RN Admissions/Intake Starting at $40

Pay

Starting pay: $40/hour. Sign-on bonus: $7,500.

• Night differential: $6/hour
• Weekend night differential: $8/hour

Schedule

• Full-time evenings: 8- or 10-hour shifts
• Full-time nights: 10-hour shifts

About the role

This brand-new, state-of-the-art 120-bed behavioral healthcare hospital in Madison, WI (Shorewood Behavioral Health Hospital) specializes in comprehensive acute and outpatient psychiatric care for adolescents, adults, and seniors dealing with mental health and substance use disorders. The hospital offers Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), and Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), along with specialized programs to meet community needs.

Purpose: The clinical professional facilitates admissions, clinical intake assessments, and utilization review processes to ensure continuity for the most appropriate level of care for patients and their benefit/resource utilization.

Responsibilities

• Review medical documentation for all admissions, complete medication reconciliation, and obtain admission orders from physicians.
• Facilitate emergency transfers for patients presenting with emergency medical conditions outside the facility’s capabilities.
• Review referrals from hospitals, facilities, and community agencies for medical and behavioral acuity and respond within facility policy timeframes.
• Respond to inquiries about the facility and provide appropriate recommendations.
• Conduct assessments to determine the appropriate level of care within the facility.
• Collaborate with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions.
• Facilitate admissions process for incoming patients including assessment, consent, and inventory of patient belongings.
• Perform insurance benefit verifications and secure initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission.
• Monitor patient status throughout the admissions process in accordance with facility policy and/or physician orders.
• Utilize multiple web-based programs to track and review referrals.
• Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representatives promptly.
• Ensure all clinical information from referral sources or patients (including medical comorbidity information) is received, when possible, prior to patient admission.
• Schedule (when applicable) 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; complete all admission and consent forms with the patient.
• Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers always; acknowledge and work to resolve complaints when patient needs are not met.
• Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
• Coordinate care for patients who are not being admitted and ensure they receive appropriate follow-up care and referrals.
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to patient safety and provide excellent customer service.
• Conduct safety checks and ensure supervision is conducted at 15-minute intervals, as noted in special precautions, or in accordance with individualized supervision guidelines as needed.
• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of Associate’s degree in Nursing.
• Minimum one year of experience working with individuals in a clinical or observational capacity, preferably within the area of specialty for the hiring facility.

Qualifications

• Clear and active nursing license in the state.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.