Recruitment #20-6515-01
Date Opened | 2/25/2021 12:00:00 AM |
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Filing Deadline | 3/22/2021 5:00:00 PM |
Salary | $50.79 - $59.87/hour; $99,040.50 - $116,746.50/year |
Employment Type |
Permanent Full-Time Employment
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HR Analyst | Nicole Lewis-Bolton |
Department | Alameda County Health |
Work Location |
Oakland
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THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination will cancel any existing list and may last approximately one year, but can be extended.
Applications must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Applications will only be accepted on-line.
Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must be submitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires must be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00 p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Supplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.
Qualified bilingual persons who speak English and are also fluent in: Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian, Korean, Mien, Tagalog, Amharic, Farsi, Dari, Tigrigna, Russian, Romanian or Sign Languages are especially encouraged to apply. There is an additional bi weekly compensation for persons in positions designated bilingual. Qualified candidates may be tested to demonstrate language proficiency.
THE COUNTY
Alameda County, located on the east side of San Francisco Bay, is California's seventh-largest county. The County employs 9,700 full-time employees and operates on an annual budget of $3.4 billion. Oakland, the County seat, is California's eighth largest city. One and a half million people call Alameda County home and live in a variety of incorporated cities, unincorporated communities and rural areas. As a major urban county, Alameda provides a full range of services to its citizens. The County is a blend of culturally and ethnically diverse communities, and its mixture of cosmopolitan and suburban areas provides the perfect environment for families and their active lifestyles. The County offers extensive cultural resources, countless recreational opportunities and an array of fine public and private colleges and universities.
THE HEALTH CARE SERVICES AGENCY
Alameda County's Health Services Program is administered by the Health Care Services Agency and includes the following program areas: Behavioral Health, Public Health, Environmental Health, and Agency Administration/Indigent Health. The ultimate mission of the Health Care Services Agency is to provide fully integrated health care services through a comprehensive network of public and private partnerships that ensure optimal health and well-being and respect the diversity of all residents. Health Care Services Agency currently has multiple career opportunities for experienced professionals to become part of a service delivery team dedicated to the optimal health and well-being of Alameda County residents. For more information about the Health Care Services Agency, please visit www.acgov.org/health/
ALAMEDA COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
It is the mission of Alameda County Behavioral Health to maximize the recovery, resilience and wellness of all eligible Alameda County residents who are developing or experiencing serious mental health, alcohol, or drug concerns. We envision communities where people realize their potential, and where stigma and discrimination against those with mental health, alcohol and/or drug issues are a thing of the past.
Only through exemplifying the following Alameda County Behavioral Health values will we be successful:
ACBHCS
Access - where every door is the right door for welcoming people with complex needs;
Consumer and Family Empowerment - through shared decision‐making best practices, that clinically produce effective outcomes;
Best Practices - business excellence that uses public resources cost‐effectively;
Health and Wellness - by integrating emotional, spiritual and physical health care;
Culturally Responsive - appropriate services built on the strengths and life experiences of culturally diverse consumers and their families;
Social Inclusion - utilizing advocacy and education to eliminate stigma, discrimination, isolation, and misunderstanding of persons with mental illness and substance abuse.
For more information about the department of Alameda County Behavioral Health, please visit www.acbhcs.org/
THE POSITION
Under general direction, to provide behavioral care services by telephone, face-to-face, and/or record review for referral, treatment, and/or payment authorization and service integration; to gather and analyze case history data and treatment plans; to make treatment recommendations and to assess quality of care; to record all findings and maintain review records; and to do related work as required. Clinical Review Specialist positions are located in the Department of Behavioral Health Care Services ACCESS Program, Authorization Services and Quality Assurance. These positions provide a variety of clinical services including screenings and referrals, face to face assessments, review of medical necessity for authorization of services, utilization review, assessment of quality of care, and provider consultation.
This is a journey level class, requiring a licensed professional, fully trained and professionally skilled upon entrance into the class. This position reports to a licensed clinical manager. Direct supervisory review and guidance is provided only in selected cases. Clinical Review Specialists provide behavioral care clinical assessment, clinical analysis, referral for treatment, treatment review, and provider consultation involving considerable latitude and independence of judgment. Incumbents in this class may lead and consult with other staff on clinical issues but do not have formal supervisory responsibility.
The class is distinguished from Behavioral Health Clinician II, Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Nurse II positions in that incumbents usually perform tasks using indirect information but may use direct interactions to provide behavioral health screenings and referrals, level of care assessments, or clinical direction to other licensed professionals and a large network of independent practitioners and organizations. This direction may include payment authorization, resource utilization management, quality improvement, quality assurance and coordination of multiple funding sources to support treatment requests.
EXISTING VACANCIES
ACCESS Program. We are currently seeking to hire one (1) Clinical Review Specialist within the ACCESS Program to serve as an initial point of public contact and provide telephone information, screening, assessment and referral services to the greater Alameda County community. The licensed clinicians at ACCESS generally work in a call center setting, hear concerns over the telephone, provide clinical screenings, and make referrals to identified service providers within the County's network who can best meet the specific needs of each individual client, including language and clinical needs. An ACCESS Clinical Review Specialist may also be placed in an alternative setting to provide face to face assessments and referrals. These positions authorize treatment; assess for level of care; maintain records; provide consultation concerning medical necessity and utilization of system resources; and provide telephone crisis intervention services including arranging for emergency services when needed. Our current openings is for a Clinical Review Specialist for our child team. We anticipate additional openings in the near future, including seeking licensed clinicians who have extensive Substance Use Disorder (SUD) experience.
Utilization Management Program (formerly Authorization Services). We are seeking to hire at least one (1) Clinical Review Specialist within the Utilization Management Program to provide daily case consultation and chart review to determine medically necessary treatment and appropriate utilization of system resources for both inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services (including both mental health and substance use disorder). The licensed clinician is expected to consistently assess level of care, treatment and disposition plans based on cultural, developmental and age-related parameters; assure in each medical necessity review that adequate documentation exists to substantiate provision of services and payment authorization; and obtain information and documentation that is required to conduct pre-service, admission and continued stay hospital reviews including determination of aftercare planning and placement efforts.
Quality Assurance. We are seeking to hire at least two (2) Clinical Review Specialists within Quality Assurance to assess the quality of care and documentation required to support continued client behavioral health care treatment (including both mental health and substance use disorder treatment); manage audits (internal, State and Federal); investigate complaints; review unusual occurrences; monitor compliance with regulations including, but not limited to: clinical documentation to Medicaid/Medi-Cal and Medicare standards, HIPAA, chart reviews, utilization reviews, grievance tracking/reporting, change of provider requests, site certification, and provider license verification; respond to provider questions about documentation standards, claiming, staff qualifications and other inquiries into regulations; revise and write manuals and procedures; work with other departments on Quality Assurance initiatives and special projects; and collaborate on and provide trainings to mental health and substance use disorder service providers on topics such as clinical documentation to Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services standards and Drug Medi-Cal standards. Knowledge of ASAM levels of care useful.
IDEAL CANDIDATES
In addition to the minimum qualifications and knowledge and skills listed below, ideal candidates for these positions will be licensed clinicians with at least three (3) years of post-licensure clinical work experience within a health care call center, quality assurance or utilization review setting; and will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to support their ability to interact well with others to earn their trust within an environment that embraces diverse cultures, interpersonal styles, abilities, motivations, and backgrounds.
Ideal candidates for these positions will also be highly respected as:
For a detailed listing of the essential responsibilities and core competency requirements for this position, please click here for the job description.
NOTE: The level and scope of the following knowledge’s and abilities are related to duties listed under the “Examples of Duties” section of this specification.
The most suitably qualified candidates will possess the following competencies:
Knowledge of:
• Social and behavioral aspects of mental, emotional, substance use disorder (SUD)-related disturbances and their characteristics.
• Principles and practices of direct client service delivery.
• Scope, activities and functions of the various behavioral health facilities and public and private community agencies providing services to mental health and substance use disorder clients.
• Policies, procedures, and systems related to Behavioral Health Care Services, legal and regulatory requirements and limitations.
• Applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations.
• Computer applications related to the work.
Ability to:
• Evaluate cases and perform advanced differential diagnosis of a mental disorder.
• Evaluate cases and perform advanced clinical risk assessment.
• Communicate effectively and document the biopsychosocial basis for triage, referral and authorization decisions.
• Communicate effectively selection factors related to a broad range of behavioral health care intervention modalities.
• Organize and prioritize work, and meet critical deadlines.
• Maintain accurate records and files.
• Input and/or access data via system-wide network computers and personal computers.
• Prepare clear, accurate and effective reports, correspondence and other written materials.
• Interpret, explain and apply complex regulations, policies and procedures.
• Effectively utilize community resources in the care of individuals with mental or substance use disorders.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
The examination will consist of the following steps: 1) A review of candidates' applications to verify possession of minimum requirements. 2) Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for the class will move on to the next step in the examination process which is a review of candidates' Supplemental Questionnaires to select the best qualified applicants to continue in the process. 3) Those candidates selected as best qualified will move on to the next step in the examination process, an oral interview examination which will be weighted as 100% of the candidate's final examination score. The oral interview examination may contain situational exercises.
CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACH PORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.
We reserve the right to make changes to the announced examination components.
Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on merit. Such a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equal opportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designed to determine the qualifications, fitness and ability of competitors to perform duties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted and specific to the needs of a current vacant position, in which case, the eligible list may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Other recruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies, or for other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.
To learn more about our recruitment and selection process, please visit the “What You Need to Know” section of our website, www.acgov.org/hrs.
Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable notice in advance of any examination process which will require their attendance. The following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs of the Agency:
TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN:
Deadline for Filing |
5:00pm, Monday, March 22, 2021 |
Review of Minimum Qualification |
March 29, 2021 |
Supplemental Questionnaire Review for Best Qualified |
April 16, 2021 |
Oral Interview Exam** |
Week of May 3, 2021 |
**The combined oral examination/hiring interview, in addition to establishing an eligibility list, may serve as the final selection interview for vacancies in this classification.
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN
Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will make reasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions in accordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda County’s Reasonable Accommodation Policy and applicable statues. To request an accommodation due to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of the examination/selection process, please contact the assigned Human Resources Representative listed on the job announcement before the last date of filing. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supporting documentation to substantiate a request for reasonable accommodation. In order to qualify for a reasonable accommodation, applicants must have a disability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA, FEHA and applicable statutes.
For more information regarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures, please visit our website, www.acgov.org/hrs/divisions/ps/application.htm
Alameda County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many different employee discount, fitness and health screening programs focused on overall well being. These benefits include but are not limited to*:
For your Health & Well-Being
For your Financial Future
For your Work/Life Balance
*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a brief summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.
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Nicole Lewis-Bolton, Human Resources Analyst
Human Resource Services, County of Alameda
(510) 272-6468 • nicole.lewis-bolton@acgov.org
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