Admissions Counselor PRN

Acadia Healthcare; Beaver Brook Apartments (DE); On-site; USD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Acadia Healthcare is seeking an Overnight Weekend PRN Admissions Counselor to facilitate admissions, conduct clinical intake assessments, and manage utilization review for appropriate levels of care. Shifts run Saturday 7p-7a and Sunday 7p-7a.

The role focuses on admissions coordination, eligibility verification, collaboration with medical staff, and ensuring accurate medical records and authorization within payer guidelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a social services field is required (if state allows).
• Master's degree in a social services field (psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, health administration, nursing) or RN preferred.
• One or more years’ experience in mental/behavioral health in clinical or observational capacity preferred.
• Current licensure for clinical specialty area as designated by state is preferred.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training provided on hire).

Responsibilities

• Respond to inquiries about the facility within policy timeframes.
• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Perform benefit eligibility to ensure patient benefits are active at admission and communicate to the business office and patient/family.
• Collaborate with medical/psychiatric staff to provide appropriate referrals.
• Coordinate admission and transfer between referral sources and levels of care.
• Maintain knowledge of milieu management.
• Communicate projected admissions to internal representatives promptly.
• Ensure all clinical information is received prior to admission when possible.
• Schedule pre-admission assessments and consult with admitting physician.
• Complete initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission within payor guidelines.
• Admit patient to registration and accounting system; complete forms with patient.
• Demonstrate positive, empathetic, professional attitude toward customers; resolve complaints.
• Coordinate care for patients not admitted and ensure follow-up care and referrals.
• Demonstrate urgency for patient safety and provide excellent customer service.
• Conduct safety checks and ensure supervision as required.
• Perform other functions as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Job description

Overview

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Clinical professional is responsible for facilitating admissions, clinical intake assessments, and utilization review processes to assure continuity for the most appropriate level of care for patients and their benefit/resource utilization.

Overnight Weekend PRN Admissions Counselor

Saturday 7p-7aSunday 7p-7a

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes.

• Ability to develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families.

• Perform benefit eligibility to ensure patient benefits are active at the time of admission. Communicate benefit eligibility to the business office and the patient or significant other.

• Collaborate with facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations regarding pending referrals.

• Coordinate admission and transfer from referral sources and between levels of care within the facility.

• Maintain knowledge of milieu management.

• Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representatives promptly.

• Ensure all clinical information from referral sources or patients (including medical comorbidity information) is received, when possible, prior to patient admission.

• Schedule (when applicable) and complete pre-admission assessments, consult with the admitting physician and communicate disposition recommendations to the patient or their family.

• Possess skill in preparing and maintaining appropriate medical record documentation that will result in authorization at the level of care being requested of the payor.

• Complete initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission prior to admission, when possible, and within payor timeframe guidelines.

• Admit the patient to the registration and accounting system. Complete all admission and consent forms with the patient.

• Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers always. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

• When a patient’s needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

• Coordinate care for patients who are not being admitted and ensure that they receive appropriate follow-up care and referrals.

• Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety and provide excellent customer service.

• Responsible for conducting safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15-minute intervals, as noted in special precautions, or by individualized supervision guidelines as needed.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a social services field required (if state allows).

• Master's degree in a social services field (psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, health administration, nursing) or RN preferred.

• One or more years’ experience in mental/behavioral health working with individuals in a clinical or observational capacity preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Current licensure, as preferred for the area of clinical specialty, as designated by the state in which the facility operates.

• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

• First aid may be preferred based on state or facility.

ADDITIONAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS:

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs, or technological developments) dictate.

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