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Admissions Counselor

Acadia Healthcare, Riverside, California, United States, 92504

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Acadia Healthcare Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Pacific Grove Hospital in Riverside, CA, is a leader in behavioral healthcare, providing superior healthcare treatment to the people, communities, and military installations we serve. We are a private inpatient 68 bed acute psychiatric facility with out-patient services, dedicated to the treatment of behavioral health and substance abuse services. We have an immediate opening for an ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR to assist with facilitating the admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients. Candidates MUST possess a current LVN or LPT license.

Full Time Role - Sunday to Thursday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Competitive Salary: $27-$29/hour DOE Medical, Dental, And Vision Insurance Acadia 401K Plan with match Professional Growth Vacation, Personal, and Sick time Many Employee-centered events throughout the year!

Admissions Counselor Responsibilities Include

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.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Behavioral Science, Social Work, Vocational Rehabilitation, Sociology, Public Administration, or a related field; in some states, may also be a registered nurse, in which case, an Associate's degree in nursing may be the minimum educational requirement or an licensed practical or vocational nurse, in which case, successful completion of an LPN or LVN training program may be the minimum requirement. For states in which a therapist may act in this role, a master's degree in a therapeutic field required. Minimum one year experience working with individuals in a clinical or observational capacity, preferably within the area of specialty for the hiring facility.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

LPT or LVN license REQUIRED. CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility). First aid may be required based on state or facility.

Compensation for roles at Pacific Grove Hospital varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific location, role, skill set, and level of experience.As required by local law, Pacific Grove provides a reasonable hourly range of compensation for roles that may be hired in as set forth below.

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