Intake Specialist Behavioral Health FT Days

Job Details

Previous Behavioral Health experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage all inquiries to the department related to admission referrals from internal and external customers and documents on the designated form.
• Conducts an initial clinical screening for admission requests and collects preliminary demographics and verifies insurance benefits.
• Provides assistance to the HPH- ER physician in assessment of patients to determine eligibility for admission based on established admission criteria.
• Provides appropriate outpatient referrals for ER patients when directed by the ER attending.
• Captures and coordinates all pre-admission activities with the BMU nursing unit for patients being considered for admission, including validation of required legal paperwork, gathering of other pertinent information; e.g., clinical data establishing criteria for admission, physician and nurses reports, medication administration records, lab results.
• Captures and coordinates all activities for patients accepted for admission, including completion of admission entry paperwork with the patient.
• Identifies patients’ presenting problems and completes the preliminary treatment plan.
• Maintains various logs of activities and participates in department/intake performance improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• CPI & BLS certification Required.