Assessment Coordinator

Overview

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Night Shift

3 12-Hour Shifts, 7 : 00 PM - 7 : 30 AM

Members of our team Enjoy :

• Collaborative Work Environment
• Optional Over-Time
• Flexible scheduling
• Career growth
• Competitive compensation
• Health, Vision, Dental, 401k, and Paid Time Off
• 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.

Cottonwood Springs is a 72 -bed behavioral hospital located in Olathe, Kansas. The hospital offers inpatient and outpatient mental health and addiction treatment to adults, adolescents and their families.

At Cottonwood Springs we are dedicated to Changing People's Lives®.

The Assessment department plays an essential role in helping fulfill our mission of "Changing People's Lives®". The Assessment Coordinator assess the needs of walk-in and phone callers to ensure their referral to the service or resource to best address those needs.

Coordinator assists in scheduling initial psychiatric assessment on patients seeking treatment of substance abuse, dual diagnosis or psychiatric or emotional disorders and presents symptoms to psychiatrist for best recommendation of care.

Coordinator refers and triages patients to other sources of treatment when appropriate. Coordinator answers all inquiry calls regarding treatment and the facility, presents treatment options, documents calls and sets appointments for callers seeking treatment.

Coordinator works with the business office to ensure smooth transition into the admission process.

Position Details

• Clerk assess the needs of walk-in and phone callers to ensure their referral to the service or resource to best address those needs.
• Clerk assists in scheduling initial psychiatric assessment on patients seeking treatment of substance abuse, dual diagnosis or psychiatric or emotional disorders and presents symptoms to psychiatrist for best recommendation of care.
• Clerk refers and triages patients to other sources of treatment when appropriate.
• Clerk answers all inquiry calls regarding treatment and the facility, presents treatment options, documents calls and sets appointments for callers seeking treatment.
• Clerk works with the business office to ensure smooth transition into the admission process.

Qualifications

Education :

High school degree or equivalent preferred.

Experience :

Previous experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, psychiatric and geriatric patients preferred.

Must have strong clinical assessment skills.