Director of Assessment

Director of Assessment

How you'll contribute:

A Director of Assessment who excels in this role:

• Assumes personal responsibility for obtaining and maintaining professional development and education. Maintains or obtains relevant licensure as appropriate.
• Utilizes management, financial, regulatory, and clinical and systems knowledge to assess market needs, and collaborates with Business Development Liaison and business development staff to ensure timely response to inquiries and referrals; gathers data from a variety of sources in systematic manner, tracking, trending, and analyzing and synthesizing performance indicators.
• Demonstrates leadership in planning and scheduling department in an efficient manner that supports timely assessment of referrals, manages staff, and promotes clinical demands. Responds to community/market needs, regulatory changes, patient service needs and quality service demands.
• Provides oversight of human and fiscal resource financial performance, maintaining budgetary and safety guidelines.
• Accepts participation in special projects, other duties, and appointments to hospital/local/regional committees as appropriate.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced hospital environment.
• Ability to have flexible hours in order to meet business needs.
• Demonstrates effective understanding of legal issues associated with assessment/admission for Voluntary vs. Involuntary status, i.e. 72 Hour Hold, EMTALA and Mental Inquest Warrant processes as defined in state of practice.
• Ability to cultivate and maintain relationships with internal and external customers as well as maintains patient/family confidentiality and provides sensitive, respectful, and compassionate customer service at all times.
• Ability to work with children, adolescents, adults (18 and over) or geriatric patients experiencing mental illness and acute psychiatric crisis.
• Must demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of conducting crisis assessments that includes a mental status exam, suicide and violence assessment, substance abuse assessment, and preliminary diagnosis.
• Knowledge of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder V (DSM V) or most current version.
• Understanding of mental illness and stages of development.
• Ability to present clinical findings to attending psychiatrist and charge nurse.
• Ability to coordinate the discharge or transfer of patients to and from other facilities.
• Ability to complete the initial authorization, within 24 hours of patients admission.
• Ability to assist with or support for concurrent reviews when necessary.
• Ability to covering shifts when necessary during low census.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

· Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage - with medical plans starting at just $10 per pay period - tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.

· Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.

· Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.

· Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).

· Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we're looking for

Applicants should have a Minimum Master's Degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counselingor a Master's Degree in Nursing.

Additional requirements include:

• Current independent practice scope licensure in state of practice, LMFT, LMFT-A LPC, LPC- A, LPCP, LCSW, LMSW, RN
• 2-5 years of leadership experience
• 2-5 years of experience in this discipline

EEOC Statement

Lifepoint Behavioral Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Lifepoint Behavioral Health is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.