PRN INTAKE COUNSELOR (DEGREED) Job at Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health, North Charleston, SC

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  • Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health
  • North Charleston, SC

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 PRN 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.
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.

Please visit us online at

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network, and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

Job Tags

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