Admissions Manager Full Time

About the role

Supervise, plan, coordinate, and organize day-to-day activities that will enhance effectiveness of the Admission Department. Coordinate referrals and ensure smooth admissions processing for referral sources, families, staff and patients.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the daily referral, intake, admissions and preauthorization process for incoming patients.
• Organize, plan and direct work assignments for Admissions staff.
• Provide staff management to include hiring, development, training, performance management and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.
• Supervise and monitor personnel adherence to established Admissions criteria and ensures that appropriate documentation of approval/denial occurs.
• Adhere to established Patient Rights and ensures the Admissions staff comply.
• Act as an intermediary on difficult cases, keep leadership team informed of the status of problematic situations.
• Ensure compliance with front-end financial processes to include benefit verification, financial counseling, and completion or prior authorization of each patient per Acadia policy and facility process.
• Maintain knowledge or milieu management.
• Ensure that FTE utilization in Admissions falls within fiscal guidelines, but also ensures patient safety and admission efficiencies.
• Provide staff management to include hiring, development, training, performance management and communication to ensure effective and efficient department operation.
• Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always.
• When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints.
• Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a social services field required.
• Master’s degree in a social services field (psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, health administration, nursing) or RN is preferred.
• Four or more years’ of experience as an admissions manager or in another admissions capacity. May be required based on State licensure requirements.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a social services field required.
• Master’s degree in a social services field (psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, health administration, nursing) or RN is preferred.
• Four or more years’ of experience as an admissions manager or in another admissions capacity. May be required based on State licensure requirements.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

Skills

N/A

Benefits

• Full Time Medical (three tiers)
• Dental Vision
• STD (employer paid)
• LTD Life Insurance (employer paid)
• 401k
• Tuition Reimbursement
• 10 eight-hour Vacation Days
• 24 hours Personal Time
• 6 eight-hour Sick Days
• 6 eight-hour Extended Sick Days
• Paid holidays (if you work the holiday or not!)
• 1.5x your hourly rate for working a recognized holidays

Pay

Pay Range: 50,000-66,000 yr Salary

Schedule

N/A

Other

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