Assistant Director of Admissions

Assistant Admissions Director - West Pines Behavioral Health

Shift: flexibility for midshift or evening coverage

At West Pines we recognize that children adolescents adults and seniors go through distinct experiences that can impact their mental health and contribute to addictions. For example young people often navigate peer pressure academic demands and feelings of inadequacy. Adulthood can bring challenges such as career transitions family responsibilities and financial stress. Seniors may struggle with adjusting to retirement coping with the loss of loved ones and managing chronic health conditions. To meet the specific needs of each age group we offer various specialized programs led by our expert team. Together they provide highly individualized care that empowers patients to overcome obstacles and work toward more balanced fulfilling lives.

Why Join

• Competitive compensation with industry leading annual performance-based bonus opportunity
• Comprehensive benefits including medical dental and vision insurance
• 401(k) with company match to support your financial future
• Stock-based awards giving you a stake in Acadias success
• Generous paid time off for vacation sick days and holidays
• Professional development & leadership training to sharpen your skills
• Career mobility within Acadias nationwide network of 250 facilities

Salary for this role: $77000 to $95000

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide leadership to the Admissions Department and cultivate the function of the department as an integrated team.
• Implement the strategic plan of the business development and marketing department as it pertains to admission to the facility and direct potential clients to treatment.
• Provide leadership in addressing quality management issues related to crisis triage evaluation intake and admission to the facility.
• Assign/distribute scheduled evaluations intakes or admissions as dictated by request and hospital census.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality improvement programs for all crisis triage evaluation intake and admission services.
• Perform follow-up communication functions and generate recommendations for organizational leadership.
• Provide orientation in-service and continuing education programs for department staff and other internal positions responsible for crisis triage and/or evaluation services.
• Serve as a clinical liaison with referral sources.
• Work to improve efficiency and quality in delivering services within the department responsible for developing and meeting departmental goals and objectives.
• Ensure that the department is up to date on and compliant with new laws and regulations.
• Train and supervise staff.
• For assigned shift will plan assign supervise and perform required duties to ensure patient safety and the efficiency of the department.
• Prioritization of potential admissions considering patient needs and the facilitys capability and capacity to meet that needs in the most appropriate manner.
• Knowledge of appropriate clinical assessment diagnoses and interventions with patients.
• Provide guidance and direction to staff and encourage/build mutual trust respect and cooperation among team members.
• Ensure that EMTALA log if applicable is completed for each patient seen by admissions.
• Participate in staff training by serving as a preceptor for new admission team employees.
• 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.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors degree in a social services field is required.
• Masters degree in a social services field or RN preferred.
• Two or more years experience in a healthcare admissions role is preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• May require licensure by the state for this position.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

ADDITIONAL REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS:

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 toprovidingequalemploymentopportunitiestoall applicantsforemploymentregardlessofanindividualscharacteristicsprotected byapplicable statefederalandlocallaws.

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