Director of Assessment and Referral
Why Join Perimeter?
At Perimeter Healthcare, we are committed to delivering hope through compassionate, comprehensive behavioral health treatment. Our teams serve patients across inpatient hospitals, residential treatment centers, and outpatient settings, with a shared focus on service excellence, patient safety, and meaningful recovery. As Director of Admissions, you will help shape the first point of care for patients, families, referral sources, and community partners.
Lead the Daily Operations
Lead the daily operations of the Assessment and Referral Department.
Supervise, Train, and Support
- Supervise, train, and support admissions team members to ensure timely, accurate, and clinically appropriate assessments.
Conduct and Oversee Intake Assessments
- Conduct and oversee intake assessments for individuals with behavioral, emotional, and mental health needs.
Career Coordination
- Coordinate admissions decisions and referrals in collaboration with psychiatry, nursing, therapy, utilization management, business office, and marketing teams.
Liaison Role
- Serve as a professional liaison for patients, families, referral sources, community partners, and internal departments.
Referral Management
- Ensure inquiries, walk-ins, faxes, and referral calls are handled with professionalism, urgency, and compassion.
- Support insurance verification, initial authorizations, and appropriate communication with utilization management and financial counseling.
Data Monitoring and Process Improvement
- Maintain accurate data and use inquiry information to support referral development and process improvement.
Compliance and Safety
- Promote compliance with patient safety standards, EMTALA requirements, legal and ethical guidelines, and facility policies.
Team Participation
- Participate as a member of the Senior Leadership Team and serve in the Administrator-on-Call rotation as required.
Qualifications
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- Master’s degree in counseling, social work, or a related helping profession.
- Current licensure or active pursuit of licensure in counseling, social work, or a related clinical field.
- Experience in behavioral health assessment and/or treatment.
- At least one year of supervisory experience.
- Knowledge of patient rights, legal and ethical standards, EMTALA, and crisis intervention practices.
- Two or more years of experience on an inpatient behavioral health unit.
- RN licensure.
- Experience with admissions, intake, utilization management, managed care, or referral development.
- Knowledge of behavioral health treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric populations.
Work Environment and Physical Requirements
- This position is based in an inpatient behavioral health hospital setting.
- The role requires professional interaction with patients who may be experiencing crisis, emotional distress, or behavioral challenges.
- The employee may be required to stand, walk, sit, reach, bend, kneel, climb, talk, hear, and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds.
- The position may require participation in approved safety interventions, local travel, flexibility with scheduling, and after-hours Administrator-on-Call responsibilities as needed.
Equal Employment Opportunity
We are an equal opportunity employer and make employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.