UT Health Science Center Hiring For Behavioral Health Screener at Tyler, TX, United States Full Time

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY: The Behavioral Health Screener is primarily responsible for screening referrals to the inpatient or outpatient behavioral health programs as designated and assisting in educating the community and region about behavioral health services provided at UT Health Northeast.
ESSENTIAL DUTES:

• Make contact with referral source or referral within one hour of receiving referral information.
• Communicate with referral source throughout the referral process to ensure referral source is aware of the progress.
• Acts as liaison between program and referral source.
• Maintains professional appearance and demeanor with company and referral base.
• Develops and maintains working knowledge of mental health issues for educating referral sources.
• Completes initial screening with appropriate data noting medical necessity and conferring with needed caregivers.
• Stays well-informed of the current mental health codes regarding admission procedures and requirements of Medical Director and maintains working knowledge of mental health issues for educating referral sources
• Completes daily contact log to be filed in the IOP each day.
• Establish and educate external referral sources on mental health issues and services provided by hospital.
• Conduct referral development visits on approved rotation schedule with community referral sources.
• Arranges & provides professional in-services to potential referral businesses in the region.
• Generates referrals in the region meeting expected contacts and referrals goals.
• Attends appropriate interagency and networking meetings to effectively inform contacts of services available through UTHNE Senior Behavioral Services.
• Attends weekly Recovery Team meetings to inform of new admissions, learn of progress of current patients in order to have complete information available for consented referral sources.
• Attends all mandatory education programs, department meetings and all required department-specific education and training programs. Can describe his/her responsibilities related to general safety, regulatory compliance, department safety and specific job-related hazards.
• Follows all administrative and departmental policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Standard patient care equipment, supplies, and mechanical devices for a selected patient population.
• Standard hospital/clinic related office equipment.
• Established contacts and network preferred (i.e. nursing homes, assisted living centers, hospitals, etc.).
• Must be able to provide professional in-services related to Behavioral Health including creating and presenting PowerPoint presentations.
• Ability to complete the State of Texas Driver Safety Course.
• Bilingual a plus.
• Ability to manage/organize multiple tasks, workload, and communicate effectively.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of high school diploma, Bachelor’s degree in a health related field preferred.
• Minimum of two years demonstrated experience in health care marketing or sales required with behavioral health marketing experience preferred.

Work Locations: Tyler 75701

Organization: 001-University of Texas Health Science Center-Tyler

Job Posting: Jun 1, 2022, 11:37:33 AM