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WI-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

Worker Type:

Regular

Job Highlights:

· Department: Emergency Department

· Sign On Bonus: $10,000​

· Schedule: Full Time, Rotating Shift, 32 hours per week

· Hours: PM shifts 3pm - 11pm and night shifts 11pm - 7am

· Starting Pay: $26.01​· Shift Differentials: Available for night, weekend, and additional shifts​

· Experience preferred: 2 years BH experience; acute hospital or outpatient discharge planning experience; medical trauma experience

· Location: St. Mary's Hospital - Madison

SSM Health St. Mary’s Hospital – Madison is eagerly looking to hire a Behavioral Health Intake Therapist (BHIT) for the Emergency Department (ED)! This position conducts psychosocial assessments, including formal risk assessments and psychiatric evaluations for patients of all age ranges who present to the ED. The BHIT works as part of the multidisciplinary care team to ensure proper and safe care and dispositions for patients.

If you are a patient advocate first, you listen and respond with great care, and if the needs, wants, and goals of each patient matter to you, then we’d love to learn more! Please complete your application today.

Daily Pay : Get paid daily doing the work you love in a way that fits your life. At SSM Health, we believe you deserve the flexibility to work a schedule that fits your life and to get paid when you need it.

**Sign on bonuses are for external qualified candidates. Internal candidates, please check with your recruiter to see what options are available for you.

Job Summary:

Conducts interviews and behavioral health assessments for potential admissions including telehealth assessments.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides admissions and intake services to patients and potential patients.

• Responds to telephone inquiries from persons seeking mental health care or information about mental health-related services.

• Facilitates admission of in-patients and out-patients based on physician orders. Coordinates transportation to another facility and/or referral to a lower level of care as indicated.

• Documents calls and related admission information. May staff crisis hotline as needed.

• Reviews all paperwork accompanying patients to ensure adherence to hospital and regulatory policies.

• Performs insurance verification and prior-authorization based on payor requirements.

• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Master's degree in Behavioral Health or related field

EXPERIENCE

• No experience required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.

• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.

• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.

• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.

• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.

• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.

• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.

• Rare climbing.

Work Shift:

Rotating Shift (United States of America)

Job Type:

Employee

Department:

9274000007 Social Work

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

32

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