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Care Coordinator for Serious Mental Illness

Sentara
Petersburg, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/25/2026

City/State

Glen Allen, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

Sentara Health Plansis hiring a Care Coordinator in South/Southwest Central Virginia (Crewe, Blackstone, McKenney, Dinwiddie, Stony Creek, Petersburg, Waverly, Prince George) and the surrounding areas!

Status: Full-time,permanent position (40 hours)

Standard working hours: 8am to 5pm EST, M-F

The position requires both in-person face-to-face assessments and remote telephonic assessments of members with serious mental illness in South/Southwest Central Virginia (Crewe, Blackstone, McKenney, Dinwiddie, Stony Creek, Petersburg, Waverly, Prince George) and the surrounding areas!

Location: Candidate must reside in South/Southwest Central Virginia (Crewe, Blackstone, McKenney, Dinwiddie, Stony Creek, Petersburg, Waverly, Prince George) and the surrounding areas!

Job responsibilities:

Performs a variety of casework duties and provides case management services to patients, families, and designated caregivers. Must develop, participate and monitor multidisciplinary collaboration of services to patients where appropriate. Assist adult patients and their families with personal and environmental difficulties associated with medical condition up to and including at time of terminal illnesses.

Education

  • Must possess a degree in Health & Human Services or one of the following related Fields:


-Art Therapy
-Behavioral Sciences
-Child Development
-Cognitive Sciences
-Community Mental Health Counseling (MH, Vocational, Pastoral, etc.)
-Counselor Education
-Early Childhood Development
-Educational Psychology
-Gerontology
-Healthcare Administration
-Human Development
-Human Services
-Marriage and Family Therapy
-Music Therapy
-Nursing
-Pharmacy
-Psychiatric Rehabilitation
-Psychology
-Rehabilitation Counseling
-Social Work
-Sociology
-Special Education
-Speech Therapy
-Therapeutic Recreation
-Vocational Rehabilitation

All degrees must be from schools that are listed as accredited on the U.S. Department of Education College Accreditation database found on the U.S. Department of Education website. Schools that are not listed on the database do not meet the standard as accredited. Degrees that have been obtained from schools outside the United States will be reviewed individually.

Certification/Licensure

  • None required

Experience

  • Long Term Care- 1 year; Health Plan- 1 year; Medicaid- 1 year REQUIRED

  • At least one year of mental health experience preferred

Sentara Health Plans provides health plan coverage to close to one million members in Virginia. We offer a full suite of commercial products including employee-owned and employer-sponsored plans, as well as Individual & Family Health Plans, Employee Assistance Programs and plans serving Medicare and Medicaid enrollees.

Our quality provider network features a robust provider network, including specialists, primary care physicians and hospitals.

We offer programs to support members with chronic illnesses, customized wellness programs, and integrated clinical and behavioral health services-all to help our members improve their health.

Our success is supported by a family-friendly culture that encourages community involvement and creates unlimited opportunities for development and growth.

Be a part of an excellent healthcare organization that cares about our People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. Join a team that has a mission to improve health every day and a vision to be the healthcare choice of the communities that we serve!

To apply, please go to www.sentaracareers.com and use the following as your Keyword Search: JR-87771.

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Keywords: Care Coordination, Human Services, Community Health, Health Education, Long Term Care, Health Plan, Medicaid, Virginia, Social Work, Therapy, Counseling, Psychology, Serious Mental Illness, Behavioral Health, Mental Health, Norfolk, South/Southwest Central Virginia, Crewe, Blackstone, McKenney, Dinwiddie, Stony Creek, Petersburg, Waverly, Prince George

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
* Medical, Dental, Vision plans
* Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
* Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
* Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
* Emergency Backup Care
* Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
* Life Insurance
* 401k/403B with Employer Match
* Tuition Assistance - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
* Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
* Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
*Pet Insurance
*Legal Resources Plan
*Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.


In support of our mission "to improve health every day," this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

 

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