Responsibilities

Join the expanding team in our new state of the art 132 bed behavioral health facility!

Prairie St. John's has been providing services for children, adolescents, and adults to address behavioral health and substance use challenges since 1997. Prairie offers inpatient hospitalization, day treatment, and intensive outpatient services. Accredited by The Joint Commission, we are the largest, freestanding behavioral health facility in the region. More than 4,000 patients receive care from our compassionate health care team each year at Prairie St. John's.

Our company is seeking a talented Intake Specialist to join our team. This position will be part-time 16 hours a week from 11:00 pm to 7:30 am including every other Thursday through Sunday. The successful candidate will be responsible for evaluating individuals and providing psychiatric evaluations as well as creating individualized treatment plans. This is a challenging and important position that requires a strong understanding of addiction medicine and the ability to effectively communicate with patients and their families. The ideal candidate has experience in a similar position, strong communication skills and compassion for providing the best care for our patients.

Responsibilities:

• Gather, document, and disseminate information to patients, hospitals, law enforcement officers, and judges.

• Communicate with other healthcare professionals.

• Provide crisis intervention for individuals with mental health issues.

• Work in close proximity to psychiatric disorders.

• Answer questions about the institution and its programs.

• Provide a positive experience for patients.

• Work as part of a team.

What do our employees value at Prairie St. John's & UHS?

An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of working as a Mental Health Technician is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. Supportive and responsive leadership. Opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career in the areas of Psychiatric Nursing, Social Work, Therapy, Counseling, and Substance Use Disorders.

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, our annual revenues were $10.77 billion in 2018. In 2020, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; in 2019, ranked #293 on the Fortune 500; and in 2017, listed #275 in Forbes inaugural ranking of America’s Top 500 Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has more than 87,000 employees and through its subsidiaries operates 26 acute care hospitals, 327 behavioral health facilities, 40 outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 37 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.

Notice

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Qualifications

Previous health-care experience preferred.