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Admissions Counselor - PRN

Acadia Healthcare
United Statespart_timeVerifiedPosted 29 Apr 2024

About the role

Our Mission

Our mission is to offer innovative care solutions for the development of emotionally strong, personally responsible, and socially resilient girls and women. We are committed to maintaining a safe, nurturing environment where each girl or woman can benefit from superior individualized treatment provided by experienced professionals with relentless compassion and an unconditional joyful spirit.

Essential Duties:

  • 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.

    Education/License:

    Master's Degree in counseling 

    LSW, LPC

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    Company

    Acadia Healthcare

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