Admissions Coordinator

Job Description

Title: Admissions Coordinator

FLSA Status: Full-Time

Pay Rate: $26.00

Freedom Pointe at the Villages is recruiting for an Admissions Coordinator to join our team!

If you enjoy working with older adults, caring for and talking with them, learning from their stories and seeing them smile, this is the job of a lifetime. At Freedom Pointe at The Villages, you can jump-start a senior living career or build the one you have. You'll grow, advance, and gain knowledge in senior services - one of the fastest-growing career fields in the country.

You'll join a team that's passionate about working with seniors. We work hard to deliver the very best resident-centered care and high-quality hospitality through our Extraordinary Impressions program. With integrity and a solid work ethic, you can create a long, satisfying and fruitful senior living career at Freedom Pointe at The Villages.

About the Role:

The Admissions Coordinator is responsible for managing the Health Center admissions process and for establishing and maintaining an open, effective communication between the community and referral sources, physicians, and third party payers. This includes direct contact with medical and business professionals in the surrounding area in order to generate referral activity and soliciting direct referrals from these sources.

We offer a generous benefits package for eligible employees which includes:

• We provide a fun workplace culture - including quarterly campus-wide events

• Benefits for Full and Part time staff, including health, dental, vision, 401K and more!

• Paid Training, Paid Time Off, and Paid Holidays for Full Time Staff

• Career Advancement Opportunities

• Work today, get paid tomorrow with DailyPay ! Freedom Pointe at the Villages now offers DailyPay - a program that allows employees to access their earned income on-demand, as it's earned.

Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Medical Records Coordinator:

• Obtains referrals from hospital social workers, physicians, or family members keeping wait lists current.

• Functions as the Health Center public relations person, providing tours of the facility and pertinent information regarding admissions as well as occasional off-site visits to hospitals and doctor's offices.

• Conducts admission interviews with the resident and/or responsible party, obtaining all required financial data, signatures, pertinent social information and medical information, attending physician information, and other pertinent and required documentation prior to admission.

• Processes all Medicare denial letters, Medicare certification and re-certifications and according to Medicare regulations.

• Maintains on-going census activity such as admissions, discharges, deaths, room transfers, changes in payment methods, and temporary and permanent apartment status.

• Maintains Life Care resident statistics, permanent assignments, temporary assignments, and notifies resident and/or the responsible party of permanent and temporary status in the Health Center.

• Assists in coordinating admissions/transfers/discharges with other departments. Additionally, maintains communication with referrals sources, using appropriate applications and resources. Ensures timely discharge to admission 7 days per week.

• Serves as one of the primary points of communication and liaison for residents/families and guest concerns and/or inquiries aiding in the communication processes. Follows up on all initial inquiries in a timely manner.

Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:

• Good working knowledge of Medicare Part A and certification procedures. Working knowledge of medical terminology.

• Clinical Certification Preferred (RN/LPN/COTA/Clinical Social Worker/PT)

• Must have a sincere interest in working with the elderly.

• Experience in a long-term care setting desired.

• Must possess excellent written, oral and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to juggle multiple priorities. Must have strong time management and organizational skills, be able to relate to all levels of management/professionals and be a self-starter, goal oriented, team player.

• Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, flu and COVID-19 vaccine status.

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