Admissions Director

PACS

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of your job is to support facility operations by increasing the facility census. This role involves managing the admissions process efficiently to ensure a positive experience for residents, families, and supporting staff. The Admissions Director plans, directs, and monitors the daily operations of the Admissions Department to ensure that budgeted resident census goals are met and that residents are admitted in a professional and efficient manner. This includes screening patients, completing admission and financial responsibility forms, and confirming insurance benefit coverage. The position requires the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the Sales and Marketing department. Collaboration with leaders of other facility departments is essential for timely communication and to enhance the admissions experience. The role also involves coordinating and arranging physical, social, emotional, and support services requirements, including transportation, obtaining applicant information, and maintaining a comprehensive understanding of facility services to educate referral sources. The Admissions Director oversees patient bed assignments and preliminary paperwork, completes the resident intake process, and coordinates with the Director of Nursing and/or Case Manager to assure appropriateness of admissions. Maintaining and communicating an accurate record of bed availability is crucial. The position requires initiating, nurturing, and maintaining contacts with physicians, social workers, and discharge planners to maximize referrals and facilitate admissions. Attendance at daily stand-up meetings is mandatory. The employee must be familiar with Standard Precautions, Exposure Control Plan, Fire Drill and Evacuation Procedures. Maintaining the confidentiality of all resident care information, including protected health information, and protecting the organization's reputation by keeping information confidential are key responsibilities. Assistance may be required in planning and executing outreach events such as on-site facility health fairs and educational programs. Continuous professional development through educational opportunities, professional publications, and maintaining personal networks is expected.

Requirements

Must possess, as a minimum, a high school diploma or GED.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Proficient in the Microsoft Suite products
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and talk, read, or hear.
Frequent use of all office-related equipment to include; copier/scanner/fax, telephone, and calculator.
May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.

Nice To Haves

A Bachelor's Degree in health care or related field Preferred.
Two years' Admissions experience preferred.
LVN or RN license preferred

Responsibilities

Manage the admissions process efficiently to ensure a positive experience for residents, families and supporting staff.
Planning, directing and monitoring the daily operations of the Admissions Department to ensure that budgeted resident census goals are met and that residents are admitted in a professional and efficient manner.
Admits Patients to the health care facility.
Screens patients by comparing patients’ condition to admission criteria.
Admits patients by completing admission and financial responsibility forms.
Must have the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the Sales and Marketing department.
Working collaboratively with leaders of other facility departments to ensure timely communication of appropriate information and to enhance the admissions experience of residents and their families.
Confirms that all insurance benefit coverage meets standards of admissions.
Coordination and arranging physical, social, emotional and support services requirements, including transportation.
Obtain applicant information by requesting completed applications and medical information; verifying and clarifying information; interviewing patients and family members; explaining admission criteria.
Maintains comprehensive understanding of facility services that can be provided to prospective residents and educates referral sources as appropriate.
Oversees the patients bed assignments and completion of preliminary paperwork for admissions.
Obtain Applicant information by requesting complete applications and medical information; verifying and clarifying information; interviewing patients and family members; explaining admission criteria.
Completes additional facility-specific ongoing tasks and projects as assigned by immediate supervisor
Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility
Completes resident intake process.
Coordinates with Director of Nursing and/or Case Manager to assure appropriateness of facility admissions.
Maintains and communicates accurate record of bed availability
Works to initiate, nurture and maintain contacts with physicians, social workers, and discharge planners as valued customers to maximize referrals and facilitate admissions;
Must attend daily stand-up meetings.
Be familiar with Standard Precautions, Exposure Control Plan, Fire Drill and Evacuation Procedures and know how to use the information
Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information.
Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information.
Protects organization reputation by keeping information confidential.
As directed, assists in planning and execution of outreach events such as on-site facility health fairs, educational programs, and other promotional events designed to attract hospital discharge planners, physicians, and other key persons to the facility.
Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reasing professional publications and maintaining personal networks.