Discharge Planner - Behavioral Health

Tucson, AZ Other
POSTED ON 5/9/2024

Description

Lifepoint Behavioral Health seeks a passionate, patient-centered, and goal-oriented Discharge Planner to join the team at El Dorado Springs, a beautiful, recently expanded 106-bed behavioral health facility located in Tucson, Arizona. At El Dorado Springs, we specialize in compassionate, evidence-based mental health and substance use treatment. Our philosophy is built on a psychosocial model of care and follows the core principles of resilience, recovery, and restoration.

Here, you’ll discover a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and professional development opportunities, so you can focus on what really matters–providing quality patient care. Do not miss this opportunity to build a career that touches lives.

 

As a Discharge Planner you will:

  • Coordinates discharge planning for a specified patient population in a single hospital.

  • Follows patients throughout the continuum of care and ensures optimum utilization of resources.

  • Provides ongoing support for discharge planning through comprehensive assessment of discharge needs to include barriers to compliance with recommended plan of care post discharge. 

  • Provides support and discharge planning for patients who are in need of ongoing medical/psychosocial care following discharge. 

  • In collaboration with other members of the healthcare team, assesses psychosocial needs of the patient and offers suggestions and facilitates the transition to follow-up care options.


Qualifications

As a Discharge Planner you will have:

  • High school diploma or equivalent.

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.

  • CPI
  • CPR
  • One year experience in a psychiatric inpatient environment.


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