Description

There is a place for you at Highland Rivers Behavioral Health!Highland Rivers provides treatment and recovery services to individuals impacted by mental illness; substance use disorders and intellectual developmental disabilities.Are you ready to make a Difference?Job Summary: An Access Specialist is responsible for processing intake paperwork for individuals' seeking psychiatric stabilization and/or medical detox. The Crisis Service Center operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide short-term intervention designed to be time limited, generally a single episode of intervention that stabilizes the individual and moves the individual to the appropriate level of observation.Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete intake paperwork for processing of individuals for assessment and/or admission.
• Complete Point of Entry in Carelogic and BHL to ensure accurate processing of individuals receiving services.
• Review/update BHL to ensure accurate daily census.
• Review/maintain daily census logs to ensure accuracy and completion (CSC, Temp Obs, and CSU).
• Answer phones professionally using established protocols.
• Work with a variety of internal and external customers.
• Respond to individual, staff, and third party inquires in person or by phone.
• Maintain confidentiality for all indirect/direct service in accordance with agency policies and HIPPA policies.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance through the State Health Benefit Plan of GA
• Flexible Benefits such as dental, vision, life, critical illness, etc.
• Retirement Plan with employer matching
• 4 weeks of Paid Time Off with increase of accruals based on years of service
• 10 paid holidays
• 1 personal day
• Qualifying employer for Public Student Loan Forgiveness
• NHSC loan forgiveness in qualifying counties.
• Clinical supervision for candidates on a licensure track.