309 Healthcare jobs in Gladstone

We continue our commitment to raise the bar on the quality of behavioral health care provided to those in our community who suffer from mental illness. Finding the best people to join our team is crucial in meeting our goals. If you thrive in a team environment and you want to contribute to the safe and efficient flow of patients, join us as we build an integrated, qualified team dedicated to behavioral health.

In collaboration with the multidisciplinary treatment team, provides coordination, implementation and milieu observation in keeping with the general treatment mode of the program in which employed.  The values of teamwork, respect and caring, effective use of resources, and initiative are integrated comprehensively into the performance standards in the Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) department. The position is an integral part of the team approach to patient care and performs various tasks and procedures to contribute to the safe and efficient flow of patients through the department.

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

PATIENT CARE : As delegated by and under the direct supervision of an RN, provides care to patients and families in the Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) department.

• Collects patient data as directed by RN.
• Obtains vital signs as directed by RN.
• Assists with the transportation of patients.
• As needed, assists with the activities of daily living (ADLs); such as toileting, physical transfers, daily hygiene, and assisting nursing staff of cleaning up of bodily fluids.
• Provides comfort measures, e.g. positioning, extra blankets/pillows.
• Provides for safety through use of restraints as ordered, adequate lighting, slippers, identification of hazards, assisted ambulation.
• Applies principles of body mechanics when positioning, transferring, and ambulating patients.
• Assists with the discharge of patients which may include reinforcement of discharge teaching done by RN.
• Other duties as assigned, ie. Floating.

COMMUNICATION : Uses appropriate communication skills in dealing with patients, visitors, EMS personnel and hospital personnel.

• Communicates pertinent information regarding patients to appropriate RN.
• Seeks assistance in understanding patient behavior.
• Accurately documents patient belonging list using appropriate forms and standards.
• Establishes rapport with patients, families, visitors, and other hospital personnel.
• Gives directions to patients, families, and visitors in a courteous and clear manner.
• Identifies administrative lines and reports pertinent information to the appropriate individual(s).

MILIEU OBSERVATION: Promotes therapeutic environment in department.

• Follows appropriate de-escalation protocol based on training received on recognizing and reacting to potentially aggressive behavior.
• Provides observation of patient behavior in order to provide a safer environment for the patient.
• Alerts RN to potential escalation of behavior.
• Provides for patient safety by recognizing subtle changes and initiating appropriate de-escalation standard practices.
• Uses trauma communication skills when interacting with patients and families.

  DOCUMENTATION:

• Assures appropriate documentation in patient EPIC record for significant behavioral observations/interactions related to successful progress in treatment.

TEAM MEMBER:

• Active participant in Code Grey procedures.
• Is an active team member providing and supporting patient care.
• Attends and participates in unit meetings.
• Uses effective communication skills with team. Maintains productive relationships with co-workers at various sites and in the profession, keeping current with community resources.
• Assists with clerical functions as needed.

Education:

• High school diploma or equivalent. 
• Training or coursework in behavioral health field preferred.

Experience:

• One year of clinical experience in a behavioral health setting or related experience required; two year’s preferred. 
• Acute care experience preferred.

Skills:

• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with ability to prioritize multiple assignments.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Keyboard skills and ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions.

LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION:

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled.

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Being a home health aide for hospice patients takes a special kind of individual, one who can coordinate daily activities and needs while giving patients an aura of normalcy and comfort in their own homes. Practically, this role involves participating as a member of the Hospice Interdisciplinary Group under the direction of a registered nurse/licensed practical nurse as defined by Standards for the Certified Nursing Assistant {(OAR 851-60-000-851-60-800) Nurse Practice Act (10/97)}. On a human level, it’s about treating in-home hospice patients with the dignity and compassion they deserve. If you believe you’re the type of special individual we seek for this role, we invite you to contact us.

Legacy Meridian Park Medical Center is the South Metro area’s full-service medical center, with the friendly feel of a community hospital and the skill and services of a much larger medical center. Among our specialties: stroke, chest pain, minimally invasive and robotic surgery, cancer care and orthopedic and total joint surgery. Plus, a birth center and breast health center.

Responsible for assisting licensed nursing personnel in the provision of nursing care. Participates as a member of the health care team under the direction of a licensed nurse as defined by the Oregon State Board of Nursing Standards and authorized duties for the Certified Nursing Assistant 1 (CNA1), or as defined by the Washington State Department of Health and authorized duties for the Nursing Assistant-Certified (NAC). Also assists with clerical functions, housekeeping, and patient transportation throughout the hospital.

This role is only available at Oregon work locations.

Skills/Abilities:

Basic familiarity with computers preferred.

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Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.

Equal opportunity employer/vet/disabled.

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Patients feel comfortable seeking your advice on meals and snacks. You have a keen understanding of their dietary restrictions and how to choose the best food options. Your caring and competent nature fits well with the Legacy mission of making life better for others.

As a natural “people person,” the Patient Dining Assistant communicates with patients in-person or via phone to help them place their meal orders based on dietary restrictions. As a valuable member of the food and nutrition team, the Patient Dining Assistant accurately inputs menu selections, responds to requests from nursing units and makes sure that patients’ meals are consistent with their diet orders.

Provides excellent customer service, acting as the Nutrition Services "greeter" who directly communicates with patients by telephone or in person. Serves meals to patients in a professional, efficient manner; instructs patients on meal ordering system; assists patients in placing meal orders; assesses the patients capabilities to utilize the meal order system; completes calorie counts – recording patient intake; clearly communicates diet order restrictions to patient; participates as part of the food and nutrition team – with nurses, dietitians, and other staff. Takes patients' orders, menu choices for their meals or snacks. Accurately inputs menu selections, prints, meal tickets, responds to printed requests from nursing units, assuring patient choices are consistent with their diet orders.

Answers telephone calls from patients, nursing staff, and others.

Enters patient menu selections and other patient information into computer system accurately and in a timely manner demonstrating computer literacy.

Responds to telephone and printer generated meal choices and inquiries utilizing established scripts as applicable.

Verifies diet orders and confirms that patient requests are appropriate for the specified diet order; delivers appropriate menu for diet order.

Assures all call center processes are performed smoothly and on schedule – including generating/distributing reports from Computrition/Electronic Health Record, meeting benchmark standards for length of calls, etc.

Serves meals and between-meal nourishments to patients in a professional and efficient manner.

Assists patients and/or family members in placing meal orders utilizing established scripts; assesses patient’s ability to utilize the meal order system and follows up with the appropriate staff member if unable to participate.

Processes diet requisitions retrieved from nursing stations and coordinates additional call center processes between nursing units and production.

Orders and replenishes floor stock items on nursing units.

Retrieves completed meals from patients’ rooms in a timely manner and records nutrient intake from meals.

Communicates with members of other Food and Nutrition Department and other departments effectively and concisely regarding patient support concerns/issues, requests, and other special circumstances; acts as a Food and Nutrition Department liaison.

Portions food items in proper containers utilizing proper portion sizes.

Anticipates patient/team member needs and services them; when conflicts/concerns arise, he/she takes ownership of the problem and ensures a positive resolution. Participates in departmental quality improvement activities.

Serves as a quality assurance control point for every aspect of the room service program.

Performs other duties as requested/assigned.

Education:

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Experience in customer service environment, and computer operations required.

Experience in high volume call center, and food service operations with knowledge of therapeutic diets preferred.

Skills:

Knowledge of specialized diets, hospital processes, medical terminology, along with emergency codes and responses are essential for this position.

Experienced in use of computers, with focus on data input, production reports/tallies.

Ability to work efficiently without direct supervision; time management skills are essential.

Ability to manage high call volumes – to courteously receive patient phone calls, process the information and accurately enter into computer system.

Demonstrates the ability to speak clearly and be easily understood in a positive and professional manner.

Ability to complete all conversations in a positive and helpful manner while meeting time management expectations.

Ability to understand and determine patient requests when language or communication style may be difficult to understand or other patient complications exist.

Ability to triage and manage requests to ensure that customer service and essential job functions are always maintained.

Ability to understand, operate and problem solve office equipment issues.

Ability to interact effectively with hospital and department computer software programs.

Ability to understand and utilize patient nutrition related information.

Ability to successfully negotiate patient meal choices during phone interactions.

Legacy's Values in Action:

Follows guidelines set forth in the Legacy's Value in Action.

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Every member of the Legacy community moves toward a common goal of providing the best possible care in the most compassionate environment. Your skills as an angiography technologist will help to fulfill that goal. As you provide imaging procedures according to physician’s orders, you will be extending professional, expert care to the patients we serve.

Angiography, Cardiovascular and Electrophysiology Technologists provide the highest quality care using the most advanced technologies for diagnosis and treatment in our Cardiovascular and Hybrid labs located at each Legacy site.

Below are the respective 2024 pay ranges for the progressive experience levels:

• Tech Level I : $44.57 min. to $3.74 max.
• Tech Level II : 46.81 min. to 66.94 max.
• Tech Level III : 49.15 min. to 70.28 max.

Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Northwest Portland is known for its specialty programs and clinical excellence. Legacy Good Samaritan features nationally renowned doctors in cancer care, kidney transplantations, neurology, ophthalmology, weight-loss surgery, robotic surgery, rehabilitation and more, plus Oregon’s only 24-hour urgent care that’s located alongside an emergency room, with access to emergency care if needed.

Performs support during Cardiovascular and Angiography procedures (scrubbing, hemodynamic monitoring, ejection fraction determination, etc.) in a Cardiac Catheterization/Angiography Lab in accordance with physician orders.

Experience :

Level I : One-year previous experience in the field of Invasive Cardiovascular procedures in a Cardiac Catheterization/Angiography Lab is preferred.

Level II : One-year previous experience in the field of Invasive Cardiovascular procedures in a Cardiac Catheterization/Angiography Lab is required.

Level III : Two years previous experience in the field of Invasive Cardiovascular procedures in a Cardiac Catheterization/Angiography Lab is required. Demonstrates proficiency in the operation of Cath Lab equipment.

Demonstrates proficient knowledge of Cath Lab product inventory.

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Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.

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The Legacy mission involves making life better for our patients, our community and each other. That mission drives every area of care and service we provide. As a Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, you will make lives better for patients through diagnostic, remediation, and management services for individuals referred to Communication Disorders with speech, language, voice, hearing, language-based cognitive, and/or swallowing disorders. Strong interpersonal skills to ensure that patients are treated with care and dignity will be essential in this role.

This position requires a minimum of 2 weekend shifts per month.

The Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist will provide diagnostic, remediation, and management services for individuals referred to Communication Disorders with speech, language, voice, hearing, language-based cognitive, and/or swallowing disorders.

Education:

Master’s Degree.

Skills:

Knowledge of medical and neurological terminology and behavioral management techniques.

Exceptional verbal and written skills.

Demonstrates competency, as appropriate to the ages of patients served, in the ability to evaluate and interpret information in terms of the patient’s needs; a knowledge of normal growth and development; and an understanding of the range of treatment needed.

Excellent organizational skills to facilitate program development.

Computer skills.

LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION:

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action

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You are the first face that patients see, and you set the tone for a personable, positive experience. In short, you are the face of Legacy.

As we strive to fulfill our mission of making life better for others, we need caring and capable individuals to assist patients in every aspect of their health care journey. As a Patient Access Representative, you will use your strong communication and interpersonal skills to collect insurance and other information from patients, help patients and families determine financial responsibilities, collect co-payments, and obtain required legal documentation for state and federal compliance regulations. Your ability to create accurate medical and financial records will benefit patients as well as medical professionals and staff.

The Patient Access Representative is the primary non-clinical contact for all hospital-based patient visits. Greets, registers, checks-in and admits patients depending on scope and service line. Key duties include the collection of demographics, medical providers involved in the patient’s care, medical decision makers, the verification of insurance/benefits, and determination of financial responsibilities. Assists patients and their families in determining active insurance coverage and provides information on accessing financial and insurance resources. Offers self-pay information and discounts as appropriate. Collects appropriate copayments, co-insurances, deposits and payments. Works in collaboration with most Revenue Cycle departments and each hospital’s units/departments to create accurate medical and financial records. Collects and provides required legal documentation to meet State and Federal compliance regulations.

Education:

High School diploma or equivalent required. A minimum of two years college education including satisfactory completion of college level Health Records coursework preferred.

Experience :

A minimum of one year of healthcare experience or equivalent education in at least one of the following areas required: Patient Access, Medical Records/Health Information or applicable clerical support experience. Six months customer service experience required. Previous registrar and third-party payor experience preferred. An understanding of health plan and benefit structures preferred.

Skills :

• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills required.
• Ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision, exercising independent judgment within stated guidelines.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills which promote cooperation and teamwork.
• Ability to withstand varying job pressures and organize/prioritize related job tasks.
• Ability to perform multiple tasks at the same time.
• Excellent public relations skills and demonstrated ability to communicate in calm, succinct, business-like manner.
• Ability to deal with people in emergent and/or stressful situations.
• Ability to identify alternative means of communication as needed.
• Ability to adapt to change.
• Keyboard skills and ability to navigate electronic systems applicable to job functions.
• Ability to maneuver through several applications including electronic medical records, Microsoft Office applications, different software, website, and databases.
• Demonstrated understanding of complex collection issues.
• Demonstrated knowledge of multi-payor systems, and understanding and applying e-coverage results preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of billing/collection, past balances, deposits and knowing State and Federal rules and regulations preferred.
• Ability to understand and adhere to EMTALA (Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act) guidelines.
• Able to communicate patient financial communication, offer financial aid services, educating patients on eligibility and in and out of network status.
• Ability to enroll patients into Presumptive Medicaid services – which entails a detailed questionnaire with the patient to determine eligibility
• Knowledge of medical terminology.

LEGACY’S VALUES IN ACTION:

Follows guidelines set forth in Legacy’s Values in Action.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled

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The Behavioral Health Clinician - Psychologist (BHC) position is a behavioral health provider who works in a consultative role, providing behavioral health interventions to pediatric patients and their families within specialty outpatient clinics within Randall Children’s Hospital supporting infants, children, adolescents, and their families.

The BHC is a fully integrated member of the clinical provider team that assesses, evaluates, diagnoses, and treats emotional, cognitive, and behavioral issues or disorders affecting patients within Randall Childrens Specialty Clinics.

The BHC helps address a broad spectrum of behavioral health needs of the child and adolescent patient population within specialty clinics. Their goal is to aid in early identification and provide problem focused interventions that promote wellness and relieve symptoms. Behavioral issues that are addressed may be related to physical or mental health conditions. They provide assessment, management, and triage of psychological and social problems in the clinic patient population.

This position requires advanced level skill in delivering evidence-based interventions targeted to improve overall health for patients with a variety of emotional and behavioral problems. The work includes the BHC meeting with patients individually and/or families for an assessment and then providing recommendations to the primary care team to enhance the patient's care plan. When indicated, the BHC may also work with patients for several subsequent sessions to provide on-going skills training and coaching to improve health and functioning. The BHC also supports helping patients, who require services not provided in the RCH clinics, to make a smooth transition to care with community partners.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Psychology Doctoral degree from an accredited school of Psychology.
• Completion of Psychology Internship and Residency.

Experience:

• Minimum of two years of pediatric clinical experience.
• Experience with trauma informed care, working in integrated medical teams, and working in fast paced environments preferred.

Licensure/Certification:

• Licensed Psychologist (PhD/PsyD)

SKILLS:

• Able to conduct Cognitive-Behavioral or solution focused interventions.
• Recognizes and advocates for patients regarding behavioral health strategies/interventions to the treatment team.
• Promotes health behavior change through evaluation, brief intervention and education.
• Works with multidisciplinary team to help support the patient’s health.
• Coordinates with physicians, nurses, social work care managers, registered dieticians, and all other members of the care team to provide excellent consultation.
• Demonstrates competencies in assessment of emotional, cognitive and behavioral disorders in child, adolescent.
• Demonstrates competencies in understanding the relationship between medical and psychological conditions. Demonstrates competency in assessment cognitive and psychological problems associated with, and/or exacerbating medical conditions.
• Demonstrates excellent communication and relational skills.
• This role requires managing the needs of multiple parties skillfully and with consistent follow through and informative documentation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disabled. Sorry, no J1 or H-1B visa opportunities.

For additional information please formally apply or contact Erin Pendergraft at

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JOB SUMMARY:

The Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC) – Psychologist position is an Oregon licensed psychologist trained in a health care setting who works as a member of the clinical team providing integrated care to individuals and their families to address one or more of the following: mental illness, substance use disorders, health behaviors that contribute to chronic illness, life stressors and crises, developmental risk/conditions, stress-related physical symptoms, preventive care, and ineffective patterns of health care utilization within the LMG clinics. 

The BHC is an integral member of the primary care team whose role is to help address a broad spectrum of behavioral health needs in the primary care patient population.   Their goal is to aid in early identification and provide problem focused brief interventions that promote remission of symptoms, wellness and long-term prevention for as many patients as possible.

This position requires advanced level skill in delivering evidence-based interventions targeted to improve overall health for patients with a variety of emotional and behavioral conditions as well as challenging health behaviors.   

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Must be a graduate of a school accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA), or a graduate school of psychology evaluated by an Oregon Board- recognized credentialing body if working in Oregon or a Washington Board-recognized credentialing body if working in Washington.  Note: ACA-accredited programs in Canada do not require evaluation.

Experience:

Minimum of two years of clinical experience or healthcare related field.

Licensure/Certification:

Must hold a current valid Oregon license as a Psychologist.

Current BLS certificate from the American Heart Association.

Skills:

Ability to screen, diagnosis and treat for common mental health and substance use disorders. Able to utilize evidence based brief treatment skills including Cognitive-Behavioral, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and/or solution focused interventions. Provides treatment plan recommendations for patients regarding behavioral health strategies/interventions to the referring PCP.  Promotes health behavior change through evaluation, brief intervention and education.  Works with multidisciplinary team to help support the patient’s health. Coordinates with LMG providers and community partners when patient is in need of longitudinal mental health and/or substance use treatment.

Demonstrated competencies in assessment and diagnosis of emotional, cognitive and behavioral disorders in child, adolescent, adult and/or geriatric patients (depending upon population served by specific position).  Demonstrated competency in assessment cognitive and thinking distortions associated with, and/or exacerbating medical conditions. Experience using motivational interviewing, skills in conducting group and individual psycho/social education classes desirable.

As a nationally known and respected health care provider, Legacy Health offers an outstanding work environment, competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and much more. Learn more about us and apply on our website at .

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disabled. Sorry, no J1 or H-1B visa opportunities.

For additional information please formally apply or contact Erin Pendergraft at

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