Newport Healthcare

About Newport Healthcare

About Us: Newport Healthcare is a series of evidence-based healing centers for adolescents and families struggling with mental health issues. With locations across the United States, Newport Healthcare offers a family-systems approach, providing gender-specific, individualized, and comprehensive holistic programs that encompass clinical therapy, academic support, and experiential practices. We treat individuals, ages 12–18, who are experiencing depression, anxiety, eating disorders, trauma, and substance abuse. Offerings include residential treatment, intensive outpatient programming, therapeutic day schools, and day treatment. Newport Healthcare nurtures the physical, psychological, social, educational, and spiritual needs of adolescents and their families, from a foundation of compassionate care, clinical expertise, and unconditional love. Our primary mission is to empower teens and restore families. Experts include medical directors, psychiatrists, therapists, registered dietitians, nurses, licensed social workers, teachers, and more. Check out our Careers page Careers Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.® Responsibilities: Under the supervision of the Regional Director of Referral Relations and Continuing Care, the Discharge Planner is responsible for serving as a liaison in relation to all case management and discharge planning within the facility. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Other duties may be assigned. Work cohesively with the Clinical Outreach Team in the coordination of transitions in levels of care or release planning. Meet with families as needed during the treatment process to explain continuing care procedures and process. Coordinate with clinical team, utilization review specialist, families, outside consultants and continuing care facilities regarding patients’ discharge dates, level of care recommendations and transition plans. Initiate involvement with patient, families and staff members as appropriate to formulate a discharge plan and continuing care treatment. Assist patients and families with; the identification of a support network, instructions for future care, follow-up and concerns, and requests regarding care upon discharge. Assist patients and families with completion of all clinical documentation needed for transition to their next programs or social service organizations. Meet with patients and families to discuss placement options, organize records for transition, and provide advice regarding community assistance organizations, transportation options, etc. Coordinate and participate in educational and training activities related to continuing care planning for patients, including travel to visit programs and facilities both locally and nationally. Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the qualifications, knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Minimum of one (1) experience in a clinical setting. Must have knowledge and experience in the development of mental health discharge plans. Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Company Type: Private

Company Size: 1001 - 5000

Revenue: 5 - 25 million (USD)

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