Night Clinical Admissions Counselor – Mental Health

Acadia Healthcare; South Carolina; Vor Ort; USD 39.000 - 41.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Acadia Healthcare in the United States (South Carolina) seeks a Masters/BSW level clinical professional to support admissions, intake assessments, and utilization review to ensure appropriate levels of care aligned with patient benefits and resource use.

The role involves facilitating admissions, coordinating with medical and psychiatric teams, and ensuring accurate documentation and pre-authorization within payor guidelines. Evening/night shift offers dedicated patient care continuity.

Qualifikationen

• 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.

Aufgaben

• 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 is received prior to patient admission.
• Schedule 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 and complete all admission and consent forms.
• Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers always.
• Coordinate care for patients not being admitted and ensure follow-up care and referrals.
• Demonstrate urgency related to patient safety and provide excellent customer service.

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in a social services field

Master's degree in a social services field or RN

Jobbeschreibung

Acadia Healthcare in the United States (South Carolina) seeks a Masters/BSW level clinical professional to support admissions, intake assessments, and utilization review to ensure appropriate levels of care aligned with patient benefits and resource use.

The role involves facilitating admissions, coordinating with medical and psychiatric teams, and ensuring accurate documentation and pre-authorization within payor guidelines. Evening/night shift offers dedicated patient care continuity.