Intake Coordinator - Evenings and Weekends

Summit BHC; Missouri; On-site; USD 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

The Aviary Recovery Center in Missouri is hiring an Intake Coordinator for evenings and weekends to manage the front desk, handle phone triage, pre-registration, and verify insurance while coordinating with the admissions team.

You will conduct pre-admission assessments, interview clients and families, document activities in the CRM, and collaborate with referral sources to ensure timely admissions; a high school diploma is required, with a bachelor’s degree preferred.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or related field preferred.
• One or more years' experience in healthcare admissions preferred.
• Experience in intake, referral, treatment planning and external communication helpful.
• CPR certification is required; first aid may be required.

Responsibilities

• Conducts pre-admission assessments.
• Interviews clients and families to meet intake criteria.
• Reviews prospective admissions against criteria, policies, procedures.
• Generates and guides discussions with referral sources for client support.
• Assesses family needs for mediation and determines resources to contact.
• Decides which Interventionist and facility to recommend and travel.
• Works with other departments and external parties for timely admissions.
• Documents daily activities in the CRM and maintains admissions records.
• Utilizes resources to verify benefits for all private insurance admissions.
• Screens calls and sets up transportation for admission.
• Maintains a waiting list and stays in contact with potential candidates.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Telephone etiquette

Interviewing skills

Assessment skills

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Tools

CRM software

Job description

Intake Coordinator - Evenings and Weekends | The Aviary Recovery Center | Eolia, Missouri

About the Job:

PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Intake Coordinator is responsible for establishing and maintaining a first- impressions environment at the facility front desk. Duties include phone triage, addressing requests for services and performing client call backs and documents all call activities. Answers inquiry calls about facility services and availability, performs pre-registration, verifies insurance eligibility, and coordinates with the insurance company. Facilitates assessment and/or intake to facility services when appropriate. Provides administrative support to the department of admissions, ensuring the quality of service to clients and their families. This role is full time and included evenings, weekends and on call responsibilities

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Conducts pre-admission assessments.
• Interviews client, family members and/or collateral sources to assure intake criteria are met.
• Reviews prospective admissions against approved admission criteria, policies, and procedures.
• Generates, guides, and leads independent discussions with referral sources for client support, conflict resolution and business development with other treatment and healthcare professionals, Responds and reacts to the needs of referred clients.
• Assesses family needs for mediation, sober escort and intervention and determines which professional resources are most appropriate to contact based on information gathered.
• Decides which Interventionist and facility to recommend, the dates, and the travel.
• Works closely with other department as well as external parties to ensure the timely admission of clients.
• Documents daily all activities, contacts, appointments, and events in the designated Customer Relationship Management system.
• Maintains all the documentation involved with the admissions process.
• Utilizes resources to ensure insurance verifications of benefits for all clients on all private insurance admissions.
• Screens calls from referrals and sets up transportation for admission.
• Maintains a waiting list for admissions and stays in contact with potential candidates to facilitate admissions.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements:

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or other related field of study preferred.
• One or more years' experience in healthcare admissions preferred.
• Preferably in the mental health or substance use disorder field.
• Experience in client assessment, referral, treatment planning and communication with external review organizations or comparable entities.
• Knowledge of community resources.
• Outstanding interpersonal and interviewing and assessment skills.
• Skill in telephone etiquette and paging procedures.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• CPR certification and de-escalation training required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
• Nursing credentials, including RN licensure, are considered a plus but are not required for this position

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:

This position is an Individual Contributor.

Why The Aviary Recovery Center?

The Aviary Recovery Center offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The Aviary Recovery Center is an EOE.

Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country.

We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.