Discharge Coordinator, Behavioral Health

Discharge Coordinator

Schedule: Full-time

Your experience matters

Triangle Springs is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others.

As a Discharge Coordinator joining our team, you're embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier . Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you’ll contribute

A Discharge Coordinator who excels in this role:

• Provide aftercare coordination for patients requiring ongoing medical or psychosocial support post-discharge.
• Create and maintain updated community resource listings for aftercare services.
• Actively participate in the treatment planning process by scheduling aftercare appointments identified by the patient’s provider and therapist.
• Provide patients and families with resource information related to future care needs.
• Communicate proactively with clients, families, aftercare providers, and referral sources.
• Draft comprehensive discharge summaries and contracts for each assigned patient.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team including physicians, utilization review, and nursing staff.
• Complete all required hospital and patient documentation thoroughly and in a timely manner.
• Apply appropriate crisis intervention and de-escalation skills during emergencies.
• Maintain confidentiality and ensure all HIPAA standards are upheld.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits : Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO : Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth : Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being : Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development : Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we’re looking for

• Education : Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Counseling or equivalent required. Experience may be substituted for education
• Experience : Previous experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience working with chemical dependency, dual diagnosis, and psychiatric patients preferred.
• Additional Requirements : CPR certification and Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) within 30 days. May be required to work flexible hours, holidays, and overtime.

More about Triangle Springs

Triangle Springs is a 77- bed behavioral health hospital that has been offering exceptional care to the Raleigh community for over 8 years. We are proud to be recognized as Joint Commission Accredited and Psych Armor Certified.

EEOC Statement

"Triangle Springs Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Triangle Springs Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment."

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.