Admissions Counselor

ACADIA HEALTHCARE

Job Title: Admissions Counselor - Clinical Intake Coordinator

Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Admissions Counselor to join our team at Acadia Healthcare. As a Clinical Intake Coordinator, you will be responsible for facilitating admissions, clinical intake assessments, and utilization review processes to ensure the most appropriate level of care for patients and their benefit/resource utilization.

Key Responsibilities:
• Facilitate intake, admission, and utilization review process for incoming patients.
• Perform insurance benefit verifications, disseminating the information gathered to patients, 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/pre-admission assessments and communicate recommendations to patients or their family.
• Collaborate with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions.
• Provide education to patients 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 patients and their family to access resources independently.

About Acadia Healthcare:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any person based on race, color, national origin, disability, age, or gender. We are committed to providing a comprehensive package of benefits for our employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, prescription drug coverage, and a 401(k) plan.

Requirements:
• Current licensure, as required for the area of clinical specialty, i.e., current RN license, CAC, or other clinical counseling or therapy license, as designated by the state in which the facility operates.
• First Aid, CPR, de-escalation, and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• Mental/behavioral health experience working with individuals in a clinical or observational capacity, preferably within the area of specialty for the facility.
• Experience in the managed care pre-certification process, level of care assessments, and utilization.

What We Offer:
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, prescription drug coverage, a 401(k) plan, and employee assistance program (EAP).

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