EVALUATION REVIEWER

Job Description

Job Description

Overview

Are you looking for a career you can feel good about? We hire only those that strive to do their best. By joining our family, you'll receive the honor and recognition that comes with working for the industry's global leader in evidenced based rehabilitation.

Who We Are:

GEO provides complementary, turnkey solutions for numerous government partners worldwide across a spectrum of diversified correctional and community reentry services. From the development of state-of-the-art facilities and the provision of management services and evidence-based rehabilitation to the post-release reintegration and supervision of individuals in the community, GEO offers fully diversified, cost-effective services that deliver enhanced quality and improved outcomes.

Why Work for GEO:

• We believe that work is more than a place you go to every day. It is about being inspired and motivated to achieve extraordinary things.
• Employee benefits play an important role in making The GEO Group a great place to work. At GEO, we believe in the three pillars of employee wellbeing: physical, emotional, and financial. With comprehensive benefits and competitive wages, we trust that you will find all the resources you need here to be successful.

Responsibilities

Summary:

This position reviews, evaluates and analyzes patient medical and treatment records; assesses quality of care and status of patient progress; analyzes medical records to determine legality of admission and projected length of stay; records findings, prepares utilization review reports; conducts evaluation of program activities, to ensure compliance with established goals and objectives; provides technical advice and assistance to program managers regarding the development of program regulations, policies and procedures.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Gathers information by interviewing various personnel concerning agency programs and activities; plans, interviews, determines, questions, analyzes responses.
• Reads and interprets state, federal and local codes, laws and regulations in order to prepare reports or utilize in work activities.
• Confers with clinical and nonclinical staff regarding patient care evaluation studies.
• Utilizes patient's records and medical charts to obtain clinical diagnosis, treatments and laboratory test results as a guide for further determinations and treatment.
• Records data from admissions forms, psychiatric treatment plans, medical/surgical patient charts, program mission statements and stated goals and objectives. Analyzes quality assurance practices.
• Collects data from previous weekly or monthly reports to compile quarterly or annual reports.
• Confers with and advises staff members of the agency's utilization reviews and program evaluations; applying knowledge and skills of own technical specialty.
• Confers with and advises administrators and staff in matters relating to medical records maintenance and control.
• Writes inspection reports, making recommendations related to program costs, methods and procedures.
• Attends training sessions to improve working knowledge and skills at skilled specialist or consultant level in work system; such training encompasses a body of theory or conceptions underlying a field of practice.
• Attends staff meetings; gives and receives information, participating in problem-solving and decisions.
• Compiles information for and writes periodic reports of own work activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• Master’s degree in clinical psychology, psychiatric nursing, counseling, social work, or closely related field of study for direct treatment of inmates with psychological problems.
• Two (2) years of practical experience working with a sex offenders’ population.
• Must be able to perform therapeutic interaction with inmates who have serious psychological problems.
• Must be able to perform psychological evaluation and assessment.
• Must possess a dynamic personality that is flexible enough to evolve with each inmate through the entire therapeutic process.
• Must be able to actively listen to the detainees and pay specific attention to non-verbal or covert forms of communications.
• Must demonstrate sound judgment and an even temperament when completing assignments.
• Ability to work effectively in a stressful environment.
• Good organizational skills and the ability to make detailed reports.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

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