Behavioral Health Case Manager

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About the Position: This position is located at an assigned Defense Health Agency (DHA)) within the Military Health System (MHS) This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

Hours of Work: 0700 - 1630 (Mon-Fri) Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and experience requirements described below.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Basic Requirement for Behavioral health Case Manager: Degree: Bachelor's or graduate (or higher level) degree with major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position.

This degree must be from an educational program accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below: Specialized Experience: One-year which includes developing and overseeing individualized patient treatment plans, coordinating care across a multidisciplinary team, advocating for patient resources, and driving program improvements to ensure high-quality, cost-effective healthcare.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). Major Duties:

• Perform difficult and complex assessments; conduct interviews; evaluate and analyze health care plan and resources; and plan, coordinate, and monitor the delivery of services
• Participate in clinical audits and performance reviews to advance patient safety and care effectiveness.
• Monitors, tracks and intervenes as patients transition between levels of care.
• Oversee staff planning to deliver efficient, comprehensive, and cost-effective patient care.
• Evaluate patient behavior, responses, treatment plans in consultation with the healthcare team.
• Assist patients with navigating healthcare systems.
• Analyze health care plans.
• Coordinate with appropriate parties including command and other medical teams within the guidance provided by DHA.
• Analyze data for program improvement.