Assessment Specialist, RN

Assessment Specialist, RN

Company:
Lifepoint Health® – Woodland Springs, Conroe, TX

Job Type: Full time

Schedule:

Monday – Friday, 3:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.

The Assessment Specialist receives inquiry calls and assists callers with scheduling a face‑to‑face assessment or triage to the appropriate community referral. The role 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 for 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 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, and reports to assessment manager/supervisor.

• Facilitates response to a request for services, including the initial response, the assessment, and referral process, the designation of the appropriate level of care, admission into services, and appropriate follow‑up activity.
• Conducts initial evaluation, initiates the assessment, documents patient symptomology, functioning, and needs, and provides information to MD for LOC determination.
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills in assisting patients, physicians, visitors, and coworkers in a prompt and courteous manner.
• Possesses clear knowledge of Emergency Detention paperwork and processes and EMTALA.
• Maintains all preadmission and admission paperwork with accuracy and completes all pre‑certification with insurance companies.

• Graduate of an accredited program of professional nursing or relevant state licensure required.

• Previous experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric and geriatric patients preferred. Experience in patient assessments, family motivations, treatment planning and communication with external review organizations or comparable entities.

Current unencumbered RN license to practice by the State Board of Nursing.

Woodland Springs is located in Conroe, TX, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier. From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.

Woodland Springs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Woodland Springs is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.