Care Advocates/Care Managers

Licensed LCSWs, LPCs, RNs (Psychiatric), LMFTs

 No nights, No weekends... No on-call! 

We are seeking 4 Behavioral Health Care Advocates to work 8AM – 5PM CDT, regardless of what time zone the incumbent is in.  The chosen incumbent can be in Portland, St. Louis, Houston, Chicago, or Atlanta & should reside within an hour's drive of a local Optum/UHC office.

Required Qualifications:

• Licensed Clinical mental health professional (LCSW, LMFT, LPC) at the independent practice level or Psychiatric RN


• Licenses must be active and unrestricted


• 2+ years post-licensure experience in facility-based behavioral health environment or in a managed care setting


• Computer proficiency in windows-based systems


• Effective negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills


• Organizational and time management skills to work independently on caseload


• Strong clinical conceptualization/diagnostic skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Inpatient experience


• Dual diagnosis experience with mental health and substance abuse


• Experience working in an environment that required coordination of benefits and utilization of multiple groups and resources for patients

its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.

Job Keywords: concurrent review, triage, assessment, care advocate, social worker, RN, Utilization review, behavioral health, substance abuse