Behavioral Health Assistant (Per Diem)
Mammoth Hospital · Mammoth Lakes, CA · 1 wk ago
Healthcare$23.78–$28.83/hrFull-time
What You’ll Do
- Accessible and visibly present to members of Behavioral Health (BH) team during clinic hours.
- Available to primary care patients and health professionals on a same-day basis.
- Facilitates patient flow assistance to the Behavioral Health Provider (BHP).
- Helps in coordination of warm handoff between all outpatient and hospital-based clinics to bridge behavioral health patients to BH clinic.
- Manages behavioral health referrals and waitlists to connect patients to MH and other BH services in the community.
- Helps administer standard screening and outcome measure instruments.
- Administers phone screening, intake information for all new patients, to help appropriately place them in BH clinics or refer to external resources.
- Facilitates medical provider (MP) and patient requests for same-day and future consultations with the BHP.
- Manages and coordinates referrals to specialty behavioral health services including Mental Health and Substance Abuse services.
- Facilitates connection to community resources to help patients in meeting basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing, and benefits.
- Maintains up-to-date contact information about commonly used community resources.
- Supports patient in connecting to legal aid as requested by the BHP or MP.
- Completes selected sections of commonly used forms.
Who You Are
- Excellent communicator, verbal and in writing.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, able to work with little supervision while handling numerous projects at once.
- Careful and empathetic with a passion for chronic care management.
What You'll Need
- Past experience in healthcare and strong understanding of insurance requirements is preferred.
- Computer literacy in Word and Excel.
- State of California Certified Nurses Assistant (CNA), Medical Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician (California or National), or State of California Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) preferred.
- American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Savings Skills (BLS) preferred.
Job Information
- Full-time, day shifts.
- Starting wage $23.78 to $28.83 based on qualifications.