Assessment Specialist (RN)

About the role

We seek passionate, patient-centric, and goal-oriented team members to join our dedicated Assessment Specialist team. Our role focuses on compassionate behavioral health services, including crisis stabilization, inpatient care, and outpatient treatment for acute mental health and substance use treatment.

Responsibilities

• Receives inquiry calls and assists the caller with scheduling a face-to-face assessment or triage to the appropriate community referral.
• Affirms or ensures 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 provider.
• Interprets treatment to patient and family to help reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of care and continuation of treatment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work or counseling required, RN licensure may be used in place of master’s degree or per state regulations.
• RN Licensure, LBSW, LSW, CSW, LPP, LPCC, LPC, MPFT, MFTC, LMFT, ACA, ACC, ADDC, or ACD accepted.
• Valid driver’s license.
• CPR and CPI certified within 30 days.
• Prior experience in a psychiatric healthcare facility working with adult and geriatric patients preferred.

Benefits

• New competitive pay rates
• Variety of shift availabilities
• Professional development and advancement opportunities
• Targeted approach to career development
• Supportive leadership and culture
• State-of-the-art equipment
• Flexible scheduling
• 401(k) retirement plan

Pay

$29.81 - 40.24 per hour. We would expect those hired into this job would be paid within this hourly rate, however, certain circumstances may allow us to pay outside of this hourly rate.

Schedule

Flexible scheduling to focus on providing quality patient care.