Discharge Coordinator, Behavioral Health
| Facility | Rock Springs |
| Location | Georgetown, TX |
| Career Area | Case Management |
| Schedule | Full Time |
| Workplace | On-site |
| Job Shift | Day |
| Date Posted | 10/16/2025 |
| Job ID | #320184 |
Job Type: Full Time
Your experience matters!
At Rock Springs, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you're not just valued as an employee, but as a person.
As a Discharge Coordinator joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.
How you'll contribute:
The Discharge Coordinator is responsible for aftercare coordination, treatment planning support, and communication with patients, families, and providers to ensure continuity of care following discharge from inpatient treatment. This role also supports crisis intervention and interdisciplinary collaboration within the behavioral health setting.
Essential Functions
- Provide aftercare coordination for patients requiring ongoing medical or psychosocial support post-discharge.
- Create and maintain updated community resource listings for aftercare services.
- Actively participate in the treatment planning process by scheduling aftercare appointments identified by the patient's provider and therapist.
- Provide patients and families with resource information related to future care needs.
- Communicate proactively with clients, families, aftercare providers, and referral sources.
- Draft comprehensive discharge summaries and contracts for each assigned patient.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team including physicians, utilization review, and nursing staff.
- Complete all required hospital and patient documentation thoroughly and in a timely manner.
- Apply appropriate crisis intervention and de-escalation skills during emergencies.
- Maintain confidentiality and ensure all HIPAA standards are upheld.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of clinical regulations including TJC, Medicaid, and state/federal laws.
Qualifications and requirements:
- Prior experience with psychiatric and chemical dependency patients preferred.
Strong organizational, communication, and documentation skills required.
About us
Rock Springs is located in Georgetown, TX, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone-your experience matters.
EEOC Statement
"Rock Springs is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Rock Springs 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.