Intake Specialist

Acadia Healthcare; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Acadia Healthcare in Tucson, AZ is seeking an Intake Specialist to manage the intake process, greet clients, conduct initial assessments, and coordinate with the remote admissions and on-site clinical teams.

You will ensure documentation is completed, help with bed placement, orient clients to the facility, and provide excellent customer service in line with Acadia standards.

Qualifications

• High-school diploma, GED, or equivalent required.
• 1–2 years of experience in a patient care environment in a substance use/behavioral health setting preferred.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills, and ability to use required computer programs.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with client/family of potential admissions to address questions and concerns.
• Coordinate facility tours with clients and families who are potential admissions.
• Interface with remote admissions team and on-site clinical team for necessary approvals and care planning.
• Establish professional rapport with clients to ensure they feel welcomed upon arrival.
• Ensure intake paperwork is completed timely and maintained.

Skills

Communication

Customer service

Computer skills

De-escalation training

CPR

First Aid

Education

High-school diploma

GED

Equivalent to high school

Tools

CPR Certification

Job description

The Intake Specialist is responsible for the intake process at the facility. Liaises with remote admissions to team. Establishes professional rapport with client to ensure that they feel welcomed upon arrival. Supports client arrival process, including initial assessment process, searching the client’s belongings/person for prohibited items, and orienting the client to the facility. Ensures required documentation/paperwork is completed and maintained.

Essential Functions

• Liaise with client/family of potential admissions to address any questions, concerns, etc.
• Coordinate facility tours with clients and families who are potential admissions.
• Interface with remote admissions team and on-site clinical team for necessary approvals, plan for client

arrival, including travel arrangements as applicable.

• Establishes professional rapport with client to ensure that they feel welcomed upon arrival.
• Supports arrival process including coordinating assessment/bed placement process, searches of client

belongings/person for prohibited items.

• Orients client to the facility/milieu.
• Liaises with direct care/nursing/clinical team to ensure client is set-up with a treatment plan/schedule

as needed.

• Ensures intake paperwork is completed in a timely fashion and documentation is maintained as

required.

• May discuss client’s financial responsibility and take payment as applicable.
• Provides exceptional customer service in line with Acadia Healthcare standards.

Standard Expectations

• Complies with organizational policies, procedures, performance improvement initiatives and maintains

organizational and industry policies regarding confidentiality.

• Communicate clearly and effectively to person(s) receiving services and their family members, guests

and other members of the health care team.

• Develops constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintains them over

time.

• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect and cooperation among team members.

Intake Specialist (Specialty) 07/10/2023

• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

• High-school diploma, GED, or equivalent.

• 1 – 2 years of experience in a patient care environment in a substance use/behavioral health setting, is

preferred.

• Must have excellent communication and customer service skills, and an ability to use required

computer programs.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

• De‑escalation training, CPR and/or First‑Aid certification as required by facility

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