What are the responsibilities and job description for the Court Liaison - Full Time position at Full Time - Georgetown Behavioral Health Institute?
The Court Liaison/Risk Assistant is responsible for activities related to court advocacy, program admission, progress hearings, and supporting a therapeutic setting. Responsibilities include assisting the hospital on a daily basis while also conducting court advocacy with patients, prosecutors, and judges by using clinical and risk evaluation information. Risk Management duties include gathering data, analyzing risk factors, and developing strategies to minimize potential threats.
Duties include but are not limited to:
- Follow and track patients who may be on a NED or OPC/Medication status (time sensitive).
- Prepare and file court documents with clinicals when necessary. This includes ensuring documents are notarized and ensuring payment is delivered to the court.
- Ensure compliance regarding request of release.
- Communicate with attorneys as necessary, testify at hearings when needed, and coordinate the appropriate documentation.
- Assist with monitoring compliance with the Joint Commission and other regulatory standards through file review, accurate documentation and auditing methods.
- Excellent customer services skills in face-to-face interactions while dealing courteously with patients, the public, legal entities and other staff within the organization.
- Assist in identifying and assessing potential risks, support the development and implementation of risk management strategies, maintain and update risk management documentation; collaborate with various departments to gather risk-related data; monitor and analyze risk factors and trends.
- Participate in hospital internal investigations keeping an unbiased opinion and the strictest confidentiality, monitor the compliance with risk management activities, support the communication of risk management initiates across the hospital and assist in the preparation of risk management presentations, etc.
- Complies with facility safety, infection control and security program.
- Supports facility internal and external customer service standards.
- Performs related duties and other duties as assigned in accordance with hospital needs.
- Upholds the Organization's ethics and customer service standards.