What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of Assessment & Referral position at Perimeter Healthcare?
The Director of Assessment & Referral is responsible for the telephonic and in-person risk assessment system, ensuring appropriate levels of care with a preliminary diagnosis, facilitating the initial treatment plan with the family, and implementing crisis intervention techniques. In addition, the Director of Assessment & Referral ensures rapid facilitation of admissions and maintains communication with referral sources, families, patients, and unit staff in order to have a consistent and efficient admission process.
Job Functions - Standards of Performance. Oversees the following:
Specific Standards for the Care of Child Patients Ages 6 through 17. Oversees the following:
Specific Standards for the Care of Adolescent Patients Ages 12 through 18. Oversees the following:
Oversees the following - Performance Accountability:
License(s): LMSW, LCSW, LPC, or RN
Certification(s) / Registration(s) : CPI, HWC (not required)
*Required Education and/or Experience*
Education Required: College degree
Type of Degree:
Customer Focus – Relates work and job purpose to Perimeter’s mission and customer commitment.
Teamwork – Interacts effectively and builds respectful relationships within and between units and among individuals.
Communication – Communicates effectively in ways that enhance productivity and build respectful relationships. Demonstrates active listening, written, verbal, and information technology skills. Shares relevant information.
Conflict Resolution – Seeks constructive approaches to resolving workplace issues.
Integrity – Adheres to high standards of personal and professional conduct.
Adapting to Change – Responds positively to change, showing willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work.
Respect for Individuals – Fosters mutual respect and supports Sundance’s commitment to diversity. Promotes community building and diversity initiatives that help employees learn and respect each other’s differences.
Safety – Contributes to a safe and secure environment for customers by following hand hygiene and other established procedures and protocols as appropriate by job function.
*May perform other duties as assigned or requested
Quality – Adopts practices to improve work processes, enhance customer satisfaction, and ensure excellence in daily work.
Efficiency – Accomplishes work in ways that maximize productivity and available resources while minimizing waste.
Benefits:
Medical specialties:
Job Functions - Standards of Performance. Oversees the following:
- Admission process in its entirety of individuals after initial assessment.
- Orient patients and families to the treatment program.
- Adheres to facility standard policy and procedure.
- Promote an effective use of resources for patients, customers, and the facility with sensitivity to the cost of health care.
- Related to adolescent/child patients in an age-appropriate manner.
- Maintains knowledge of program rules, protocols, and guidelines.
- Attends/participates in mandatory meetings and in-services.
- Maintains confidentiality of facility employees and patient information.
- Skill in prioritizing and organizing workloads.
- Acts calmly in emergency situations.
- Provide information about the patient to the program staff who will be receiving the patient.
Specific Standards for the Care of Child Patients Ages 6 through 17. Oversees the following:
- Maintain knowledge of children's stages of development and provide guidance to all staff when questions about the norms for behavior related to child development arise.
- Recognize acting out behavior of child-specific age groups and set appropriate
- limits in clear, concise, behavioral, and non-judgmental terms based on the age of the patient
- Relate to child patients in an age-appropriate manner.
- Utilizes behavioral management techniques with an understanding of the need for modification regarding smaller body sizes of children, abandonment issues, and the history of physical and/or sexual abuse issues.
Specific Standards for the Care of Adolescent Patients Ages 12 through 18. Oversees the following:
- Maintain knowledge of the program rules, protocols, and level system.
- Recognize acting behavior of adolescents in specific age groups and set appropriate limits in clear, concise, behavioral, and non-judgmental terms based on the patient's age.
- Relate to adolescent patients in an age-appropriate manner.
- Utilizes behavioral management techniques with an understanding of the need for modification regarding smaller body sizes of adolescents, abandonment issues and the history of physical and/or sexual abuse issue.
Oversees the following - Performance Accountability:
- Uses time constructively and in an organized manner to accomplish duties/responsibilities
- Maintains a record of attendance/punctuality to meet expected standards.
- Participates in business development activities
- Complies with all facility, department, and corporate policies and procedures
- Attends all mandatory facility in-services and staff development activities as scheduled.
- Adhere to facility standards concerning conduct, dress, attendance, and punctuality.
- Complies with Employee Code of Ethics/Professional Standards of Conduct
- Works as needed, including overtime, in case of emergency or as deemed necessary by supervisor.
- Promotes and demonstrates, through action, deed, and communication, an environment of service excellence throughout the facility, including internal and external clients, families, co-workers, physicians, and visitors.
- Demonstrates guest relations in communication, cooperation, and assistance for patients, families/physicians, licensed practitioners/co-workers, and visitors in a prompt and courteous manner.
License(s): LMSW, LCSW, LPC, or RN
Certification(s) / Registration(s) : CPI, HWC (not required)
*Required Education and/or Experience*
Education Required: College degree
Type of Degree:
- Master’s degree in Social Work
- Professional Counseling
- Associate degree in Nursing (required)
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred)
- Two (2) years of experience
- Progressively responsible experience, preferably in a health care setting. Inpatient experience is preferred but not required.
Customer Focus – Relates work and job purpose to Perimeter’s mission and customer commitment.
Teamwork – Interacts effectively and builds respectful relationships within and between units and among individuals.
Communication – Communicates effectively in ways that enhance productivity and build respectful relationships. Demonstrates active listening, written, verbal, and information technology skills. Shares relevant information.
Conflict Resolution – Seeks constructive approaches to resolving workplace issues.
Integrity – Adheres to high standards of personal and professional conduct.
Adapting to Change – Responds positively to change, showing willingness to learn new ways to accomplish work.
Respect for Individuals – Fosters mutual respect and supports Sundance’s commitment to diversity. Promotes community building and diversity initiatives that help employees learn and respect each other’s differences.
Safety – Contributes to a safe and secure environment for customers by following hand hygiene and other established procedures and protocols as appropriate by job function.
*May perform other duties as assigned or requested
Quality – Adopts practices to improve work processes, enhance customer satisfaction, and ensure excellence in daily work.
Efficiency – Accomplishes work in ways that maximize productivity and available resources while minimizing waste.
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Pediatrics
- 5x8
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- On-Call Rotation
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