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Beth Israel Lahey Health’s roots in providing top-quality health care date back nearly a century. We're fully committed to ensuring our patients receive the care they deserve. As a leading healthcare provider throughout New England, we aim to change the current state of health care for the better and make lasting improvements that guarantee access to our services.

Admissions Clinician 32 hour evening

Lynn, Massachusetts

Organization Facility: BayRidge Hospital Category: Behavioral Health Job ID: JR56558 Date posted: 07/16/2024
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Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Evening (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

BayRidge Hospital was opened in 1996 providing inpatient, partial hospitalization, outpatient behavioral health and substance use treatment.  Located in Lynn, MA, provides a full continuum of mental health services to public and private patients.  Centrally located in Lynn, BayRidge is easily accessible from Route 1, only 15 minutes from Boston, MA and 10 minutes from the Northshore.

Essential Functions/Key Responsibilities:

  • Support the hospital in such a manner that there is a strong and positive commitment to quality patient care
  •  Triage all patients who arrive to appropriate treatment interventions, including referrals to inpatient, partial and/or outpatient treatment
  • Attend clinical meetings that will have a positive impact on patient care and all appropriate administrative meetings that support the mission of the hospital
  • Participate in any ongoing quality improvement studies that will have positive patient care outcomes
  • Coordinate and organize Emergency Psychiatric care activities
  • Develop, implement and evaluate treatment plans, making appropriate changes as needed
  • Utilize and provide supervision in a positive and thoughtful manner to enhance professional improvement and development
  • Maintain a clear understanding of hospital policies and protocols, practices within those policies and protocols, and enforces such when appropriate
  • Support and implement administrative decisions
  • Maintain solid understanding of and follow regulatory agencies’ expectations and guidelines (i.e. DMH, DPH, JCAHO, payors, etc.)
  • Screen referrals to verify third party benefit availability and initial approval requirements
  • Consistently promote professional working relationships between the hospital, referral sources and payors
  • Maintain understanding of managed care contracts, insurance benefits, limitations, policies, procedures and forms
  • Maintain yearly/biyearly requirements of CPR, Risk Management and Aggression Management
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Master’s Degree in a health care field
  • Current professional license registration in Massachusetts
  • Previous emergency psychiatric experience with theoretical as well as practical knowledge of the clinical area
  • Exhibits ability to be competent in the following areas:
    1)         Mental status exams and emergency assessments
    2)         Knowledge of admission procedures and protocols
    3)         Knowledge of managed care and other payors
    4)        De-escalation/Restraint Management
    5)         Effectively able to triage patients and make disposition decisions

Scheduled Hours - Full Time (32) Evenings

  • Demonstrates a positive demeanor that allows for respectful and courteous interaction with all external and internal customers
  • Works cooperatively and effectively with others with ability to adapt to changes in the workplace as part of maintaining currency in profession

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

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