Job Description

Job Description

Responsibilities

Northwest Specialty Hospita l, an extension of Northern Nevada Medical Center , brings expanded services to a new building located at 6223 Sharlands Ave. in Northwest Reno. The facility will offer acute rehabilitation and adult behavioral health services.

The adult behavioral health services offered is an expansion to our current 50 and older program at NNMC. The new program will offer behavioral health services to all adults 18 years and older. The department is managed through a multidisciplinary team including physicians, nurses, CNAs, social workers, and therapists. Patients will experience an individualized care plan, inclusive of individual and family therapy, activities, medication management, and a 24-hour secure, compassionate environment.

What we at Northwest Specialty Hospital value:
• Compassion : We treat everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee and physician like they are family.
• Empathy : We put ourselves in our patient’s shoes and deliver clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork : We foster a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient’s lives.
• Quality : We strive to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics : We conduct our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect : We promise to honor the dignity, individuality and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence : We provide personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation : We continually invest in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.

Learn more at northernnevadahealth.com

This Behavioral Health Assessment Coordinator opportunity is full time at 40 hours per week, offers full benefits and a convenient dayshift schedule. 

Under administrative supervision of the Director of Behavioral Health, the Behavioral Health Assessment Coordinator manages, markets, plans and organizes the Geropsychiatric Inpatient and medical detoxification admission processes, including but not limited to evaluations regarding appropriateness for admission, insurance preauthorization and utilization review, benefits verification, communication and coordination with any legal guardians and successful informational handoffs with RNs. This position also includes case management for the medical detoxification program. . S/he assists Director with the accurate collection and analysis of data regarding referral sources, admission trending, and non-admissions due to not meeting criteria for the unit. This position includes post discharge follow up of medical detoxification patients at 3 days post discharge. The population can include adolescents, adult and geriatric populations.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Conducts thorough pre-admission assessments of geropsychiatric and Medical Detoxification candidates from phone inquiries, faxed referrals and onsite assessments (i.e. medical floor and emergency department). Makes acceptance recommendation to Medical Director and/or Director of Behavioral Health.
• Collaborates with in-house staff to offer geropsychiatric and medical detoxification services to patients on other floors and unit at NNMC who qualify. Coordinates with staff to transfer patients promptly to the unit to insure optimal patient care
• Works closely with department Medical Director to assure admissions are appropriate and treatment plans are consistent with program objectives.

Benefits for full and part time employees:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off 
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition Reimbursement/Repayment Program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries! 
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com  

About Universal Health Services:

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

• Graduate of an accredited college with a Bachelor's Degree or higher. 
• Current licensure in the State of Nevada as a LCSW or RN. 
• Experience working in a behavioral health treatment setting. 
• Basic Life Support certification. May obtain once hired within 90 days of employment.

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