Senior Behavioral Care Advocate - Hybrid in San Diego, CA

**Requisition number:** 2375442
**Job category:** Behavioral

Optum Behavioral Solutions, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Senior Behavioral Health Care Advocate to join our team in San Diego, CA. As a member of the Optum Behavioral Care team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

Due to our ongoing business relationship with the County of San Diego, Optum Behavioral Solutions has an immediate need for a CA licensed Senior Care Advocate. As a Senior Care Advocate you will focus on authorizations for psychiatric and chemical dependency patients and supporting the larger Utilization Management (UM) team with data entry and questions. There are multiple clinical sub teams within UM, that work collaboratively to ensure business needs are met: Inpatient, Crisis Residential, Outpatient, Long Term Care (LTC), and Substance Use Disorder (SUD). This is primarily an administrative position with no patient conta...