Admissions Counselor

Responsibilities

• Facilitate intake, admission and utilization review process for incoming patients.
• Perform insurance benefit verifications, disseminating the information gathered to patient, their families and appropriate internal staff.
• Provide accurate and ongoing assessment of patient’s status in the admission and utilization process.
• Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy time frames.
• Schedule/complete pre-admission assessments and communicate recommendations to patient or their family.
• Collaborate with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions.
• Provide accurate and ongoing assessment of patient’s status in the admissions, intake and utilization process.
• Provide education to patient and their family about their stay.
• Perform ongoing assessments of physical/function, emotional, social, spiritual and financial needs patients and implements crisis intervention and referral.
• Provide education regarding healthcare and social resource systems to empower patient and their family to access resources independently.

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Education and Training
• Industry: Mental Health Care