Admissions Counselor Acute at ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital, Council Bluffs, IA
Admissions Counselor Acute at ECU Health Behavioral Health Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA. Part-time. $30 to $38 an hour. Apply with swipeandhired.
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health
Overview
Part Time Admissions Counselor
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital has an opening for a Part Time Admissions Counselor to work rotating weekend days. Sat and Sun
About Us: Located just minutes from downtown Omaha, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital is a new 96-bed inpatient facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
In partnership with Methodist Health System and Acadia Healthcare—the nation’s largest standalone behavioral health company—we are expanding access to critical mental health services across Southwest Iowa and the Greater Omaha area.
The hospital will offer a full continuum of care for adults, seniors, and youth, including programs for mood disorders, dual diagnosis, child & adolescent services, geriatric psychiatry, PHP/IOP, and ECT.
PURPOSE STATEMENT:
Clinical professional is responsible for facilitating admissions, clinical intake assessments, and utilization review processes to assure continuity for the most appropriate level of care for patients and their benefit/resource utilization.
Rotating Weekends-Sat/Sun 7a-7p
Pay range $30-$38 per hour
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes.
- Ability to develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
- Perform benefit eligibility to ensure patient benefits are active at the time of admission. Communicate benefit eligibility to the business office and the patient or significant other.
- Collaborate with facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations regarding pending referrals.
- Coordinate admission and transfer from referral sources and between levels of care within the facility.
- Maintain knowledge of milieu management.
- 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. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
- When a patient’s needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
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