Discharge Planner

Responsibilities

Canyon Creek Behavioral Health (affiliated with United Health Systems) is a 102-bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in the beautiful Central Texas town of Temple, Texas. Canyon Creek features individual units for adolescents, adults, and seniors, and offers inpatient acute care and intensive outpatient programs. We are enthusiastic about providing compassionate health care from our team here at Canyon Creek Behavioral Health.

For more information about Canyon Creek Behavioral Health, please visit our website at

The Step-Down Navigator is responsible for meeting with all eligible patients to discuss the benefits of stepdown services as part of their continuum of care treatment. The Step-Down Navigator will be responsible for communicating eligibility to key members of senior leadership & associated departments and will be responsible for routinely collecting and entering data, specific to eligibility, into Midas for trending report purposes.

• The Step-Down Navigator will collaborate with the following departments:
  • Clinical Services: To ensure the patient is clinically appropriate to participate in programming
  • Business Office: To ensure the patient has covered benefits and to discuss copay responsibilities
  • Inpatient Utilization Review: To ensure the patient is authorized to step-down to a different level of care
  • Outpatient Services: To ensure the outpatient program is aware of the patient’s anticipated admission date

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Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. 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.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in mental health/behavioral sciences field preferred.

Experience: Minimum two (2) years experience in psychiatric/mental health field.

Licensure: N/A

Additional Requirements: Successful completion of CPR Certification and successful completion of Handle with Care training. Certification and training may be obtained during new hire orientation.

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