Lifepoint Behavioral Health seeks a passionate, patient-centered, and goal-oriented Discharge Planner to join the team at El Dorado Springs, a beautiful, recently expanded 106-bed behavioral health facility located in Tucson, Arizona. At El Dorado Springs, we specialize in compassionate, evidence-based mental health and substance use treatment. Our philosophy is built on a psychosocial model of care and follows the core principles of resilience, recovery, and restoration.Here, you’ll discover a collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and professional development opportunities, so you can focus on what really matters–providing quality patient care. Do not miss this opportunity to build a career that touches lives.

As a Discharge Planner you will:

• Coordinates discharge planning for a specified patient population in a single hospital.

• Follows patients throughout the continuum of care and ensures optimum utilization of resources.

• Provides ongoing support for discharge planning through comprehensive assessment of discharge needs to include barriers to compliance with recommended plan of care post discharge.

• Provides support and discharge planning for patients who are in need of ongoing medical/psychosocial care following discharge.

• In collaboration with other members of the healthcare team, assesses psychosocial needs of the patient and offers suggestions and facilitates the transition to follow-up care options.

As a Discharge Planner you will have:

• High school diploma or equivalent.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

• CPI
• CPR

• One year experience in a psychiatric inpatient environment.