Assessment Specialist, RN Behavioral Health

About the job

Facility: WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth

Schedule: Full-Time Days, Three 12-hour shifts per week

Your experience matters

As an Assessment Specialist RN 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

An Assessment Specialist RN who excels in this role:

• Facilitates response to a request for services, including the initial response, the assessment, and referral process, the designation of the appropriate level of care, admission into services, and appropriate follow up activity
• Conducts initial evaluation, initiates the assessment, documents patient symptomology, functioning, and needs and provides information to MD for LOC determination
• Demonstrates excellent customer service skills in assisting patients, physicians, visitors, and coworkers in a prompt and courteous manner
• Possess clear knowledge of Emergency Detention paperwork and processes and EMTALA
• Maintains all preadmission and admission paperwork with accuracy, and completes all pre-certification with insurance companies with insurance companies

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 Applicants should have an Associate’s Degree in Nursing or  Master’s degree in social work or counseling required**.**  Additional requirements include:

• Current clinical, social work or RN license as required by state regulations
• Prior experience in s psychiatric healthcare facility working with adult and geriatric patients preferred. Must have strong clinical assessment skills.
• CPR Certification and Crisis Prevention Training (CPI) within 30 days

EEOC Statement

“WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth is an Equal Opportunity Employer. WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

About Us

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.

Additional Information

• Job Identification: 355827
• Job Category: Specialized Services
• Posting Date: 2026-09-21
• Job Schedule: Full time
• Locations: 6200 Overton Ridge Blvd, Fort Worth, TX, 76132, US
• FTE: 0.9 - 72 hr/pp (Full Time)
• Career Site Category: Therapy
• Position Type: Primary
• Facility Name: WellBridge Healthcare Fort Worth