Care Advocate - Behavioral Health - Telecommute - Full-time / Part-time

You're looking for something bigger for your career. How about inventing the future of health care? UnitedHealthcare is offering an innovative new standard for care management. We're going beyond counseling services and verified referrals to behavioral health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Our growth is fueling the need for highly qualified professionals to join our elite team. Bring your skills and talents to a role where you'll have the opportunity to make an impact on a huge scale. Join us. Take this opportunity to start doing your life's best work. (sm)As a Behavioral/Mental Health Care Advocate you will be responsible for case management and utilization review of behavioral health and substance abuse cases. You'll have a direct impact on the lives of our members as you recommend and manage the appropriate level of care throughout the entire treatment plan. What makes your clinical career greater with UnitedHealth Group? You can improve the health of others and help heal the health care system. You will work within 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.
 
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The schedule for this position is Wednesday-Friday 4:00pm-12:30am; Saturday-Sunday 12:00pm-8:30pm.
 
Primary Responsibilities:     


Focus on initial inpatient admission for psychiatric and chemical dependency patients
Make patient assessments and determine appropriate levels of care 
Obtain information from providers on outpatient requests for treatment 
Determine if additional clinical treatment sessions are needed 
Manage inpatient and outpatient mental health cases throughout the entire treatment plan 
Administer benefits and review treatment plans 
Coordinate benefits and transitions between various areas of care 
Identify ways to add value to treatment plans and consulting with facility staff or outpatient care providers on those ideas.

Required Qualifications:   


Licensed Master's degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or Marriage or Family Counseling, or Licensed Ph.D., or an RN with 2 or more years of experience in behavioral health
Licenses must be active and unrestricted 
2 years post-Masters experience in a related mental health environment
Proficient Microsoft skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Ability to talk on phone and type simultaneously
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
Familiarity with managed care principles/terminology
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach 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, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.    
     
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.   
 
    
Job Keywords: behavioral health, substance abuse, master's degree, LCSW, LMFT, master's degree, utilization, managed care, Houston, TX, Texas