DISCHARGE PLANNER

Job Description

Responsibilities

Cedar Hills Hospital is seeking a Discharge Planner with an background in behavioral health to join our team and support patients!

How you will make an impact:

The Discharge Planner advocates for patient access to services during treatment team meetings, helping to support and coordinate ongoing patient care and aftercare needs. Additional responsibilities include:

• Promoting effective use of resources for patients
• Advocating that the patient is placed in the appropriate level of care and program
• Maintaining documentation related to case management activities
• Oversight of continued communication of treatment progress, discharge plans, and time of discharge to outside parties
• Facilitating the transfer of required documents to the outside agents

Who We Are:

Cedar Hills Hospital is a -bed behavioral health hospital and Outpatient Services program in Portland, Oregon dedicated to healing patients’ minds and bodies. We are part of Universal Health Services, a Fortune large healthcare organization with over acute care and behavioral health locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and the United Kingdom.

At Cedar Hills Hospital, our team of board-certified psychiatrists, internal medicine and family physicians, licensed therapists, and dedicated nursing staff provide individualized, continuum of care treatment in a stigma-free environment for adults aged and over.

We recruit for a diverse and inclusive workforce and encourage people from a variety of academic, ethnic, cultural, gender, and neurological backgrounds to apply.

What We Offer:

• (k)
• (k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Pay Range: $. to $. per hour

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Qualifications

• Bachelors from an accredited college or university in social work, mental health, psychology, nursing or related field preferred.
• Experience in a healthcare setting or managed care
• Patient assessment related to discharge planning, treatment planning, and/or case management experience preferred
• May be required to work occasional overtime and flexible hours