About the Role
The Mary Lee Foundation, a nonprofit, seeks a Case Manager to enhance patient management quality, maximize satisfaction, and promote cost-effectiveness. This role involves managing the full patient care cycle, including assessing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating client health and human services needs.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate and provide safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and client-centered care.
- Manage case assignments, draft service plans, review progress, and determine case closure.
- Support clients in achieving wellness and autonomy.
- Facilitate various care aspects, including coordination and information sharing.
- Advocate for patients to help them make informed decisions about clinical status and treatment.
- Develop effective working relationships and cooperate with the medical team throughout case management.
- Arrange abeyances with social services, health, and governmental agencies.
- Interact with patients to monitor progress and ensure satisfaction.
- Record case information, complete necessary forms accurately, and produce statistical reports.
- Promote quality and cost-effective interventions and outcomes.
- Assess and address motivational and psycho-social issues.
- Adhere to professional standards, protocols, rules, and regulations.
- Supervise direct care staff.
- Participate in an on-call rotation one full week every four weeks.
Requirements
- 2 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities.
- Proven working experience in case management (e.g., nurse, medical, mental health care manager).
- Valid Texas Driver License or ability to acquire within 30 days of employment.
- No bars to employment per Health & Safety Code §250.006.
- No bars to employment per Texas Administrative Code, Title 40, Part 1, Chapter 3, §3.201.
- Name not on Texas or Federal Office of Inspector General’s Exclusions List.
- Ability to perform physical duties: lifting/carrying at least 50 lbs, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, driving.
- Ability to perform physical and mental requirements: seeing, hearing, speaking, writing clearly.
- Ability to perform occasional reaching, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling.
- Ability to perform frequent sitting, standing, walking for long periods, climbing stairs, walking on inclines and uneven terrain.
- Ability to perform frequent lifting, bending down, and/or moving up to 50 pounds.
Skills
- Excellent knowledge of case management principles, healthcare management, and reimbursement.
- Experience with psychological aspects of care.
- Effective communication skills.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Familiarity with professional and technical emerging knowledge.
- Problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task.
- Compassion and teamwork skills.
Experience Level
- 2 years of experience working with people with disabilities.
- Proven experience in case management.
- Supervisory experience preferred.
Education Level
- Certified Case Manager (preferred).
About the Company
- Mary Lee Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
- Dedicated to providing diverse services and housing to adults with various types of disabilities.
