INTAKE COUNSELOR (Master's Degree OR registered Nurse)

Universal Health Services•Shippensburg, PA

29d

About The Position

Roxbury Treatment Center is currently hiring full-time Intake Counselors to work in our admissions department. Shifts available -Evening and Overnight are 5 eight-hour shifts per week. Per Diem Staff also needed for all shifts. $5,000 Sign-On Bonus Offered for Full-Time Hires!! The Intake Counselor, under the supervision of the Director of Admissions, interviews and assesses potential patients and inquiry callers. The Intake Counselor works with the Business Office regarding patient financial data, as well as with the UR Department for the certification of patients admitted. Also initiates the referral and admission process by determining appropriate level of care needs in conjunction with the physician/provider. The Intake Counselor is also responsible for initiating and maintaining communication with referral sources. Roxbury Treatment Center, a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc., has been a beacon of hope and healing for 40 years, serving those struggling with behavioral health and substance use issues. Located in Shippensburg, PA., our 112-bed behavioral health facility offers acute psychiatric, detoxification, and rehabilitation services for adults as well as an adolescent inpatient psychiatric program for youth ages 13-17. We also have two substance use disorder outpatient offices in Carlisle and Chambersburg. Our mission is to provide high-quality behavioral health services in an environment that values service excellence, respect, ethical standards, integrity, compassion, and teamwork. One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Requirements

Master's Degree from an accredited college or university, in Counseling, Psychology, Social Work or a other related Human Services field require - OR - Registered Nurse,
2-3 years in the area of substance abuse/psychiatric treatment programs, including experience in intake/admissions and managed care preferred.
License is not required unless candidate is a nurse, then active nursing license in the State of Pennsylvania is required.

Nice To Haves

2-3 years in the area of substance abuse/psychiatric treatment programs, including experience in intake/admissions and managed care preferred.

Responsibilities

The Intake Counselor interviews and assesses potential patients and inquiry callers.
The Intake Counselor works with the Business Office regarding patient financial data, as well as with the UR Department for the certification of patients admitted.
Also initiates the referral and admission process by determining appropriate level of care needs in conjunction with the physician/provider.
The Intake Counselor is also responsible for initiating and maintaining communication with referral sources.