About Cerula Care

Cerula Care is the first digital health company focused on providing integrated behavioral health (BH) services to people with advanced chronic conditions (e.g., cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, etc.).  So many people with advanced chronic conditions have behavioral health needs such as anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and PTSD.  We integrate with specialty practices and health systems through the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) to wrap our members with a behavioral health team, care programming, and outcomes analysis.

The Collaborative Care Model is an evidence-based clinical model that has been shown to successfully improve mild to moderate behavioral health needs more effectively than the current standard of care.  Our care team enhances the traditional CoCM care team by adding a Behavioral Health Coach (i.e., a health coach focused on holistic behavioral health), given our strong conviction in the benefit of health coaching.  With the right coaching program customized to our members, we will be able to improve our members’ behavioral health above and beyond traditional CoCM models.

Why Choose Cerula Care

We understand choosing a place to work is a really important decision, and we want you to know that we do not take it lightly on your behalf – we welcome all your questions as you go through the decision process!

A few things to know about working at Cerula Care:

• Our culture is very collaborative, transparent, supportive, and feedback-driven. All of us (yes all of us – including and especially our co-founders) are open to receiving and giving feedback in a helpful way to ensure we each grow and learn every day and importantly are always improving for the sake of our members and each other.
• We have a big mission to accomplish and we want people who believe in that mission to join us. However, in joining our mission, we are not asking you to give up other parts of your life – we all have our lives outside work, and we absolutely respect each other’s needs.

Behavioral Health Care Manager Role:

The BHCM is a core member of Cerula Care’s collaborative care team.  Cerula Care’s team includes a BHCM, a Consultative Psychiatrist, and a Behavioral Health Coach (BHC).  The BHCM is critical to collaborating between external specialists (e.g., oncologists) and the internal care team; the role is partly clinical and partly operational. 

Key Traits: 

• Experienced and passionate about interacting with and helping members with chronic conditions; strong ability to engage members through telehealth 
• Exceptionally organized and able to keep track of all care coordination tasks 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Engage in an initial clinical member biopsychosocial intake including a safety screen and administering BH assessments (PHQ-9, GAD-7, etc.)
• Engage in follow-up visits and asynchronous interactions, including brief interventions (e.g., behavioral activation, mindfulness, psychoeducation, etc.)
• Be the key care coordinator and act as a liaison between the referring specialist and the practice, ensuring if there is a member question or administrative question, it is answered or triaged to the appropriate team within Cerula Care
• Lead the interdisciplinary team meetings on a weekly basis with the Consulting Psychiatrist and Behavioral Health Coach, ensuring all high-risk members are discussed and all new psychiatric recommendations are documented in the chart
• Communicate closely on an ongoing basis with the Cerula Care behavioral health care team (BH Coaches and Psychiatrist)
• Document member progress in a HIPAA-compliant electronic medical record system and client registry provided by Cerula Care
• Identify patients who are not improving and may need more intensive mental health care and report any concerns to the medical provider and the Consulting Psychiatrist
• Facilitate referrals for clinically indicated services outside of Cerula Care under the supervision of the BHCM Lead (e.g., SMI)

Educational, Certification, and Experience Requirements:

• Qualified applicants should have formal education in social work, nursing, or psychology, with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in one of these fields.
• Qualified applicants must have at least one year of clinical care management experience, with some part of the experience directly working with people with advanced chronic illness (e.g., Cancer coaching, Palliative Care, etc.)
• Qualified applicants do not need to be licensed mental health providers.

Location Requirements:

• The BHCM position is virtual only

Time Commitment, Salary, Start Date:

• Part-time, hourly requirement (1099 contractor position) depending on caseload.
  • Month 1-2: 10-20 hours/week
  • Month 3+: 30-40 hours/week
• Hourly rate to be discussed during the interview.
• Start date: We will be hiring for this role later 2024, but please send in your resume if interested
• Due to California Department of Labor restrictions, we are unable to offer any CA contractor positions

*If you’re interested and would like to apply, send your CV and cover letter to recruiting@cerulacare.com

About Cerula Care

Cerula Care is the first digital health company focused on providing integrated behavioral health (BH) services to people with advanced chronic conditions (e.g., cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, etc.).  So many people with advanced chronic conditions have behavioral health needs such as anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and PTSD.  We integrate with specialty practices and health systems through the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) to wrap our members with a behavioral health team, care programming, and outcomes analysis.

The Collaborative Care Model is an evidence-based clinical model that has been shown to successfully improve mild to moderate behavioral health needs more effectively than the current standard of care.  Our care team enhances the traditional CoCM care team by adding a Behavioral Health Coach (i.e., a health coach focused on holistic behavioral health), given our strong conviction in the benefit of health coaching.  With the right coaching program customized to our members, we will be able to improve our members’ behavioral health above and beyond traditional CoCM models.

Why Choose Cerula Care

We understand choosing a place to work is a really important decision, and we want you to know that we do not take it lightly on your behalf – we welcome all your questions as you go through the decision process!

A few things to know about working at Cerula Care:

• Our culture is very collaborative, transparent, supportive, and feedback-driven. All of us (yes all of us – including and especially our co-founders) are open to receiving and giving feedback in a helpful way to ensure we each grow and learn every day and importantly are always improving for the sake of our members and each other.
• We have a big mission to accomplish and we want people who believe in that mission to join us. However, in joining our mission, we are not asking you to give up other parts of your life – we all have our lives outside work, and we absolutely respect each other’s needs.

Behavioral Health Coach Role:

The Behavioral Health Coach (BHC) is a core member of Cerula Care’s collaborative care team.  Cerula Care’s team includes a Behavioral Health Care Manager (BHCM) who has a degree in nursing, psychology, or social work, a Consultative Psychiatrist, who has an MD, and a Behavioral Health Coach (BHC).  We collaborate very closely with our members’ referring Specialist (e.g., Oncologist, Cardiologist, etc.) who is also a part of the broader care team.

Key Traits: 

• Completed an accredited health and wellness coach training program (see more below), experienced in health coaching, and passionate about health coaching and the benefits of health coaching to improve behavioral health
• Excitement around beingone of the first BH Coach at Cerula Care and helping shape the coaching program at an early-stage company
• Experienced and passionate about interacting with and helping members with advanced chronic illness; strong ability to engage members through telehealth
• Exceptionally organized and able to keep track of all care coordination tasks (see below)

Key Responsibilities: 

• Engage in behavioral health coaching across relationships, emotional health, practical support, and physical health; specifically focus on certain areas to improve anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and PTSD
• Create collaborative SMART coaching goals with Cerula Care members and document progress towards these goals
• Communicate closely with the Cerula Care behavioral health care team (BHCM and Psychiatrist) as well as with the referring specialist if needed
• Participate in scheduled Interdisciplinary Team Meetings (IDTs) with the BHCM and Consulting Psychiatrist, conducted virtually weekly
• Provide patient education specific to mild to moderate behavioral health issues
• Document member progress in a HIPAA-compliant electronic medical record system and client registry provided by Cerula Care
• Identify patients who are not improving and may need more intensive mental health care and report any concerns to the medical provider, BHCM, and the Consulting Psychiatrist
• Facilitate referrals for clinically indicated services outside of Cerula Care under the supervision of the BHCM (e.g., SMI)
• Report to the Coach Lead

Educational, Certification, and Experience Requirements:

• Qualified applicants must have earned a coaching certification from either the National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coaches (NBC-HWC) or International Coaching Federation 
• Qualified applicants must have at least one year of coaching experience, with some part of the experience directly working with people with advanced chronic illness (e.g., Cancer coaching, Palliative Care, etc.)
• Qualified applicants do not need to be licensed mental health providers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Qualified applicants ideally have completed at least one accredited training program and/or continuing education coaching course applicable to people with an advanced chronic illness (e.g., smoking cessation, motivational interviewing, behavior change theory, supporting clients with chronic conditions, medical coaching)
• Experience in coach training and/or program development

Location Requirements:

• The BHC position is virtual only

Time Commitment, Salary, Start Date:

• Part-time, hourly requirement (1099 contractor position) depending on caseload.
  • Month 1-2: 10-20 hours/week
  • Month 3+: 30-40 hours/week
• Hourly rate to be discussed during the interview.
• Start date: We will be hiring for this role later 2024, but please send in your resume if interested
• Due to California Department of Labor restrictions, we are unable to offer any CA contractor positions

*If you’re interested and would like to apply, send your CV and cover letter to recruiting@cerulacare.com

About Cerula Care

Cerula Care is the first digital health company focused on providing integrated behavioral health (BH) services to people with advanced chronic conditions (e.g., cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, etc.).  So many people with advanced chronic conditions have behavioral health needs such as anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and PTSD.  We integrate with specialty practices and health systems through the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) to wrap our members with a behavioral health team, care programming, and outcomes analysis.

The Collaborative Care Model is an evidence-based clinical model that has been shown to successfully improve mild to moderate behavioral health needs more effectively than the current standard of care.  Our care team enhances the traditional CoCM care team by adding a Behavioral Health Coach (i.e., a health coach focused on holistic behavioral health), given our strong conviction in the benefit of health coaching.  With the right coaching program customized to our members, we will be able to improve our members’ behavioral health above and beyond traditional CoCM models.

Why Choose Cerula Care

We understand choosing a place to work is a really important decision, and we want you to know that we do not take it lightly on your behalf – we welcome all your questions as you go through the decision process!

A few things to know about working at Cerula Care:

• Our culture is very collaborative, transparent, supportive, and feedback-driven. All of us (yes all of us – including and especially our co-founders) are open to receiving and giving feedback in a helpful way to ensure we each grow and learn every day and importantly are always improving for the sake of our members and each other.
• We have a big mission to accomplish and we want people who believe in that mission to join us. However, in joining our mission, we are not asking you to give up other parts of your life – we all have our lives outside work, and we absolutely respect each other’s needs.

Onboarding Specialist Role:

The Onboarding Specialist is the first person who contacts a referred member and is critical to ensuring that members who are referred to Cerula Care engage with our services. The goal of the Onboarding Specialist is to engage new members, collect basic information, connect them to services within Cerula Care, and schedule them for their first visits.

Key Traits: 

• Exceptionally good with members and enjoys the challenge of getting members to engage through various modalities (calls, emails, etc.)
• Excited to be the first Onboarding Specialist at Cerula Care and willing to help shape the role for others

Key Responsibilities: 

• Enter newly referred members within our Electronic Health Record (EHR) for every referral sent to us from a specialist 
• Initiate outreach to new referrals in a timely manner to engage them and connect them to necessary services 
• Conduct phone and message outreach to every referral to offer Cerula Care services and schedule the member with their first Behavioral Health Care Manager and Coach visits 

Educational, Certification, and Experience Requirements:

• At least 1 year of experience in a customer service, intake or onboarding role   
• Healthcare experience preferred 

Location Requirements:

• The position is virtual only 

Time Commitment, Salary, Start Date:

• Part-time, hourly requirement (1099 contractor position) depending on caseload.
  • Month 1-2: 10-20 hours/week
  • Month 3+: 30-40 hours/week
• Hourly rate to be discussed during the interview.
• Start date: We will be hiring for this role later 2024, but please send in your resume if interested
• Due to California Department of Labor restrictions, we are unable to offer any CA contractor positions

*If you’re interested and would like to apply, send your CV and cover letter to recruiting@cerulacare.com

About Cerula Care

Cerula Care the first digital health company focused on providing integrated behavioral health (BH) services to people with advanced chronic conditions (e.g., cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, etc.).  So many people with advanced chronic conditions have behavioral health needs such as anxiety, depression, substance use disorder, and PTSD.  We integrate with specialty practices and health systems through the Collaborative Care Model (CoCM) to wrap our members with a behavioral health team, care programming, and outcomes analysis.

The Collaborative Care Model is an evidence-based clinical model that has been shown to successfully improve mild to moderate behavioral health needs more effectively than the current standard of care.  Our care team includes a Behavioral Health Care Manager, Behavioral Health Coach, and Consulting Psychiatrist.  Our Consulting Psychiatrist is the most licensed member of the care team.

Why Choose Cerula Care

We understand choosing a place to work is a really important decision, and we want you to know that we do not take it lightly on your behalf – we welcome all your questions as you go through the decision process! 

A few things to know about working at Cerula Care:

• Our culture is very collaborative, transparent, supportive, and feedback driven. All of us (yes all of us – including and especially our co-founders) are open to receiving and giving feedback in a helpful way to ensure we each grow and learn every day and importantly are always improving for the sake of our members and each other.
• We have a big mission to accomplish, and we want people who believe in that mission to join us. However, in joining our mission, we are not asking you to give up other parts of your life – we all have our lives outside work, and we absolutely respect each other’s needs. 

Consulting Psychiatrist Role:

The Consulting Psychiatrist is a core member of Cerula Care’s collaborative care team.  Cerula Care’s team includes a Behavioral Health Care Manager (BHCM) and a Behavioral Health Coach (BHC) who both have degrees in nursing, psychology, or social work, and a licensed Consultative Psychiatrist.  We collaborate very closely with our members’ referring Specialist (e.g., Oncologist, Cardiologist, etc.) who is also a part of the broader care team.

Key Traits: 

• Demonstrated ability to work in an integrated behavioral health or collaborative care setting, collaborating often with Care Managers, Coaches, and other Specialist providers
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive, flexible, and solution-focused attitude
• Ability to quickly synthesize medical and psychiatric data and formulate effective and evidence-based clinical recommendations

Key Responsibilities: 

• Provide regularly scheduled (usually weekly) caseload consultation to behavioral health care managers. Case review consultations focus primarily on patients who are new to the caseload or are not improving as expected under their current treatment plan and the consulting psychiatrist has oversight over the entire caseload.
• Work with behavioral health care managers to oversee the status and population health of their assigned patient caseload. The psychiatric consultant uses a registry to track all assigned patients and prioritize patients for case review and treatment adjustment.
• Recommend any treatment adjustments through the case review process or in ad hoc consultations, including medication recommendations and other interventions, within 24 hours of consulting with a behavioral health care manager or other team members.
• Be available to provide occasional ad hoc telephone consultation to specialist providers for very complex patients or challenging patient situations. Respond to telephone calls from specialist providers and behavioral health care managers within one business day. Respond to urgent telephone calls within one hour, if available.
• Advise on treatment for patients who may need more intensive or more specialized mental health care, supporting treatment until patients can be engaged in specialized care as appropriate.

Educational, Certification, and Experience Requirements:

• Qualified applicants must have an MD/DO in psychiatry.
• Qualified applicants must have at least one year of experience working with people with advanced chronic conditions (e.g., Cancer, Heart Failure, ESRD, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Consult Liaison or Palliative Care fellowship training.
• Experience in the Collaborative Care Model.

Location Requirements:

• The Consulting Psychiatry position is virtual only, but the Consulting Psychiatrist must be living and licensed in Virginia.

Time Commitment, Salary, Start Date:

• Part-time, hourly requirement (1099 contractor position) for ~3-4 hours / week.
• Hourly rate to be discussed during the interview.
• Start date: We will be hiring for this role later 2024, but please send in your resume if interested

*If you’re interested and would like to apply, send your CV and cover letter to recruiting@cerulacare.com