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Behavioral Health Assessment Specialist - Behavioral Health Sciences

Job in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, 40598, USA

Listing for: Stryker Corporation

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-03-10

Job specializations:

Healthcare
Mental Health, Community Health

Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 60000 - 80000 USD Yearly USD 60000.00 80000.00 YEAR

Position: Behavioral Health Assessment Specialist - Behavioral Health Sciences -Full Time

Job Description Position Summary

Responsible for providing mental health services to patients presenting in the Emergency Department, including crisis/intake assessment and intervention, making appropriate referral for acuity, providing education, discharge planning, acting as a community liaison, offering assistance to family members.

Education, License & Cert

Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related field required.

Experience

One year’s experience working in a psychiatric setting, a human service field or a related field.

Essential Functions

Provides evaluations, assessments, crisis intervention and referral for all populations served by the department in the emergency room.

Demonstrates the ability to document understandable, comprehensible psychiatric evaluation and progress notes.

Responsible discharge planning and arranges follow‑up care and referrals.

Functions as a liaison between the Behavioral Health services and community agencies and maintains knowledge of community resources that may be used in treatment planning.

Recognizes and identifies actual or potential situations which place the organization at risk for corporate compliance violations. Communicates compliance issues/concerns with department manager and/or follows the policy for addressing the situation.

Other Duties

Complies with Department and organization policies and procedures.

Performs other duties as assigned.

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