Intake Specialist
Kennett Square, PA - USA
Job Summary
Sign On Bonus: $1000
Join Our Amazing Team at Bowling Green Brandywine!
Pay Rate: $17.50 - $19.25
Schedule: Monday - Friday 3pm - 11pm (working every other weekend)
The Intake Specialist is responsible for the intake process at the facility. Liaises with remote admissions to team. Establishes professional rapport with client to ensure that they feel welcomed upon arrival. Supports client arrival process including initial assessment process searching the clients belongings/person for prohibited items and orienting the client to the facility. Ensures required documentation/paperwork is completed and maintained.
About Us:
Since the day we opened our doors in 1982 Bowling Green Brandywine has had one focus: providing the highest quality of comprehensive care customized to meet the unique needs of each person who chooses to heal with us. The world and the science of addiction treatment has evolved over the decades but our commitment to client-focused care has never wavered.
Today we are able to blend time-tested techniques with emerging methodologies to create a unique treatment plan that can put you or your loved one in the best possible position to achieve long-term recovery and lifelong success.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Liaise with client/family of potential admissions to address any questions concerns etc.
Coordinate facility tours with clients and families who are potential admissions.
Interface with remote admissions team and on-site clinical team for necessary approvals plan for client
arrival including travel arrangements as applicable.
Establishes professional rapport with client to ensure that they feel welcomed upon arrival.
Supports arrival process including coordinating assessment/bed placement process searches of client
belongings/person for prohibited items.
Orients client to the facility/milieu.
Liaises with direct care/nursing/clinical team to ensure client is set-up with a treatment plan/schedule
as needed.
Ensures intake paperwork is completed in a timely fashion and documentation is maintained as
required.
May discuss clients financial responsibility and take payment as applicable.
Provides exceptional customer service in line with Acadia Healthcare standards.
STANDARD EXPECTATIONS:
Complies with organizational policies procedures performance improvement initiatives and maintains
organizational and industry policies regarding confidentiality.
Communicate clearly and effectively to person(s) receiving services and their family members guests
and other members of the health care team.
Develops constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintains them over
time.
Encourages and builds mutual trust respect and cooperation among team members.
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Maintains regular and predictable attendance.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
High-school diploma GED or equivalent.
1 2 years of experience in a patient care environment in a substance use/behavioral health setting is
preferred.
Must have excellent communication and customer service skills and an ability to use required
computer programs.
LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
De-escalation training CPR and/or First-Aid certification as required by facility
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individuals characteristics protected by applicable state federal and local laws.
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About Company
Acadia Healthcare operates a network of premier behavioral healthcare facilities in the United States and Puerto Rico. Offering multiple levels of care for all populations.