Assessment Specialist - Behavioral Health

About the role

Carrollton Springs, part of Lifepoint Behavioral Health, a nationally recognized healthcare organization with a diverse network across the country, seeks passionate, patient-centric, and goal-oriented team members to join its team. The organization specializes in compassionate behavioral health services, including crisis stabilization, inpatient care, and outpatient treatment for acute mental health and substance use treatment. Its philosophy is grounded in a psychosocial model of care aimed at reducing suicide rates, decreasing addiction-related deaths, reversing the decline in life expectancy, and improving productivity in the communities it serves.

Responsibilities

• Receives inquiry calls and assists callers with scheduling a face-to-face assessment or triage to the appropriate community referral.
• Affirms or ensures an assessment by a qualified mental health professional of patients who present for assessment.
• Screens for medical and behavioral emergency conditions.
• Performs a comprehensive assessment and quality therapeutic care to patients seeking treatment of substance abuse, dual diagnosis, or psychiatric or emotional disorders; coordinates with the clinical team/on-call physician to ensure these needs are met either at the facility or other appropriate community providers.
• Interprets treatment to patients and families to help reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of care and continuation of treatment.
• Completes the administrative processes of admission and precertification of care with external payers, as necessary.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work or counseling required, RN license may be used in place of master’s degree or per state regulations.
• Current unencumbered clinical social work, counseling license or per state of practice guidelines. RN license may be accepted.
• Valid driver’s license and a favorable Motor Vehicle Report (MVR), along with proof of insurance when using own auto.
• Ability to meet typing keyboard expectations.
• CPR and CPI certified within 30 days.
• Prior experience in a psychiatric healthcare facility working with adult and geriatric patients preferred.
• Must have strong clinical assessment skills.

Benefits

• Working with a highly engaged staff
• Healthy staffing levels
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth
• Competitive compensation