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Responsibilities

The Pavilion Behavioral Health System is seeking a talented and dynamic Director of Intake and Assessment to join our team of dedicated healthcare professionals!

The Pavilion Behavioral Health System has been the leading provider of behavioral health and addictions treatment for families in Illinois since 1989. Located in Champaign, Illinois, we provide a secure, nurturing environment where children, adolescents, adults and senior adults can find hope and healing from emotional psychiatric and addictive diseases.

Our dedicated and compassionate staff provide therapeutic programming options that include individual, group and family therapy. We also offer activity and recreational therapy, psycho educational groups and medical intervention services.

We are proud to be recognized by The Joint Commission as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures, showing that we have demonstrated compliance to the most stringent standards of performance.

Share in the exciting experience of leadership within abehavioralhealthhospital setting.

Utilize your Leadership skills to lead a diverse team of professions as Director of Intake/Admission sand become part of theleadershipteam. Report directly to the CEO and become a memberof the hospital leadership team.

The opportunitiesandresponsibilitiesforthe position of Intake/Admission Director include providing call management, responding to crisis calls, completing and oversite of clinical evaluations for level of care, staffing directly with physicians,and oversite ofalladmissions and referrals. Intake/Admission Director provides direction todiverse

Intake professional staffas well as providing and guiding vision for the department. Director of Intake/Admission assures easy access to behavioral health needs for patients, families, and external referral sources.

Director is responsible for the department's budget, departmental policies and procedures, assures departmental regulatory compliance, service excellence, and data management/analysis. Working within an environment of care where service excellence and patient care is primary.

Job Requirements:

Excellent communication skills, i.e.,verbaland written. Ability to prioritize; work well under periods of high stress and pressure. Ability to multi-taskand demonstrate critical thinking skills. Demonstrates an understanding of funding entities. Through knowledge of psychiatric services provided by hospital. Ability to work flexible hours. Requires a basic understanding of computers; and accurate data entry skills. Knowledge of insurance contracts and payors. Knowledge of precertification for level of care.

Experience gathering and documenting medical information and psychiatric clinical data. Working knowledge of DSM-V diagnostic criteria, mental status exam, and addition and recovery field. Excellent telephone and customer service skills as evidenced by supportive and constructive communication with all contacts including coworkers, patients, visitors, families, and referral sources.

Education:

LCSW, Ph.D.,ie Registered Nurse-(Bachelors or Master's) prepared from an accredited college or university. Previous experience in Mental Health related field preferred. Ph.D. or Master's Degree from an accredited college or university of social work, psychology, mental health or related field.

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal,…