Apicha Community Health Center's mission is to provide affordable healthcare for underserved and vulnerable people living in the New York City boroughs and on the lower east side of Manhattan. The phrase "we care" embodies everything that Apicha does. Whether it's our approach to otherized people, the LGBTQ+ community, individuals living with HIV/AIDs, or anyone else who walks through our doors, we show all of our patients the same amount of dignity and respect.
"We care" is what we live and breathe; it's an essential part of who we are as a health center. Our rapidly growing medical facilities are seeking to fill multiple positions with hard-working, professionally minded, and socially conscious individuals who believe in our core values and are passionate about helping others.
Position Summary:
We're looking for a compassionate, respectful professional full-time professional Healthcare Case Manager for our Jackson Heights location . The successful candidate will ensure the quality care of the Apicha CHC's patients by promoting quality, and cost-effective outcomes. Provide case management services to children, families, and adults to ensure the services they receive are appropriate for their specific needs. A Healthcare Case Manager also works with the patient's support systems to make sure care arrangements are in line with the needs of the patients with the input of the Care Team from multi(1)discipline.
Job Responsibilities:
- Client Services and Direct Care - provide proactive primary case management to Apicha's Primary Care Clinic including intake, comprehensive assessment/reassessment, and individualized care plan development to ensure access to medical care and other services including communication with Apicha multidisciplinary care learn at regular intervals to ensure patients have positive health outcomes.
- Collaboration and Services - use strong collaborative abilities to put together plans for patient care by working with patients and their families to discover their specific needs and coordinating with outside companies to ensure proper care.
- Compliance - maintains patient's records in an updated (real-time), organized, and legible condition including completes and submits pertinent forms, reports, and summaries in a timely manner.
- Bachelor's degree in related field (i.e., health, nursing, mental health, child and family studies, public health, or other human services fields) with 2 years of qualifying experience required. May consider bachelor's degree in non-related field with 4 years of relevant work experience.
- Experience working with target populations strongly preferred. The target populations: children and family, individuals with Serious Mental Illness, developmental disabilities, serious substance use disorders (SUDs), LGBT and/or high risk of or living with HIV/AIDS, chronic hepatitis, LGBTQ+, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and/or immigrants.
- UAS-NY certification required within 1 months of hire.
- Fluency in Spanish or one of Asian languages preferred.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English required.
- Ability to work effectively in both a collaborative as well as individual setting
- Ability to use and adapt to various applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, eCW, eICARE, AZARA, HCS, MAPP, Healthix, PSYCKES, etc.) required.
- Excellent customer service skills to assist in resolving patients and/or providers concerns.
- Ability to work flexible hours including some evenings and weekends.
- Ability to multitask and manage multiple projects in a stressful environment is strongly recommended
At Apicha, we believe that serving the needs of our staff is just as important as serving the needs of underserved people of New York City as such we are proud to offer our team members a competitive employee benefits package which include 11 Paid Holidays, vacation and sick leave, Health Insurance Coverage, Flexible Spending Account, Life Insurance, Employee Assistant Program just to name a few.
We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, creed, religion, national origin, gender, disability, marital status, citizenship status, or sexual orientation. If this sounds like the place for you, please feel free to apply today!