Admissions Coordinator-Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center (Nights)
About The Position
UTHealth Houston’s Behavioral Sciences Campus, the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country, is hiring Admissions Coordinators to join our Admissions team! The John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center and Harris County Psychiatric Center at UTHealth Houston create our Behavioral Sciences Campus. BSC offers individualized inpatient treatment options for a variety of behavioral health disorders across the 23 units on-site. These units include treatment in child/adolescent, adult/geriatric, co-occurring disease, psychosis, and competency restoration units. All BSC employees go through a mandatory 2-week hospital-wide orientation. Monday through Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm. What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent required
- 2 years of related experience required
- Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
Nice To Haves
- Two years of college preferred
Responsibilities
- Managing and facilitating the patient admission process.
- Signing patients in for admission.
- Processing and reviewing warrants for involuntary admissions.
- Inventorying patient property upon intake.
- Managing incoming RightFax documents.
- Answering phone calls.
- Maintaining clear communication with referring hospitals.
- Updating bed availability at the start of each shift.
- Collaborating closely with the department's RNs to ensure smooth transitions and coordinated care.
- Handles inquiries, collects and processes documents, record keeps, and reports complications for all pre-admissions, direct admissions, walk- ins, and warrants.
- Coordinates bed allocation and cancellations between HCPI, Probate Courts, and MHMRA services and the Centers of Excellence Units at HCPC.
- Uses insurance software systems to search for patients in government sponsored insurance programs.
- Provides patient property control and conducts searches of all patient property and belongings.
- Interviews and communicates with patient and family members to obtain information.
- Reviews all clinical and financial packets to determine completeness and account for all admissions and pre-admits.
- Performs all discharges, transfers, programs changes in the software system.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Retirement/pension plan
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
