Assessment Specialist PRN, Behavioral Health

Lifepoint Health • Mckinney, TX

3h • Onsite

About The Position

Collin Springs is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. The organization is driven by a profound commitment to prioritize employee well-being to enable exceptional care for others. As an Assessment Specialist, you will embrace a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Collin Springs is a 72-bed behavioral health hospital offering exceptional care to the McKinney, TX community. Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care, with a mission of Making Communities Healthier, and its network spans 29 states, including 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and over 170 additional sites of care. The company believes that success is achieved through talented people and aims to create workplaces where employees want to work, with opportunities for meaningful and satisfying careers. Lifepoint Health is committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity, and producing value with an inclusive workforce that leverages and respects diversity, reflecting the patients, family members, customers, and team members served.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing or Master’s Degree in Social Work/Counseling (required)
• Current unencumbered Clinical, Social Work or RN license as required by state regulations
• CPR and De-escalation certification required or obtain with 30 days of hire
• Strong clinical assessment skills

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Facilitates response to a request for services, including the initial response, the assessment, and referral process, the designation of the appropriate level of care, admission into services, and appropriate follow up activity
• Conducts initial evaluation, initiates the assessment, documents patient symptomology, functioning, and needs and provides information to MD for LOC determination
• Demonstrates excellent customer service 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, and completes all pre-certification with insurance companies with insurance companies

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level