Assessment Lead

Overview

RN ASSESSMENT LEAD

Westpark Springs, part of Lifepoint Behavioral Health, nationally known healthcare organization with diversified delivery network with facilities from coast to coast, seeks passionate, patient-centric, and goal-oriented team members to join our team. We specialize in compassionate behavioral health services, including crisis stabilization, inpatient care, and outpatient treatment for acute mental health and substance use treatment. Our philosophy is built on a psychosocial model of care to decrease suicide rates, decrease addiction-related deaths, reverse the decline in life expectancy, and improve productivity in the communities we serve. We offer a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and flexible scheduling so you can focus on what matters–providing quality patient care. Join our team in Richmond, Texas, to build a career that touches lives.

Benefits:

• Affordable medical, dental and vision plans provided to meet the needs of full employees and their families

• Up to 16 days of PTO for full time employees

• 6 paid holidays for full time employees

• Tuition reimbursement

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Flexible spending and health savings accounts

• UKG Wallet – We’ve partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.

Position Details

What you will do in this role:

• Facilitates response to request for services, including the initial response, the assessment and referral process, the designation of appropriate level of care, admission into services and appropriate follow up activity.
• Conducts initial evaluation, initiates the assessment, documenting patient symptomology, functioning, needs and provides information to MD for LOC determination.
• Demonstrates excellent customer serviced skills in assisting patients, physicians, visitors and coworkers in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Possess clear knowledge of Emergency Detention paperwork and processes and EMTALA.
• Maintains all preadmission and admission paperwork with accuracy, completes all per-certification with insurance companies.
• Ensures appropriate staffing for shift. Minimizes use of overtime. Assists in monitoring attendance.
• Educates and coaches staff and acts as a point person for clinical decisions. Reports all issues and incidents to the Director of appropriately.
• Ensures staff has completed all needed documentation, call logging, insurance calls, and additional tasks prior to the end of shift.

Qualifications

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.
• Current unencumbered clinical social work or counseling license. RN license may be accepted.
• Valid driver’s license and a favorable Motor Vehicle Report (MVR), along with proof of insurance when using own auto.
• CPR and CPI certified within 30 days.
• The ability to meet typing keyboard expectations.
• Prior experience in a psychiatric healthcare facility. 
• Must have strong clinical assessment skills.