Assess/Referral Counselor- Behavioral Hospital Weekends 7p7a - Methodist Family Health - Maumelle, AR

Assess/Referral Counselor- Behavioral Hospital Weekends 7p7a - Methodist Family Health - Maumelle, AR

Apply to jobs now hiring in Arkansas today!

Assess/Referral Counselor- Behavioral Hospital Weekends 7p7a
Methodist Family Health 54 reviews - Maumelle, AR 72113

Summary: Under the supervision of the Director of Assessment and Referral, the Assessment Coordinator ensures timely data entry for long term and acute referrals, as well as maintaining the long term program referral data base and ensuring its accuracy. The Assessment Coordinator will also help with day to day organization and coordination of the admissions office, answering calls, documenting and directing the work flow of the calls appropriately. Skills and Abilities: Maintain current up to date information in the long term program referral data base and ensure its accuracy at all times. Ability to assess suitability of admission to the hospital and residential programs based on clinical and financial criteria. Good knowledge of common mental illness. Ability to work under stressful circumstances with frequent interruptions. Effective verbal and written communication skills in order to communicate with patients, families and referral sources and hospital staff. Knowledge of phone etiquette, ability to work heavy telephone contact and personal contact with patient, families, referrals and hospital staff. Ability to work with team. Excellent customer service skills. Qualifications: Stable emotional makeup required. Associate/Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Sociology or related field - will consider equivalent experience. Additional Mandatory Requirements: Must be physically capable to receive verbal and written directions Remains current in Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Must be willing and able to work with all patients of Methodist Family Health, regardless of gender Must have good auditory, visual and olfactory ability Use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls Must be able to maintain effective audio, visual discrimination and perception needed for making observations, communicating with others, reading and writing, and operating office equipment and other treatment equipment Must be able to use a telephone to communicate verbally and a computer to communicate through written means, to review information and enter/retrieve data, to see and read characters on a computer screen, chart or other treatment items Requires the strength and stamina to perform clinical duties Flu shot is mandatory and required for all positions (subject only to qualified exemptions). Job descriptions are not intended, nor should be construed, to be all-inclusive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts or working conditions associated with a job. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the job requirements, management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties from particular jobs and to assign other duties as necessary.

54 reviews

Let employers find you

Thousands of employers search for candidates on Indeed

More info... / APPLY NOW!