Assessment Specialist - RN Nights

Assessment Specialist - Registered Nurse (RN)

This full-time opportunity offers 36 hours per week, full benefits, and a convenient 4-week schedule. Recent graduates welcome. There is opportunity for overtime and to cover various shifts if interested. A new $15,000 sign‑on bonus is available for full-time positions for new employees.

Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital provides inpatient treatment services to adolescents and adults at our 86‑bed facility in Panama City, FL and outpatient services to adolescents and adults at our three outpatient centers located throughout the Florida Panhandle. Additionally, we offer specialized treatment for active duty military members through our Military Resiliency Program, specialized chemical‑dependency treatment, and TMS therapy for chronic depression.

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The Assessment Specialist performs triage, psychosocial screening, and evaluations of all patients, voluntary and involuntary, who present to the facility with a primary psychiatric, behavioral, or substance‑abuse complaint. The specialist provides accurate evaluation of medical necessity, offers alternative levels of care when feasible, initiates collection and assessment of information for payers, completes pre‑certification and continued stay authorization, and works with and serves as back‑up to utilization review.

• Conduct telephone triage activities. Receive telephone inquiry and crisis calls and determine appropriate disposition for emergency services, clinical crisis assessment, and referral to community resources and/or agencies.
• Perform clinical crisis assessments on patients experiencing diverse mental health and/or substance‑abuse issues/disorders.
• During assessment, initiate crisis interventions to stabilize patient and/or family situation (e.g., safety contracts, brief behavioral contracts). Consult Nurse Supervisor when significant medical issues are identified.
• Assist in collection of updated insurance and financial information. Verify insurance coverage and benefits. Utilize the computer system to collect and enter core data elements such as authorization information.
• Inventory and document all patient valuables upon admission.

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive compensation and generous paid time off
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plan
• 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition assistance
• SoFi student loan refinancing program
• Healthstream online learning catalogue with many free CEU courses
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries

If you would like to learn more about the Registered Nurse (RN) position before applying, please contact Jill Fowler, HR recruiter at (850) 704‑4023.

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’s ranking of America’s largest public companies. UHS operates acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network, and various related services across the United States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.

Requirements:

• Associate’s degree in nursing or diploma RN
• Previous experience in behavioral health preferred
• Current Florida RN license
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced admissions department
• Ability to work 6 pm‑6:30 am

Employment with Emerald Coast Behavioral Hospital requires successful completion of a Level II background screening. For additional information on this screening requirement, visit the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse Education and Awareness website at

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