Assessment Specialist
Company: Denver Springs LLC
Location: Englewood
Posted on: March 17, 2025
Job Description:
Overview: Assessment Specialist Thursday-Saturday 8:00p-830a
Thursday-Sunday 10:00 p-8:30a Denver Springs, part of Lifepoint
Behavioral Health, nationally known healthcare organization with
diversified delivery network with facilities from coast to coast,
seeks passionate, patient-centric, and goal-oriented team members
to join our team. We specialize in compassionate behavioral health
services, including crisis stabilization, inpatient care, and
outpatient treatment for acute mental health and substance use
treatment. Our philosophy is built on a psychosocial model of care
to decrease suicide rates, decrease addiction-related deaths,
reverse the decline in life expectancy, and improve productivity in
the communities we serve. We offer a collaborative work
environment, competitive compensation, and flexible scheduling so
you can focus on what really matters-providing quality patient
care. Join our team in Englewood, CO , to build a career that
touches lives. Benefits
- New competitive pay rates
- Various shift availabilities
- Professional development and advancement opportunities
- Targeted approach to career development
- Supportive leadership and culture
- State-of-the-art equipment
- Flexible scheduling
- 401(k) retirement plan
- UKG Wallet - We've partnered with UKG Wallet, a voluntary
Earned Wage Access benefit, to offer employees access to their pay
on their own schedule Position Details: What you will do in this
role:
- 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 of 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
provider.
- Interprets treatment to patient and family to help reduce fear
and other attitudes obstructing acceptance of care and continuation
of treatment. Salary range: $28 - 35 per hour. We would expect
those hired into this job would be paid within this hourly rate,
however, certain circumstances may allow us to pay outside of this
hourly rate. Qualifications: Qualifications:
- Master's degree in social work or counseling required, RN
licensure may be used in place of master's degree or per state
regulations.
- RN Licensure, LBSW, LSW, CSW, LPP, LPCC, LPC, MPFT, MFTC, LMFT,
ACA, ACC, ADDC, or ACD accepted
- Valid driver's license.
- CPR and CPI certified within 30 days.
- Prior experience in a psychiatric healthcare facility working
with adult and geriatric patients preferred.
Keywords: Denver Springs LLC, Denver , Assessment Specialist, Other , Englewood, Colorado
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