Responds to system-wide requests for acute behavioral health placement, ensures all necessary patient referral information is complete, electronically submits requests for evaluations of patient criteria to determine if admission criteria are met, organizes and prioritizes referrals to promote patient safety and meet patient needs within the continuum of care.
This job operates as centralized psychiatric patient placement, assists as a dispatcher to facilitate transportation, operates the bed board for patient placement, and assists transfer nurses with completing telemedicine calls while answering overflow phone calls.