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Coordinator-Health Unit: Senior Behavioral Health Nights, full-time

Behavioral HealthFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Functions under the direction of licensed nursing personnel to coordinate non-clinical tasks, including: transcription of doctor's orders, maintaining the patient chart and utilization of communication devices. Performs other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Performs clerical responsibilities.
  • Maintains the patient chart.
  • Demonstrates good communication skills.
  • Facilitates patient/bed flow by utilizing admission, transfer, and discharge activities according to procedure.
  • Manages supplies and equipment.
  • Participates in ongoing educational activities.
  • Completes assigned goals.

Specifications

Experience

  • #N/A

Minimum Required

  • One year experience in business office or related health care field. Previous experience utilizing customer service or public relation skills.

Preferred/Desired

  • One year experience in business office or related health care field. Previous experience utilizing customer service or public relation skills.

Education

Minimum Required

  • Skill in communicating clearly and effectively using standard English in written, oral and verbal format to achieve high productivity and efficiency.

Skill to write legibly and record information accurately as necessary to perform job duties.

Preferred/Desired

  • Associate degree in business related curriculum or its equivalent.

Training

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

Minimum Required

  • Ability to type 20 words per minute on a personal computer accessing the program with a mouse. Computer literacy.

Preferred/Desired

  • Knowledge of medical terminology preferred

Licensure

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

  • BLS

Requirements

Candidates must have at least one year of experience in a business office or healthcare field and possess basic computer literacy. A BLS certification is required, and an associate degree in a business-related curriculum is preferred.

Key Skills

Clerical tasksPatient chart maintenanceData entryBed flow management

Behavioral Health Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Mississippi is 87.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.9% of Mississippi clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 18% are remote, 36% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score

Living in Jackson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$89k
Typical market rent
$1,265/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.0
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Jackson, MS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.