Discharge Planner, Care Coordinator, Behavioral Health, Baptist Riverfront

Job Summary

Baptist Health is looking to add a Discharge Planner in Care Coordination at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville. This is a PRN Days shift opportunity.

As a Discharge Planner, you will be responsible for:

• Assess patient's needs, develop discharge care plans, and link patients with community resources and services to meet their identified needs.
• Assists patients with applications and referrals to government agencies and coordinates appointments with community based providers, organizations and agencies to ensure a smooth transition to the next level of care.
• Collaborates with the patient, staff members, family members, friends, and community service personnel to develop a workable, realistic plan that motivates and engages the patient in their treatment and promotes stabilization for the patient in the community and optimal quality of life.
• Must have the desire to work with mentally ill patients ranging from young adulthood through geriatrics.
• Facilitates psychosocial educational groups for patients and family members referencing the signs and symptoms of various mental illnesses.
• Develops safety plans for patients and reviews the safety plan with the patients and the patients' support systems prior to discharge and encourages the patient to implement the safety plan when needed.

This Discharge Planner position will be located at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville. If you are interested in this PRN opportunity, please apply now.

Education Required

Master's Degree

Education Preferred

Doctorate

Experience

• 3-5 Years Behavioral Health Experience Required
• 1-2 years Case Management Experience Required
• 1 year Acute Patient Care Experience Required

License and Certification

None

Location

Location Overview

For more than 20 years, health care consumers have named Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville the "most preferred healthcare provider" in the region. As the central hub of the Baptist Health system, Baptist Jacksonville provides the highest level of medical and surgical care using the latest technologies, such as the robotic-assisted da Vinci™ Surgical System. Centrally located on the beautiful St. Johns River in downtown Jacksonville, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville is Baptist Health's flagship tertiary-care hospital. Designated as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for excellence in patient care, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville has repeatedly been named among U.S. News & World Report's "Best Hospitals.” The hospital has also been ranked as high performing in more than 10 specialties from neurology and neurosurgery to gynecology, diabetes, endocrinology,oncology and more.  Baptist Health also has a new Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center, which is a regional epicenter for advanced treatment of strokes, aneurysms and other brain conditions.  As one of 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare in the U.S. by Modern Healthcare, Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville is located close to sports, theater and music venues, museums, shopping and dining.