Job Description
Responsibilities Are you seeking a rewarding career in behavioral health? We want to hear from you! Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health is now seeking to fill a Full-Time Intake Counselor position.
Position Summary
The Intake Counselor serves as the first point of contact for referral sources and potential patients to schedule assessments and/or admissions.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Thoroughly assessing and completing the assessment tool for all clients.
- Communicating information with the on-call provider and nursing to determine an appropriate level of care.
- Documenting all findings and recommendations.
- Assisting clients in being admitted or referred out to the service or resource to best address their needs.
- Referral management and ensuring prompt response times.
- Providing information to individuals, agencies, facilities, and professional staff (physicians, consulting professionals, etc.) requesting information regarding potential admissions.
- Completing insurance verification and precertification as applicable.
- Participating in crisis and safety interventions as needed.
Benefits for full-time employees include :
· Tuition Assistance
· Career development opportunities across UHS and our + locations!
· Diverse programming to expand your experience
· HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses
· Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
· Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
· (K) with company match and discounted stock plan
· Pet Insurance
· SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
· More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com
Qualifications Education: Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or other related field, or RN required.
Experience: At least one year experience utilizing assessment skills preferred.
Age-Specific Competencies: Adolescent, Adult, Geriatric
Licensure/Certification: CPR required; CPI Certification required.
HIPAA: Has access to Medical Records of cases to which they are assigned work, for quality compliance and risk related issues. Use of PHI is for purposes of Healthcare Operations.
About Our Organization
Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health, a subsidiary of UHS, is located on the beautiful Ashley River near Charleston, SC, Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health lends a helping hand to people struggling with mental health and substance use disorders. At Palmetto Behavioral Health we are looking for exceptional people who share our mission of providing superior quality healthcare services and our culture of Service Excellence: treat everyone as a guest, demonstrate professionalism and excellence, practice teamwork.
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