Admissions Specialist - LPN

Admissions Specialist LPN

BENEFITS:

Vermilion Behavioral Health Systems provides a comprehensive benefits package. Current benefits include:

• Competitive hourly rate with shift differential available

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Acadia Healthcare 401(k) plan

• Excellent training program

• Professional growth opportunity that is second to none in the industry. Join a team with defined career paths and a national family of hospitals and facilities

AVAILABLE SHIFTS AND HOURS:

Full-time day position available -12 hour shifts (7a-715p) with rotating weekend shifts.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Facilitate admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients.

• Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes.

• Schedule/complete pre-admission assessments and communicate recommendations to patients or their families.

• Collaborate with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions.

• Coordinate admission and transfer between levels of care within the facility.

• Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representative in a timely manner.

• Perform insurance benefit verifications, disseminating the information gathered to patient, their families and other appropriate facility staff.

• Ensure all medical admission documentation is gathered from external sources prior to patient admission and secure initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission.

• Assist individual therapists with concurrent reviews with insurance companies to secure continued treatment.

• Coordinate and facilitate peer to peer reviews when needed and collaborate the results of reviews with multi-disciplinary treatment team.

• Provide accurate and ongoing assessment of patient status in the admissions process.

• Communicate treatment recommendations to and coordinate with other treatment teams.