Case Manager
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital
Bakersfield, CAJob$23–29/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital seeks a Case Manager to support inpatient units and coordinate patient admissions and services. The role includes organizing medical and legal records, gathering patient history and collateral information, and developing individualized discharge plans. The Case Manager coordinates aftercare with families and community resources. The posting seeks candidates with a high school diploma or equivalent and a bachelor's degree, preferably in psychology or a related field.
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About Us
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, located in Bakersfield, California, is an acute psychiatric and behavioral 90 bed facility situated on 8.8 acres.
We offer inpatient and outpatient services for children, adolescents and adults needing mental/behavioral health, chemical dependency; and co-occurring disorders treatment through our medically supervised detoxification.
Within our Workplace Community, BBHH is striving daily to be one of the BEST PLACES TO WORK not just here in Kern County, but throughout the Behavioral Healthcare Community.
By offering amazing benefits, encouraging individual growth and development, and incorporating our CARES values system into our daily operations, we are creating a workplace culture where people enjoy coming to work each day.
BBHH CARES about your experience as a candidate and we encourage you to apply to our open positions.
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Job Summary
Our progressive and dedicated healthcare team strives to change the lives of our patients and provide exceptional care.
This is a fast-paced environment that requires critical thinking, teamwork, and good communication between staff and patients.
We are looking for a Case Manager to help with BBHH's vision of providing excellent care in collaboration with our Inpatient Units, striving to be the best hospital we can be.
The Case Manager will oversee patient admissions and services, including creating and organizing all relevant medical and legal documents (creating/maintaining charts).
The Case Manager will gather information to document history and identify primary issues for treatment and obtain collateral information from the patient and significant others/support people to transcribe relevant information.
Develops and coordinates individualized discharge plans from admission by utilizing treatment team and written chart information to determine the patient's aftercare needs. Communicates by phone, fax or other correspondence with family or community resources such as nursing homes, group homes, or mental health providers to provide an aftercare plan.
Requirements
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
Simply put: HUMANS WHO CARE
Though we do need to meet some minimum requirements for the position such a High School Diploma or Equivalent, and a Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Psychology or a related field, we're really looking for people who bring their HEART to work.
If you have previous experience in a mental healthcare hospital environment where your attention was focused on human behavior, psychiatry, psychology, or other mental healthcare situations, your application to this position will be immediately moved to the shortlist of candidates.
Our patients, our community, and our co-workers RELY on us to be committed to their wellness,
Through prevention, intervention, treatment, and education, we can and we will make a difference not just here in Bakersfield, but throughout our extended communities.
You should have a current CPR certification when you apply or obtain certification prior to your start date.
If you don't have a current CPR certification, just let us know and we'll make sure you get it before you start -- and even cover the cost for you.
Additionally, you'll complete a "Handle-With-Care" Physical Restraint Technique Training during your orientation so that you know how and when to engage when such an event occurs.
BBHH encourages ALL to apply.
The Case Manager position pays between $23.00 to $29.00 per hour based on the experience you bring with you.
Benefits
Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital is proud to offer a suite of benefits to those who join our workplace community.
*Benefits eligibility varies based on employment status (full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.).
Some of the benefits you can expect as a Full-Time employee include:
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Paid Time Off
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over THREE WEEKS of Paid Time Off in your first year!!!
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Life Insurance
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Short-Term Disability Insurance
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Long-Term Disability Insurance
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Medical Insurance
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Dental Insurance
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Vision Insurance
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Pet Insurance
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Accident Insurance
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401k Retirement Plan
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Discounted Meals
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Employee Assistance Program
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TUITION Assistance
How this job compares
Set against the 3,092 open Case Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$23–29/hr
- California median$29–37/hr148 hourly ranges
- US median$26–34/hr1,068 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $26/hr, is 21% below the California median midpoint ($33/hr) — in the middle half of Case Management hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 226 open Case Management jobs in California and 3,092 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- PATH (People Assisting the Homeless)24 open
- Sutter Health21 open
- Kaiser Permanente20 open
- Experience
- Case Management postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (2,133 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,131 of the 3,092 open Case Management jobs (37%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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