Admissions Clinician - Night Shift (Part-time)
Job Category: *Admissions
Requisition Number: ADMIS092358
ing Details
ed: October 30, 2024
Part-Time
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Sonora Behavioral Health
6050 N Corona Rd
Tucson, AZ 85704, USA
Job Details
Description
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 rmendations 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 medicalorbidity information) is received, when possible, prior to patient admission.
Schedule (when applicable) andplete pre-admission assessments, consult with the admitting physician andmunicate disposition rmendations 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 resolveplaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
When a patient's needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolveplaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
Coordinate care for patients who are not being admitted and ensure that they receive appropriate follow-up care and referrals.
Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety and provide excellent customer service.
Responsible for conducting safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15-minute intervals, as noted in special precautions, or by individualized supervision guidelines as needed.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
Master's degree in a social services field (psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, health administration, nursing) or RN preferred.
One or more years' experience in mental/behavioral health working with individuals in a clinical or observational capacity preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to thepensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access topensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formalplaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)