Assessment Specialist, RN
Assessment Specialist, RN
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Job Description
Schedule: Friday- Sunday 7am-7pm
Your experience matters
How youll contribute
An Assessment Specialist RN who excels in this role will:
Receives inquiry calls and assists the caller with scheduling a face-to-face assessment or triage to the appropriate community referral.
Assesses or ensures assessment by a qualified mental health professional of patients who present for assessment.
Screens for medical and behavioral emergency conditions.
Performs a comprehensive assessment and quality therapeutic care to patients seeking treatment for substance abuse dual diagnosis or psychiatric or emotional disorders; coordinates with the clinical team/on-call physician to ensure these needs are met either at the facility or other appropriate community providers.
Interprets treatment to patient and family to help reduce fear and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of care and continuation of treatment.
Completes the administrative processes of admission and precertification of care with external payers as necessary.
Why join us
We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient addition to your base compensation this position also offers:
Working with a highly engaged staff
Healthy staffing levels
Flexible scheduling
Career growth
Competitive compensation
Expansive benefit package
What were looking for
Applicants should be a graduate from an accredited program of professional nursing and hold relevant state licensure. Additional requirements include:
- CPR and CPI Certification within 30 days of employment
- Previous experience in a psychiatric healthcare facility with direct experience working with chemical dependency dual diagnosis and psychiatric patients preferred. Experience in patient assessments family motivations treatment planning and communication with external review organizations or comparable entities.
More about Collin Springs
Colling Springsis a 72-bed behavioral health hospitaloffering exceptional care to the McKinney TX community.
EEOC Statement
Collin Springsis an Equal Opportunity Employer.Collin Springsis committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
