Anchorhealthct
OpenPsychiatric Care Coordinator - Registered Nurse
- Location
- Hamden, CT
- Posted
- Jun 11, 2026
- Last seen
- Aug 6, 2026
About the role
The Psychiatric Care Coordinator / Nurse (RN) plays a key role in supporting behavioral health services through clinical care coordination, patient follow-up, and interdisciplinary collaboration. This position focuses on ensuring continuity of psychiatric care, supporting patients across levels of treatment, and reducing gaps in care through proactive outreach and coordination. The Psych RN will also assist with clinical workflows, patient education, and administrative support to enhance the efficiency and quality of psychiatric services. In addition, this role will be responsible for medical case management of PCMH target populations whose needs often bridge psychiatric and physical medicine. The schedule for this role will be 8 AM-4 PM, Monday through Friday.
Responsibilities:
- Monitor and manage active psychiatric caseloads, including outreach to patients who have missed appointments or have not been seen within 90 days
- Conduct warm handoffs for patients transitioning to higher or lower levels of care (e.g., Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)
- Perform RN -driven care planning visits for patient caseload in compliance with Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) RN care planning requirements
- Coordinate care with external providers, including IOP programs, visiting nurses, and specialty services
- Obtain updates from IOP providers and support patients in re-establishing care following program completion
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