Acadia Healthcare provides chemical dependency and psychiatric services to patients in a variety of settings, such as special treatment facilities, psychiatric hospitals, outpatien
Intake Specialist
Location
Iowa
Posted
5 days ago
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0
Seniority
Entry Level
Job Description
Intake Specialist
Acadia Healthcare
Title: Intake Specialist (PT Weekends) Location: Council Bluffs United States Regular Part-Time Job Description: - $3K SIGN-ON BONUS * WE ARE HIRING PART-TIME WEEKEND ADMISSIONS COUNSELORS / SOCIAL WORKERS (Sat-Sun 7a-7:30p OR Sat-Sun 7p-7:30a) What would you do in this role? Clinical professional is responsible for facilitating admissions, clinical intake assessments, and utilization review processes to assure continuity for the most appropriate level of care for patients and their benefit/resource utilization. We are looking for part-time Admissions Counselors at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital. Methodist Health System, the region's most established not-for-profit provider, has partnered with Acadia Healthcare, the nation's largest standalone behavioral health company, to open a new 96-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. This marks Acadia's first acute psychiatric facility in Iowa, expanding much-needed access to behavioral health services across Southwest Iowa and the Greater Omaha area. Just minutes from downtown Omaha, Council Bluffs blends small-town charm with city convenience-offering affordable living, great schools, and a strong sense of community-making it an ideal location for this important new facility. Scheduled to open in June 2026, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital will offer a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient care for adults, seniors, and youth, including programs for mood disorders, dual diagnosis, geriatric psychiatry, child & adolescent care, PHP/IOP, and ECT. The facility will play a vital role in addressing the region's significant behavioral health bed shortage. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes. - Ability to develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families. - Perform benefit eligibility to ensure patient benefits are active at the time of admission. Communicate benefit eligibility to the business office and the patient or significant other. - Collaborate with facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations regarding pending referrals. - Coordinate admission and transfer from referral sources and between levels of care within the facility. - Maintain knowledge of milieu management. - Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representatives promptly. - Ensure all clinical information from referral sources or patients (including medical comorbidity information) is received, when possible, prior to patient admission. - Schedule (when applicable) and complete pre-admission assessments, consult with the admitting physician and communicate disposition recommendations to the patient or their family. - Possess skill in preparing and maintaining appropriate medical record documentation that will result in authorization at the level of care being requested of the payor. - Complete initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission prior to admission, when possible, and within payor timeframe guidelines. - Admit the patient to the registration and accounting system. Complete all admission and consent forms with the patient. - Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers always. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority. - When a patient's needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority. - Coordinate care for patients who are not being admitted and ensure that they receive appropriate follow-up care and referrals. - Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety and provide excellent customer service. - Responsible for conducting safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15-minute intervals, as noted in special precautions, or by individualized supervision guidelines as needed. OTHER FUNCTIONS: - Perform other functions and tasks as assigned. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS: - Master's degree in a social services field (psychology, counseling, social work, sociology, health administration, nursing) or RN required. - One or more years' experience in mental/behavioral health working with individuals in a clinical or observational capacity preferred. LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS: - Current licensure preferred. - CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility). - First aid may be preferred based on state or facility. While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs, or technological developments) dictate. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual's characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws. AHGROW #LI-MJEBH
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