Assessment Lead, Behavioral Health

Lifepoint Health • Fort Worth, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Assessment Lead joining WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth, part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network. This role is dedicated to making communities healthier. The Assessment Lead facilitates the response to requests for services, including initial response, assessment, referral process, designation of appropriate level of care, admission into services, and appropriate follow-up activity. The role involves conducting initial evaluations, documenting patient symptomology and functioning, and providing information for level of care determination. Excellent customer service skills are essential for assisting patients, physicians, visitors, and coworkers. The position requires knowledge of Emergency Detention paperwork and processes, EMTALA, and accurate maintenance of preadmission and admission paperwork, including pre-certification with insurance companies. The Assessment Lead also ensures appropriate staffing for shifts, minimizes overtime, assists in monitoring attendance, educates and coaches staff, acts as a point person for clinical decisions, and reports all issues and incidents to the Director. Ensuring staff completes all needed documentation, call logging, insurance calls, and additional tasks before the end of their shift is also a key responsibility.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Counseling or equivalent (required)
• Associate’s degree in Nursing (required)
• Prior experience in a psychiatric healthcare facility working with adult and geriatric patients preferred
• Strong clinical assessment skills
• Current Clinical, Social Work or RN license as required by state regulations
• CPR and De-escalation certification required or obtain within 30 days of hire

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in a psychiatric healthcare facility working with adult and geriatric patients

Responsibilities

• Facilitates response to request for services, including the initial response, the assessment and referral process, the designation of appropriate level of care, admission into services and appropriate follow up activity
• Conducts initial evaluation, initiates the assessment, documenting patient symptomology, functioning, needs and provides information to MD for LOC determination
• Demonstrates excellent customer serviced skills in assisting patients, physicians, visitors and coworkers in a prompt and courteous manner
• Possess clear knowledge of Emergency Detention paperwork and processes and EMTALA
• Maintains all preadmission and admission paperwork with accuracy, completes all per-certification with insurance companies
• Ensures appropriate staffing for shift
• Minimizes use of overtime
• Assists in monitoring attendance
• Educates and coaches staff and acts as a point person for clinical decisions
• Reports all issues and incidents to the Director of appropriately
• Ensures staff has completed all needed documentation, call logging, insurance calls, and additional tasks prior to the end of shift

Benefits

• Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees
• Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off
• Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match
• Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs)
• Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level