Director, Assessment
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections when posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to parse the posting: It starts with "Full Time Day Shift Position Summary The Director of Assessment oversees ..." So we have a position summary. Then "ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:" list of functions. Then "Other duties as assigned." Then "Additional Information" about access to sensitive info, regulatory understanding, etc. Then "KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS:" with Education, License, Experience, Certification, Required Skills, Skills And Abilities (including Mathematical Skills, Computer Skills, Communication, Decision Making, Independent Judgement, Planning/Organization). Then "Physical And Mental Demands". Then "Work Environment And Travel Requirements". Then description of Lifepoint Health (company info). Probably we should include sections: About the role (position summary), Responsibilities (essential functions), Requirements (education, license, experience, certification), Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities), maybe Physical Demands, Work Environment, Benefits? No benefits mentioned. Pay? Not mentioned. Schedule? Not mentioned (only Full Time Day Shift mentioned in first line). Actually "Full Time Day Shift Position Summary" indicates schedule: full time day shift. That could be considered schedule info. The instruction: include Schedule section only if posting actually states them. It does state "Full Time Day Shift". So we can include a Schedule section with that info. Benefits? Not mentioned. Pay? Not mentioned. So we omit Benefits and Pay.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". So we only include sections with actual content.
We need to use for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them.
We need to decide how to split content.
Potential sections:
- About the role (position summary paragraph)
- Responsibilities (essential functions list)
- Requirements (education, license, experience, certification)
- Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities)
- Physical Demands (maybe as a section? Not in the allowed headings list; allowed headings are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Qualifications could be used for education/license/experience/certification. Skills for knowledge/skills/abilities. So we can map:
About the role: position summary.
Responsibilities: essential functions.
Requirements: maybe education, license, experience, certification? Or Qualifications: education, license, experience, certification.
Skills: knowledge, skills, abilities (including mathematical, computer, communication, decision making, independent judgement, planning/organization).
Schedule: Full Time Day Shift.
We could also include Qualifications separate from Requirements? The instruction says use headings for those specific names. We can choose to use Qualifications for education/license/experience/certification, and maybe Requirements for something else? But we have no other requirements besides those. Could combine.
Better: Use Qualifications for education, license, experience, certification. Use Skills for knowledge, skills, abilities. Use Responsibilities for essential functions. Use About the role for position summary. Use Schedule for full time day shift.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So we avoid heading "Director of Assessment". Good.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
Let's extract content precisely.
Position Summary paragraph: "Full Time Day Shift Position Summary The Director of Assessment oversees the delivery of comprehensive assessments and high‑quality therapeutic care for individuals seeking treatment for substance use disorders, dual diagnoses, and psychiatric or emotional conditions. This role manages all walk‑in and phone inquiries, conducts initial psychiatric evaluations, presents clinical findings to the psychiatrist for treatment recommendations, and ensures patients and families clearly understand their care options. The Director also manages documentation, schedules appointments, directs individuals to appropriate internal or external services, and develops and maintains the assessment and referral office schedule. In addition, the Director provides leadership and coaching to staff, enhancing team competence in assessment, patient and family engagement, and overall therapeutic care. The role responds to inquiry calls, ensures consistent and accurate communication regarding treatment options, and helps reduce barriers to care. The Director serves as part of the hospital's leadership team and may also supervise reception services as needed."
We need to keep that as prose in
. Possibly we could split into multiple paragraphs but one is fine.
Essential Functions list: after "ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job, an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation." Then list items each starting with a capital verb. We need to capture each bullet.
List:
- Directs and conducts the screening of prospective patients and initiates the integrated assessment process for program admission.
- Collaborates with administration, physicians, and clinical staff to evaluate pending admissions, determine the appropriate level of care, and communicate admission plans to the nursing department.
- Applies approved admission criteria to recommend the least restrictive and clinically appropriate level of care, initiating the episode‑of‑care plan at the time of admission.
- Serves as a liaison among physicians, families, transportation services, and external mental health facilities to ensure smooth coordination of admission procedures.
- Ensures that all patient assessment data and historical information are thoroughly and accurately communicated to attending physicians to support sound clinical decision‑making.
- Communicates with external reviewers and referral sources, completes required reviews, and maintains all related documentation in compliance with HIPAA requirements.
- Notifies third‑party payors of transitions between levels of care and facilitates their participation in treatment decisions as needed.
- Prepares daily reports to communicate census updates, referral activity, and pending admissions.
- Maintains strong relationships with referral sources to support satisfaction and continuity of collaboration.
- Provides coaching and development for team members, establishing clear expectations and holding staff accountable to high standards of performance.
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of CMS, The Joint Commission, EMTALA, and state regulations, routinely auditing departmental functions to ensure full compliance.
- Always exhibit 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.
We need to keep all.
Additional Information: "Additional Information Access to and/or works with sensitive and/or confidential information. Exhibit a comprehensive understanding of healthcare regulatory and compliance (e.g., HIPAA). Skilled in the application of policies and procedures." This could be part of Qualifications or Skills? It's more about qualifications. We'll incorporate into Qualifications maybe.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS: section includes Education, License, Experience, Certification, Required Skills, Skills And Abilities (with subcategories). We need to preserve all.
Let's parse:
Education: Master's degree in social work, counseling, or related field from an accredited school required, or Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited school required per state regulations.
License: Independent Counseling or Social Work license required, or Registered Nurse license required per state regulations.
Experience: Three years of assessment experience in an inpatient behavioral health care setting required. Three years of experience working with patient populations served at the facility preferred.
Certification: 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 completion of orientation.
Required Skills Knowledge in behavioral health care. Strong leadership and organizational skills. Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team of healthcare professionals. Proficiency in using technology, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Skills And Abilities Mathematical Skills Business Mathematical Skills -- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs. Computer Skills Advanced Computer Skills -- Routine use of electronic mail and computer systems. Ability to incorporate complex and complicated functions into documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations to support business objectives. Communication Organizational Communication-Handles broad-based complex information with company-wide impacts and interacts with leadership. Can present, resolve, and address delicate situations. Ability to motivate and persuade others. Decision Making Organizational Impact-Decisions have significant, broad implications for the management and operations of the behavioral health division. Nature of Problems Varied Business Problems --Problems are varied and complex, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation. Problems are solved using knowledge and skills, general precedent, and practices. Independent Judgement Functional Independent Judgement--Provides and sets goals and priorities for functional areas. May make recommendations for department policies, practices, and programs. Makes decisions for and/or resolves problems for others. Planning/Organization Moderate-Handle multiple tasks simultaneously with moderate complexity.
Physical And Mental Demands: paragraph describing demands.
Work Environment And Travel Requirements: paragraph describing environment and travel.
Company description: Lifepoint Health is a leader... etc.
We need to decide where to put Physical And Mental Demands and Work Environment And Travel Requirements. Not in allowed headings list. Could we incorporate them into Qualifications or Skills? Probably not. The instruction says use headings for those specific names; but we can also include other headings? It says "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. suggests those are examples, but we should likely stick to those. It also says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we could add other headings if needed, but better to stick to given list. However Physical And Mental Demands and Work Environment are substantive; we could maybe put them under Qualifications or Skills? Not ideal. Perhaps we can create a section "Requirements" for physical demands? But Requirements is more about qualifications. Could we use "Requirements" for physical demands? The heading list includes Requirements as an example. Could interpret Requirements as job requirements (including physical). But we already have education/license etc. Might be better to use "Qualifications" for education/license/experience/certification, and "Skills" for knowledge/skills/abilities, and "Responsibilities" for essential functions, and "About the role" for summary, and "Schedule" for full time day shift. Then we still have Physical And Mental Demands and Work Environment And Travel Requirements and company description. Where to put them? Could incorporate into "About the role" as additional prose? But that might dilute. However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot omit. So we need to include them somewhere. Perhaps we can add a section "Requirements" for physical demands and work environment, and keep "Qualifications" for education/license/experience/certification. That seems plausible: Requirements could cover physical demands, work environment, travel. Qualifications covers education/license/experience/certification. Skills covers knowledge/skills/abilities.
Thus we will have sections:
- About the role (position summary)
- Responsibilities (essential functions)
- Qualifications (education, license, experience, certification, plus Additional Information about sensitive info, regulatory understanding, skilled in application of policies)
- Requirements (Physical And Mental Demands, Work Environment And Travel Requirements)
- Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities)
- Schedule (Full Time Day Shift)
We must not repeat job title as heading; fine.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Already removed.
Now we need to format lists.
For Qualifications: we have Education, License, Experience, Certification, Additional Information. Could present as - each with subtext.
For Requirements: Physical And Mental Demands paragraph, Work Environment And Travel Requirements paragraph.
For Skills: we have many subcategories: Knowledge in behavioral health care, Strong leadership..., Ability to work collaboratively..., Proficiency..., Excellent communication..., Mathematical Skills..., Computer Skills..., Communication..., Decision Making..., Nature of Problems..., Independent Judgement..., Planning/Organization...
We could
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, but we can format them. We need to decide how to split content. Potential sections: - About the role (position summary paragraph) - Responsibilities (essential functions list) - Requirements (education, license, experience, certification) - Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities) - Physical Demands (maybe as a section? Not in the allowed headings list; allowed headings are About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Qualifications could be used for education/license/experience/certification. Skills for knowledge/skills/abilities. So we can map: About the role: position summary. Responsibilities: essential functions. Requirements: maybe education, license, experience, certification? Or Qualifications: education, license, experience, certification. Skills: knowledge, skills, abilities (including mathematical, computer, communication, decision making, independent judgement, planning/organization). Schedule: Full Time Day Shift. We could also include Qualifications separate from Requirements? The instruction says use headings for those specific names. We can choose to use Qualifications for education/license/experience/certification, and maybe Requirements for something else? But we have no other requirements besides those. Could combine. Better: Use Qualifications for education, license, experience, certification. Use Skills for knowledge, skills, abilities. Use Responsibilities for essential functions. Use About the role for position summary. Use Schedule for full time day shift. We must not repeat job title as heading. So we avoid heading "Director of Assessment". Good. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. Let's extract content precisely. Position Summary paragraph: "Full Time Day Shift Position Summary The Director of Assessment oversees the delivery of comprehensive assessments and high‑quality therapeutic care for individuals seeking treatment for substance use disorders, dual diagnoses, and psychiatric or emotional conditions. This role manages all walk‑in and phone inquiries, conducts initial psychiatric evaluations, presents clinical findings to the psychiatrist for treatment recommendations, and ensures patients and families clearly understand their care options. The Director also manages documentation, schedules appointments, directs individuals to appropriate internal or external services, and develops and maintains the assessment and referral office schedule. In addition, the Director provides leadership and coaching to staff, enhancing team competence in assessment, patient and family engagement, and overall therapeutic care. The role responds to inquiry calls, ensures consistent and accurate communication regarding treatment options, and helps reduce barriers to care. The Director serves as part of the hospital's leadership team and may also supervise reception services as needed." We need to keep that as prose in
. Possibly we could split into multiple paragraphs but one is fine. Essential Functions list: after "ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: To perform this job, an individual must perform each essential function satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation." Then list items each starting with a capital verb. We need to capture each bullet. List: - Directs and conducts the screening of prospective patients and initiates the integrated assessment process for program admission. - Collaborates with administration, physicians, and clinical staff to evaluate pending admissions, determine the appropriate level of care, and communicate admission plans to the nursing department. - Applies approved admission criteria to recommend the least restrictive and clinically appropriate level of care, initiating the episode‑of‑care plan at the time of admission. - Serves as a liaison among physicians, families, transportation services, and external mental health facilities to ensure smooth coordination of admission procedures. - Ensures that all patient assessment data and historical information are thoroughly and accurately communicated to attending physicians to support sound clinical decision‑making. - Communicates with external reviewers and referral sources, completes required reviews, and maintains all related documentation in compliance with HIPAA requirements. - Notifies third‑party payors of transitions between levels of care and facilitates their participation in treatment decisions as needed. - Prepares daily reports to communicate census updates, referral activity, and pending admissions. - Maintains strong relationships with referral sources to support satisfaction and continuity of collaboration. - Provides coaching and development for team members, establishing clear expectations and holding staff accountable to high standards of performance. - Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of CMS, The Joint Commission, EMTALA, and state regulations, routinely auditing departmental functions to ensure full compliance. - Always exhibit 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. We need to keep all. Additional Information: "Additional Information Access to and/or works with sensitive and/or confidential information. Exhibit a comprehensive understanding of healthcare regulatory and compliance (e.g., HIPAA). Skilled in the application of policies and procedures." This could be part of Qualifications or Skills? It's more about qualifications. We'll incorporate into Qualifications maybe. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS: section includes Education, License, Experience, Certification, Required Skills, Skills And Abilities (with subcategories). We need to preserve all. Let's parse: Education: Master's degree in social work, counseling, or related field from an accredited school required, or Bachelor's degree in Nursing from an accredited school required per state regulations. License: Independent Counseling or Social Work license required, or Registered Nurse license required per state regulations. Experience: Three years of assessment experience in an inpatient behavioral health care setting required. Three years of experience working with patient populations served at the facility preferred. Certification: 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 completion of orientation. Required Skills Knowledge in behavioral health care. Strong leadership and organizational skills. Ability to work collaboratively with a diverse team of healthcare professionals. Proficiency in using technology, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Skills And Abilities Mathematical Skills Business Mathematical Skills -- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and to draw and interpret graphs. Computer Skills Advanced Computer Skills -- Routine use of electronic mail and computer systems. Ability to incorporate complex and complicated functions into documents, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations to support business objectives. Communication Organizational Communication-Handles broad-based complex information with company-wide impacts and interacts with leadership. Can present, resolve, and address delicate situations. Ability to motivate and persuade others. Decision Making Organizational Impact-Decisions have significant, broad implications for the management and operations of the behavioral health division. Nature of Problems Varied Business Problems --Problems are varied and complex, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation. Problems are solved using knowledge and skills, general precedent, and practices. Independent Judgement Functional Independent Judgement--Provides and sets goals and priorities for functional areas. May make recommendations for department policies, practices, and programs. Makes decisions for and/or resolves problems for others. Planning/Organization Moderate-Handle multiple tasks simultaneously with moderate complexity. Physical And Mental Demands: paragraph describing demands. Work Environment And Travel Requirements: paragraph describing environment and travel. Company description: Lifepoint Health is a leader... etc. We need to decide where to put Physical And Mental Demands and Work Environment And Travel Requirements. Not in allowed headings list. Could we incorporate them into Qualifications or Skills? Probably not. The instruction says use headings for those specific names; but we can also include other headings? It says "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The e.g. suggests those are examples, but we should likely stick to those. It also says "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we could add other headings if needed, but better to stick to given list. However Physical And Mental Demands and Work Environment are substantive; we could maybe put them under Qualifications or Skills? Not ideal. Perhaps we can create a section "Requirements" for physical demands? But Requirements is more about qualifications. Could we use "Requirements" for physical demands? The heading list includes Requirements as an example. Could interpret Requirements as job requirements (including physical). But we already have education/license etc. Might be better to use "Qualifications" for education/license/experience/certification, and "Skills" for knowledge/skills/abilities, and "Responsibilities" for essential functions, and "About the role" for summary, and "Schedule" for full time day shift. Then we still have Physical And Mental Demands and Work Environment And Travel Requirements and company description. Where to put them? Could incorporate into "About the role" as additional prose? But that might dilute. However the instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot omit. So we need to include them somewhere. Perhaps we can add a section "Requirements" for physical demands and work environment, and keep "Qualifications" for education/license/experience/certification. That seems plausible: Requirements could cover physical demands, work environment, travel. Qualifications covers education/license/experience/certification. Skills covers knowledge/skills/abilities. Thus we will have sections: - About the role (position summary) - Responsibilities (essential functions) - Qualifications (education, license, experience, certification, plus Additional Information about sensitive info, regulatory understanding, skilled in application of policies) - Requirements (Physical And Mental Demands, Work Environment And Travel Requirements) - Skills (knowledge, skills, abilities) - Schedule (Full Time Day Shift) We must not repeat job title as heading; fine. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Already removed. Now we need to format lists. For Qualifications: we have Education, License, Experience, Certification, Additional Information. Could present as
- each with subtext. For Requirements: Physical And Mental Demands paragraph, Work Environment And Travel Requirements paragraph. For Skills: we have many subcategories: Knowledge in behavioral health care, Strong leadership..., Ability to work collaboratively..., Proficiency..., Excellent communication..., Mathematical Skills..., Computer Skills..., Communication..., Decision Making..., Nature of Problems..., Independent Judgement..., Planning/Organization... We could