Utilization Review Clinician

Are you looking for the best place to work?  Join Addiction Recovery Care, LLC (ARC) which was selected as one of the 2024 Best Places to Work in Kentucky by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, based on surveys of our employees!

Are you passionate about serving in an environment of shared purpose and shared goals while driving the ARC mission and values to excellence for our clients, patients and team members?  ARC has been leading the way and has become one of the fastest growing healthcare systems in Kentucky (and beyond!) in addiction treatment, mental health services and improving lives by creating opportunities for people to discover hope and live their God-given destiny!

ARC is ready to offer you “The B.E.S.T. of ARC” (Balance, Energy, Safety, Training) on day 1 when you enter through our doors.  ARC is a thriving, dynamic, and fast-paced healthcare system environment where compassion, accountability, respect for the dignity of life, entrepreneurship,  and stewardship are key elements of every thing we do!

We are hiring a Utilization Review Clinician for our growing team! The Utilization Review Clinician is to facilitate the provision of efficient chemical dependency services to clients and providers through monitoring, evaluation, and influencing processes that impact the delivery of services. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform initial, concurrent, and retrospective reviews utilizing concurrent review forms and/or medical notes, clinical notes, medication lists, and/or other information in the electronic medical record to ensure that all services have been delivered
• Confer with medical, clinical, and other staff to determine legitimacy of treatment and length of stay
• Analyze insurance, governmental, and accrediting standards to determine criteria concerning admissions, treatment, and length of client stay
• Participate in all state and staff regulatory training as required
• Maintain accurate data for assigned facility
• Be willing to learn in detail about ASAM levels of care
• Demonstrate outstanding, prompt, and polite communication skills; UR tasks rely heavily on phone calls and email communication 
• Must be able to demonstrate problem solving skills and respond quickly to administrative complications and requests
• Adhere to program policies and procedures while maintaining a professional code of ethics 
• The UR Clinician is expected to protect the privacy of all client information in accordance with Addiction Recovery Care LLC/Odyssey INC’s  privacy policies, procedures and practices,  as required by federal and state law, in accordance with general principles of professionalism as a healthcare provider.

Key Experience and Education Needed:

• Master’s Degree in Counseling or Social Work preferred 
• Credentialed Counselor (LPCA, LPCC, LCSW, or LMFT In Kentucky) 
• Independent licensure preferred 
• Past administrative experience required
• Experience delivering lectures on addiction and conducting group sessions. 
• Substance abuse experience preferred.
• Appropriate State and Federal Clearances 

Other Qualifications to be Considered:

• Licensure to practice clinical discipline in the state of Kentucky, as applicable, required in Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist, Mental Health Counselor and/or Certified Addiction Professional.

ARC full-time employees enjoy very attractive benefits packages for employees and their families to include health, dental, vision, life insurance, a wide array of ancillary insurance products for life’s needs, 401(k) plan with company matching and to ensure the work-life balance - generous paid vacation, sick, holiday and maternity/paternity leave policies.

Come join ARC and transform lives anchored in strong family relationships, social responsibility and meaningful career paths by empowering our nationally recognized crisis to career model!

Addiction Recovery Care, LLC and its affiliated entities are an equal opportunity employer.

ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.