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“They have met every demand we have placed on them”
Summary: CREOKS Behavioral Health Services is an
organization that provides services to the underinsured and uninsured in Tulsa,
OK. They have over 20 clinics throughout
the state, covering Northeast and Central Oklahoma. In 1980, a group of professionals, that
included counselors, ministers, city managers, county commissioners, bankers,
and involved citizens of the Tulsa area, formed a team to meet the mental health
needs of 3 counties. CREOKS is certified
by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, and
accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities
(CARF).
CREOKS mission is the pursuit of ensuring affordability,
quality and integrity of all services, as well as promoting education,
community partnerships and the development of additional programs and methods
to meet direct client needs and organizational challenges. CREOKS continues to grow rapidly and the
needs for behavioral health issues are in high demand.
Case Details:
Service Area: Tulsa
Physician Staff: 20 Psychiatrists
Growth Needs: We just opened a 16 bed crisis unit and we are planning to open 7-10 sites as Behavioral Health Homes for patients with mental health issues.
Recruitment Method: Outsourced Recruiting
Brent Black is the CEO of CREOKS and he has been with the
organization for over 15 years. Our primary
contact is Chris Perry which amongst other responsibilities oversees all
provider recruitment. He is a graduate
of Oklahoma State University where he studied counseling before he launched his
career with CREOKS in patient care, ultimately moving into the management of
CREOKS over the past 5 years.
Prior to using recruiting firms, CREOKS expanded their
physician base through word of mouth and even utilized the model of providers going
temporary(Locum-tenens) to permanent.
Chris indicated it was very costly way to recruit and decided to take a
different direction.
Then we met The Hire
Connection
When we asked Chris why he ultimately went with The Hire
Connection(THC) he said, “it was
initially the money and how affordable they were. Most firms I was considering were asking us
to pay upwards of $50,000.00 to bring us a Psychiatrist and The Hire Connection
was much more reasonable.” CREOKS
was using locums for quite some time before realizing the cost was really
putting a dent in their bottom line. “My frustration with other firms we used in
the past, was that newly recruited physicians never stayed and the candidates
that were forwarded to us were poor quality”.
CREOKS was under a lot of pressure to find a Psychiatrist for
the new Crisis Center that was being built.
They needed The Hire Connection to find a Psychiatrist to start within 3
months after they signed the agreement with THC. That was a tall order. The Hire Connection delivered a board
certified high level Psychiatrist in the allotted time. Shortly after that successful recruitment,
Chris asked THC to secure a mid-level provider with a mental health
background. In 5 short weeks, THC was
able to secure the Advanced Nurse Practitioner they were seeking.
“You guys were able to get a good
understanding of what we needed. It was
important to the President of THC and Kathryn to come and learn about the
organization and we also loved that you were located very close to us”.
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