Psych Admissions Coordinator 1

Mass General Brigham • Belmont, MA

46d • $19 - $27 • Onsite

About The Position

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. per diem Job Summary Psychiatric triage for all levels of care for McLean Hospital units on and off site, certain McLean affiliates, Partners facilities and capitated contracts. Provides teaching function for all evaluating clinicians regarding payers and precertification requirements.

Requirements

• Education: B.A., B.S., or equivalency.
• Skills: Demonstrated strong interviewing and organizational skills, beginning knowledge of psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, data entry, and excellent communication via telephone and in person, keyboarding.
• Experience: Equivalent to one year of experience in mental health care setting.

Responsibilities

• Provides Partners wide bed/service search following established triage procedure.
• Interviews the patient, family member or referring professional to obtain clinical and demographic data to determine need for evaluation and/or admission; following established admission procedure.
• Continually reassess census and bed availability.
• Completes financial screening according to established procedure.
• Enters patient information and ADT transactions into the IDX system completely and accurately.
• Completes admitting paperwork.
• Interacts with departmental hospital staffs in a professional and cooperative manner.
• Maintains confidentiality of information of the department and contributes to the effective operation of the department.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level