Manager Intake Services

About the role

Saint Luke’s Crittenton Children’s Center in South Kansas City, MO is seeking a Manager of Intake Services to join our team. The Manager of Intake Services facilitates and directs 24/7 inpatient bed utilization residential and hospital, ensures compliance with all pertinent regulations, and builds strong relationships with third party payers. Positive relationships with physicians, nursing supervisors and senior administration are required to ensure empathic and timely response to individual patient and community needs. Join the Kansas City region's premier psychiatric care provider for children, adolescents, and their families in being “The best place to get care. The best place to give care.”

Responsibilities

• Facilitates and directs 24/7 inpatient bed utilization residential and hospital
• Ensures compliance with all pertinent regulations
• Builds strong relationships with third party payers
• Maintains positive relationships with physicians, nursing supervisors, and senior administration to ensure empathic and timely response to individual patient and community needs
• Supervises PLCP's for licensure
• Supervises UR and discharge planning
• Coordinates staffing for hospital therapy, UR, discharge planning, and intake
• Monitors trends in admissions and diversions
• Manages daily patient assignments for hospital patients
• Manages payroll for hospital therapy, intake, UR, and discharge planning services
• Hires, trains, and orients staff

Requirements

• 2 years of applicable experience
• Basic Life Support certification (American Heart Association or Red Cross)

Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Licensed Professional Counselor (MO) – Missouri Division of Professional Registration

Schedule

Full-time, day shift