Job Description

The Care Management Clinician is a key member of a multidisciplinary outpatient team supporting children’s mental health. They provide care management, crisis intervention, family advocacy, and resource coordination, using clinical skills beyond traditional therapy. They collaborate with providers, guide caregivers through systems, and monitor progress to ensure coordinated, high-quality, family-centered care.

Valid Ohio driver’s license and proof of auto insurance is required by hospital policy. Must pass a motor vehicle background inspection, insurance eligibility, driving qualifications and training set forth by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and must maintain qualification of insurance guidelines.

Provides case management procedures, therapeutic interventions and clinical care coordinationfor children, adolescents and their families. Essential Functions:

• Conducts assessments of patients' mental health needs and develops individualized care plans. Monitors patients' progress and adjusts care plans as needed.
• Coordinates client care with other service providers and collaborates with interdisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care.
• Coordinates available NCH and community resources to enhance client care.
• Provides education to patients, families, and care teams about mental health conditions and treatment options.
• Performs brief therapeutic interventions and counseling.
• Completes clinical charting and other related administrative paperwork in accordance with policy standards.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives to improve patient outcomes.

Education Requirement:

Master's degree in Counseling, Social Work or Marriage and Family Therapy, required.

Licensure Requirement:

• Appropriate Ohio licensure, required.Must remain current in required licensure and clinical or other training as required.
• Independent license or satisfactory progress toward independent licensure, required.

Certifications:

(not specified)

Skills:

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to establish and maintain positive relationships with clients, families, peers and community representatives.

Experience:

Experienceproviding and managing behavioral healthcare to children, adolescent and families, required.

Physical Requirements:

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Climb stairs/ladder, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Flexing/extending of neck, Fume /Gases /Vapors, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 21-40 lbs, Loud Noises, Machinery, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Pushing / Pulling: 26-40 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Squat/kneel, Standing

FREQUENTLY: Color vision, Depth perception, Peripheral vision, Seeing – Far/near, Sitting, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Audible speech, Computer skills, Decision Making, Hand use: grasping, gripping, turning, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Problem solving, Repetitive hand/arm use

Additional Physical Requirements performed but not listed above:

Talking on phone/in person Constantly (67-100%)

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"