Assistant Director of Admissions

Overview

CenterPointe Hospital is looking for compassionate nurses to provide exceptional patient care at our 80-bed inpatient psychiatric facility in Columbia, MO. The right candidate will have a passion for behavioral health nursing and a desire to make a difference for our adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. This is a very rewarding position for nurses who support our mission!

What this career choice gives you in return:

• $15,000 Sign-On Bonus 
• Above average industry pay 
• Excellent benefit package including sign on bonuses, tuition reimbursement, and student loan forgiveness
• A robust employee appreciation program- meals, kudos cards redeemable for gifts, recognition for Nurses Week, holiday parties, and frequent appreciation for staff!

Available Shifts:

• Friday - Mondays 4 10-hour shifts per week. (8:00am - 8:00pm).

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Clinical professional responsible for inquiries, assessments and admissions to facility.

Essential 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.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

· Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required.

· One or more years’ nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

· Current RN license as required by state.

· CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

· First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

AHRN

Salary : $15,000