Utilization Management Behavior Health Professional 2 - Registered Nurse

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Description

The Utilization Management Behavioral Health Professional 2 utilizes behavioral health knowledge and skills to support the coordination, documentation, and communication of medical services and/or benefit administration determinations. The Utilization Management Behavioral Health Professional 2 work assignments are varied and frequently require interpretation and independent determination of the appropriate courses of action.

Responsibilities

The Utilization Management Behavioral Health Professional 2 - Registered Nurse completes telephonic and/or faxed reviews with the Utilization Reviewer at the Behavioral Health Facility to obtain sufficient clinical information for all levels of facility based behavioral health treatment. The Utilization Management Behavioral Health Professional 2 uses clinical knowledge and independent critical thinking skills to apply the appropriate criteria to make a medical necessity determination.

Complete telephonic, faxed, and voicemail reviews with facilities

Assess discharge plans

Coordinates with Care Coordination and Case Management

Discuss cases with Medical Directors in daily rounds

Complete documentation for Quality Reviews for Peer Reviews

Department hours are 7-6:30 p.m. CST, shifts are based on business need and can change at any time

Required Qualifications

Minimum of Associates Degree in Nursing

Must be licensed in a Compact State

Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN)

Minimum of 3 year of post-degree Behavioral Health facility-based clinical experience

Minimum of 1 year of managed care experience

Proficiency with Microsoft Office products

Proficient working with computers

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with utilization review process

Experience with behavioral change, health promotion, coaching and wellness

Experience working with the older adult population

Knowledge of community health and social service agencies and additional community resources

Bilingual (English/Spanish); speaking, reading, writing, interpreting and explaining documents in Spanish

Additional Information

Interview Format

As part of our hiring process for this opportunity, we may contact you via text message and email to gather more information using a software platform called Modern Hire. Modern Hire Text, Scheduling and Video technologies allow you to interact with us at the time and location most convenient for you.

If you are selected to move forward from your application prescreen, you may receive correspondence inviting you to participate in a pre-recorded Voice, Text Messaging and/or Video interview. Your recorded interview will be reviewed and you will subsequently be informed if you will be moving forward to next round of interviews.

Alert: Humana values personal identity protection. Please be aware that applicants selected for leader review may be asked to provide a social security number, if it is not already on file. When required, an email will be sent from Humana@myworkday.com with instructions to add the information into the application at Humana's secure website

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Company info

Humana Inc.
Website : http://www.humana.com