Assessment Lead, Behavioral Health

Lifepoint Health • Carrollton, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Assessment Lead

Schedule: Full time Midshift

Your experience matters

Carrollton Springs is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. As an Assessment Lead joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

More about Carrollton Springs

Carrollton Springs is a 78-bed behavioral health hospital offering exceptional care to the Carrollton, TX community.

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country. We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Counseling, or related field from an accredited school (required)
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an accredited school (required) per state regulations.
• Independent Counseling or Social Work license required, or Registered Nurse license required per state regulations.
• Two years of assessment experience in an inpatient behavioral health care setting required.
• Two years of experience working with patient populations served at the facility preferred.
• CPR certification is required within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact.
• De-escalation certification is required within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of experience working with patient populations served at the facility

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, documents patient symptomology, functioning, needs, and provides information to the physician.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills in assisting patients, physicians, visitors, and coworkers in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Possesses clear knowledge of Emergency Detention and EMTALA paperwork and processes.
• Maintains all pre-admission and admission paperwork with accuracy.
• Completes all per-certification with insurance companies.
• Ensures appropriate staffing for each shift.
• Educates and coaches staff and acts as a point person for clinical decisions.
• Reports on all issues and incidents to the director as appropriate.
• Ensures staff have completed all needed documentation, call logging, insurance calls, and additional tasks prior to the end of shift.
• Performs all essential functions of an Assessment Specialist.
• Always exhibits the company’s core values of champion patient care, do the right thing, embrace individuality, act with kindness, and making a difference together.
• Other duties as assigned

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