Position Overview
Full-time (80 hours biweekly)
Night shift- 9 pm to 7 am
Includes every-other weekend and rotating holidays
**General Summary**
Assists with initial triage and assessment, provides clinical oversight, facilitates the admissions process, and serves as a resource about internal and external services. Assists with security and patient behavioral management and provides crisis intervention services.
**Duties and Responsibilities**
**Essential Functions:**
+ Triages requests for service, providing prompt assistance to all requests in relation to their urgency.
+ Documents all requests for service using computerized inquiry functions.
+ Maintains a knowledge base of insurance/managed care processes related to pre-certifications and authorizations and completes these as required.
+ Uses independent clinical assessment / judgement to make safety observation recommendations in the ED.
+ Determines appropriate level of car...