Position Overview
UPMC Community Care Behavioral Health is hiring a full-time Precert Care Manager. This role will work Monday - Friday 3:30 pm - midnight with rotating weekends and holidays. Occasional overnight coverage may be needed at times. This role works fully remote and must reside within 2 hours of a CCBH office location. Candidate should reside within Pennsylvania or the tri-state area.
A Precert Care Manager for the 24 hour precert team must be able and willing to work daylight, evening, and night shift positions that also rotate weekend and holiday coverage. A Precert Care Manager is responsible for documenting and reviewing clinical information and making authorization determinations for adult and child/adolescent members being referred to acute and non-ambulatory mental health and substance use disorder levels of care for all Community Care contracts. The Care Manager will also be responsible for crisis management and referring members to appropriate services based on triage asses...