**Employment Type:** Full time **Shift:** Day Shift **Description:** **_Position Purpose:_** The Residential Care Medical Financial Specialist position provides assistance and training to individuals with Intellectual Disabilities/Serious Mental Illness in an apartment/home setting. We’re looking for people who have experience developing and mentoring a team, and who believe in a strengths-based approach, and use positive practices to help guide their everyday activities. The Medical Financial is the person that schedules and carries out all medical appointments. You’ll be ensuring the health and safety of up to 12 people served in their home setting. A high level of communication and strong documentations skills are a must, along with strong relationship building with both internal and external providers and resources. **_What You Will Do:_** + Manage medications, take residents to appointments, follow up with doctors’ orders, interact with family members, and communicate with all members of the ISP team. + **Individualized Care Planning:** Develop and implement individualized care plans based on thorough assessments, collaborating with residents, their families, and interdisciplinary teams to ensure personalized and effective support. + **Emotional and Behavioral Support:** Offer empathetic and responsive support to individuals facing emotional or behavioral challenges, employing effective communication and de-escalation techniques to create a calm and safe environment. + **Advocacy and Collaboration:** Act as an advocate for residents, liaising with external agencies, families, and healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive and holistic care. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to address residents' evolving needs and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the department. **_Minimum Qualifications:_** + Bachelor’s degree OR High School Diploma/Equivalence and 1 year of paid social services work experience + Valid Driver License and ability to drive an organization vehicle + Access to transportation travel locally + Act 33/34/73 Clearances + Pre-Employment Drug Screen, Physical/TB + Must successfully pass Department of Public Welfare Medication Training within **90 days** of employment **_Position Highlights and Benefits:_** + Benefits start Day 1 of employment! + Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 403B, PTO, Paid Holiday Days, and more!! **_Schedule: This is a Non-Exempt (hourly) position_** + Monday – Friday: 7:30am - 3pm **_About Pittsburgh Mercy_** We're a community-based health and human services organization using person-centered care to treat our area's most vulnerable populations. We work with families in settings that are safe and familiar to them, and view them as equal partners when planning, developing, and monitoring care. Our mission is to be a compassionate, transforming presence within our communities. We reach out to offer help - and hope - to people who are experiencing: Mental illness and substance abuse, Physical **Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion** Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic healthcare systems in the nation. Built on the foundation of our Mission and Core Values, we integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion in all that we do. Our colleagues have different lived experiences, customs, abilities, and talents. Together, we become our best selves. A diverse and inclusive workforce provides the most accessible and equitable care for those we serve. Trinity Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by law. Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions. Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity. EOE including disability/veteran