• Professional growth opportunity that is second to none in the industry. Join a team with defined career paths and a national family of hospitals and facilities

AVAILABLE SHIFTS AND HOURS:
Will work a minimum of 32 hours per month to include 2 weekend shifts or difficult to fill shifts, if needed

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 

Facilitate admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients. Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes. Schedule/complete pre-admission assessments and communicate recommendations to patients or their families. Collaborate with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions. Coordinate admission and transfer between levels of care within the facility. Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representative in a timely manner. Perform insurance benefit verifications, disseminating the information gathered to patient, their families and other appropriate facility staff. Ensure all medical admission documentation is gathered from external sources prior to patient admission and secure initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission. Assist individual therapists with concurrent reviews with insurance companies to secure continued treatment. Coordinate and facilitate peer to peer reviews when needed and collaborate the results of reviews with multi-disciplinary treatment team. Provide accurate and ongoing assessment of patient status in the admissions process. Communicate treatment recommendations to and coordinate with other treatment teams.

EDUCATION/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science, Social Services Field, may also be an RN registered nurse, in which case, an Associate's degree in nursing may be the minimum educational requirement or a licensed practical or vocational nurse, in which case, successful completion of an LPN or LVN training program may be the minimum requirement.