2,000 Sign On Bonus
Communicating with outside facilities, other Tanner contracted hospitals and co-workers about patient placement and disposition. Keep organized and work effectively within the required time constraints. Under general direction, coordinates a multidisciplinary approach to organize patient disposition and transportation. Manages and communicates bed availability and daily proposed versus actual discharges. Serve as a liaison within the Assessment Services team between Assessors and referring facilities. Utilize multiple programs to identify and review suitable patients for placement.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Sociology, or a related field
Qualifications
- Ability to concentrate on tasks and meet deadlines.
- Ability to handle significant amounts of confidential patient information.
- Ability to professionally deal with staff and public.
- Bachelor's Degree with 2 years of experience in the behavioral health field
- Basic knowledge and skills for applying principles of mental health.
- Data entry skills including experience using a computer.
- Familiarity with psychological, sociological, and medical terminology.
- Organization and time management skills.
- Reading comprehension, writing, and mathematical skills.
- Skills in analyzing and evaluating information, problem-solving skills, excellent oral communication skills, and legible handwriting.
- Willingness to follow the leadership of senior staff.
Area of Responsibilities
Responsible for completion of administrative tasks involved in the placement of patients including setting up patient transport, pre-registration, disseminating necessary information to Willowbrooke departments, reviewing legal paperwork, noting in patient chart, arranging transportation, and ensuring clinical information accessible to attending Doctor. Responsible for completion of tasks in a timely fashion.Responsible for coordination, communication, and documentation of assigned patients pending at outside facilities. The employee will actively pursue placement for patients requiring inpatient treatment, utilizing phone, BHL board, and Trace to ensure outside facilities have the necessary information to determine disposition. The employee will play an active role in locating suitable treatment facilities and diligently following up at least once every three hours with both the referring hospital and outside facility.Responsible for maintaining a working knowledge of department tools and systems. Maintains access and working knowledge to necessary programs including, but not limited to Meditech and Midas. The employee utilizes programs according to policy and completes tasks within designated programs according to work flow.Responsible for obtaining and communicating information to Assessment Services regarding number of proposed discharges and available beds each shift for hospital and all contracted hospitals. The employee will continue to monitor bed status throughout the shift and update the team accordingly to ensure accurate bed count is available at all times.Responsible for obtaining and reviewing external referrals from Tracker fax system and State Contracted Bed Board. The employee will thoroughly review referrals received and make determinations on potential suitability for inpatient treatment factoring in insurance type benefits, medical history, patient presentation, and clinical information. The employee will staff all suitable referrals with Intake Nurse Masters level clinician for review and follow up with the referring facility to feedback on the referral outcome.Compliance Statement
Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Experience
No prior work experience required
Licenses & Certifications
NONE REQUIREDSupervision
Participates in the orientation and supervision of new employees and students. Occasionally uses assistance of other personnel in performance of tasks.Qualifications
Ability to concentrate on tasks and meet deadlines.Ability to handle significant amounts of confidential patient information.Ability to professionally deal with staff and public.Bachelor's Degree with 2 years of experience in behavioral health fieldBachelor's Degree in Psychology, Sociology or related field. If no related degree, will require a Bachelor's Degree with 2 years of experience in behavioral health field.Basic knowledge and skills for applying principles of mental health.Data entry skills including experience using a computer.Familiarity with psychological, sociological and medical terminology.Organization and time management skills.Reading comprehension, writing, and mathematical skills.Skills in analyzing and evaluating information, problem solving skills, excellent oral communication skills, and legible handwriting.Willingness to follow leadership of senior staff.Definitions
Communicating with outside facilities, other Tanner contracted hospitals , and co-workers about patient placement and disposition. Keep organized and work effectively within the required time constraints. Under general direction, coordinates a multidisciplinary approach to organize patient disposition and transportation . Manages and communicates bed availability and daily proposed versus actual discharges. Serve as a liaison within the Assessment Services team between Assessors and referring facilities. Utilize multiple programs such as BHL board and Tracker to identify and review suitable patients for placement.Contact With Others
Appreciable contacts as regular part of the job with others outside of the department or organization. Requires discretion and tact to give or get specialized information to perform duties of job.
Effect Of Error
Probable errors may be serious and involve losses such as improper costs, overpayment, waste of material, damage to equipment, and delay in processing work. Effect usually confined within the organization. Most of work not subject to direct verification or check. Regularly works with some confidential data such as account, salaries, patient medical records, which if disclosed might have adverse internal or external effects.
Supervisory Responsibility
Exercises no supervision, work direction, or instruction of other employees or students
Mental Demands
Semi-routine duties of some variety and difficulty performed under general supervision and following general operating procedures and practices. Work involves some planning to select correct methods and correct for error.
Physical Effort
Minimum physical effort - Physical demands encountered are those of a typical office job.
Working Conditions
Minor - Occasionally involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature / weather extremes / occupational risk and probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical / bio-hazardous materials.
Working Conditions Aspects For Immunizations
Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles)Physical Aspects
Continually (at least once per day)
TypingHearingVisualSpeakingFrequently (at least 3 times a week)
Manual Dexterity pinching with fingers, etc.Handling seizing, holding, graspingOccasionally (at least once a month)
BendingReaching above shoulderReaching below shoulderColor VisionStandingBalancingWalkingRunning - In response To an emergencyLifting up To 25 lbs.CarryingKneelingSquattingPushing / Pulling up To 25 lbs.
