Job Description
Virtual Care Coordinator
Reports to: Senior Director of Operations
Compensation: $55,000 - $65,000, dependent upon experience
Location: Overland Park, KS 66210
- Set up patients requiring psychiatric or behavioral health evaluation
- Coordinate between the hospital staff, providers and any third-party partners to ensure patient and technology readiness for consult-liaison services.
- Support patient and technology readiness for virtual psychiatric assessments, including ipad/cart readiness, as well as calling hospital staff to ensure the phone number for the referring provider is correct
- Work closely with hospital nursing staff, ED teams, inpatient psychiatric units, and case management to facilitate virtual behavioral health consults.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for operational coordination between hospital partners or third party partners and virtual psychiatrists or psychiatric NPs.
- Schedule and coordinate virtual behavioral health evaluations, follow-ups, and coverage needs in alignment with hospital workflows and acuity.
- Communicate real-time updates related to patient status, follow-up care, safety concerns, delays, interpretation services or changes in clinical needs.
- Prep patient charts for virtual behavioral health providers
- Occasionally scribe
- Assist hospital staff and patients with basic technology setup required for virtual psychiatric encounters (e.g., tablets, carts, platform access) by confirming correct iPad/cart prior to consult and that the device is in the room and ready.
- Ensure virtual visit workflows support patient privacy, safety, and regulatory requirements.
- Identify and escalate technology or workflow barriers that may impact behavioral health evaluations.
- Ensure accurate and timely documentation related to behavioral health coordination, intake status, and visit readiness.
- Support compliance with HIPAA, Joint Commission standards, hospital policies, and organizational protocols.
- Maintain coordination records in designated systems and support documentation completeness for clinical encounters.
- Support coordination of follow-up consults as recommended by the virtual behavioral health provider.
- Communicate care coordination needs to hospital and internal operations teams.
- Assist with continuity of care efforts to reduce ED boarding, delays in evaluation, and gaps in behavioral health coverage.
- Participate in administrative onboarding and implementation of new hospital behavioral health programs or workflows.
- Assist with process improvement initiatives related to virtual behavioral health delivery.
- Support data tracking, reporting, and operational metrics related to behavioral health coordination.
- Perform additional duties as assigned to support clinical and operational needs.
- High school diploma or equivalent required; associate’s or bachelor’s degree in healthcare, behavioral health, social work, or related field preferred.
- 1–3 years of experience in behavioral health, hospital operations, care coordination, or patient services.
- Experience working with behavioral health populations in hospital, inpatient, ED, or crisis settings strongly preferred.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to interact professionally with patients, families, hospital staff, and providers.
- Comfort working in fast-paced, high-acuity clinical environments.
- Proficiency with technology platforms and electronic health records (EHRs).
- Experience supporting virtual psychiatry, telebehavioral health, or remote consult services.
- Familiarity with inpatient psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, or consultation-liaison workflows.
- Knowledge of behavioral health documentation, consent, and safety considerations.
- Local to Kansas City, KS
- Nursing background (LPN, RN, etc.) or similar
- Primarily sedentary work with frequent computer and phone use.
- Ability to communicate effectively via phone, video, and in person.
- Ability to remain calm and professional in high-stress behavioral health situations.
- 401(k) Retirement with company match
- Health insurance with HSA, Dental and Vision options
- Short and long-term disability and Life insurance
- Paid time off
