Intake Clinician

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

* 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 timeframes.
* 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 throughout 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.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.