New Job Program Monitor-Dhh (My Choice Transition Coordinator) In Louisiana

This position is located within the Louisiana Department of Health / Office of Aging and Adult Services / ADM - Serious Mental Illness / Ouachita Parish

Announcement Number: OAAS/SP/147760
Cost Center: 3201027308
Position Number(s): 50580827

This vacancy is being announced as a Classified position and may be filled as a Job appointment, Probationary or Promotional appointment.

(Job appointments are temporary appointments that may last up to 48 months)

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

Serves at the OAAS My Choice Transition Coordinator (TC) for the My Choice LA (MCL) project. These positions are work from home positions and are domiciled to assure statewide coverage.

My Choice Louisiana (MCL) is a state program within the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) and operated jointly by the Office of Aging and Adult Services and the Office of Behavioral Health. MCL grew out of an agreement between the state and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ.) Under the terms of the agreement, LDH must seek to transition and divert Medicaid recipients with Serious Mental Illness from unnecessary placement in nursing facilities. MCL staff work with individuals identified as meeting criteria for inclusion in the DOJ specified target population (diagnosis of serious mental illness, 18 years of age and older, and Medicaid eligible) and assist with desired transition into the community. The assistance provided by MCL staff includes but is not limited to assessment, identifying needed supports and services and securing such, and intensive transition management both pre- and post-transition. The agreement requires LDH to have the necessary staff to carry out such tasks and the appropriate level of management and supervision to ensure tasks are delivered within a quality and consumer-driven framework. Thus, it is critical that OAAS implement the staffing necessary to support required activities.
The TC is responsible for the assessing, planning, coordinating, facilitating, and monitoring the transition of individuals from nursing facilities to community settings using guidelines established by OAAS. The TC directly reports to the Program Manager 1-B for their assigned area. The incumbent will coordinate, support, and track the activities of transition teams consisting of OAAS Regional Office staff, Medicaid enrolled support coordination agencies, Medicaid managed care organizations (MMCOs), and Medicaid providers in planning and executing transitions. The TC will provide technical assistance, facilitate communication between the team and identify and address specific issues preventing individuals from transitioning. The incumbent will participate in policy development and planning to maintain and/or enhance community capacity to support transition targets. This will include combining state and local initiatives and resources to support participants to transition. Incumbent may also participate in activities that involve multiple administrative units within the Louisiana Department of Health and across multiple state agencies.

Incumbent must adhere to pertinent laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of LDH, OAAS, Civil Service and appropriate state/federal licensing and governing bodies. Performs other duties as assigned for smooth operation of the agency.
75% Plan, implement, and monitor institutional transitions. This includes facilitating and monitoring all transitions within their assigned regions or within the state. This may include but is not limited to:

• Provides information regarding community transitions to nursing facility residents and their family or representatives.
• Performs standardized transition assessments, and completes assessments required to determine level of care eligibility for OAAS HCBS services.
• Prepare individual transition plans. Update transition plans as needed.
• Obtain information from review of records, staff interviews, resident interviews, caregiver interviews, and personal observations in order to develop the transition plan.
• Evaluates the resident's condition, preferences and needs, their support system and housing (if available) to develop transition plan.
• Assists in locating housing and completing paperwork needed to apply for housing and/or rental subsidies.
• Works with MMCOs and the Office of Behavioral Health to ensure appropriate behavioral health services are offered/provided as needed.
• Returns signed documents for linkage to support coordination (SC) agencies and/or community-based providers. Assists in obtaining other documents as needed to accomplish transitions.
• Tracks cases in order to identify issues that may slow down/prevent transitions.
• Facilitates scheduled conference calls and meetings with transition team members.
• Provides technical assistance and troubleshooting on difficult cases in effort to speed/facilitate transitions.
• Conducts pre and post-transition visits with participant.
• Evaluates the overall effectiveness of transitions and addressing issues that may arise once the person is living in the community.
• Communicates with and providing support and training providers and other entities in order to maintain the individual’s community living.
• Performs post-transition intensive case management according to policy and procedure.
• Trains/educates nursing facility staff, as requested.

10% Develops and maintains relationships with local long term care Ombudsman who can be of assistance during transitions. This includes communicating with and providing, support and training for Office of State Ombudsman regional staff.
10% Develops and maintains an inventory of resources of services and products available in the community through vendors, local businesses, churches and other charity organizations. Develop relationships with these groups to assist in providing necessary services/products when requested, at the lowest price.
5% Identifies and communicates changes/revisions needed in current policies related to nursing transitions. Participate in activities involving other program offices/Medicaid, as requested. Other duties as assigned.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE OR TRAINING:
Preferred knowledge of long-term care service delivery to older adults and/or people with disabilities.
Experience with one or more of the following is preferred: transition planning from nursing facilities; transition planning from ICDFs/DD; service delivery to persons with mental illness; experience with support coordination/case management; social services coordination; Medicaid or program office functions on the state or regional level; HCBS enrolled provider agency management.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: Experience in working with service delivery to a population of individuals with serious mental illness and Medicaid community services such as LTPCS, PACE or Waiver is preferred. Experience with one or more of the following is preferred: transition planning from nursing facilities; experience with support coordination/case management; social services coordination.

NOTE: regarding the advertised pay range: The maximum amount listed for this job title is the maximum salary a person can make as they gain experience in the position. It is not the maximum amount that we are allowed to pay a new hire.

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For further information about this vacancy contact:
Shambrielle Pooler
[email protected]
LDH/HUMAN RESOURCES
BATON ROUGE, LA 70821
225 342-4664

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.