Psychiatric Admissions Coordinator

JOB SUMMARY:

The Psychiatric Admissions Coordinator is under general supervision, provides clerical and administrative support to the Psychiatric Service. Work requires internal contacts outside the work group to exchange work-related information. Contact with external contacts is for ongoing service, handling of routine transactions and providing detailed information about a selected service or capability.

MAJOR JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides daily support to the Psychiatric Service staff by:
• Assisting with referrals to psychiatric facilities and programs
• Communicating with appropriate third party payers to obtain necessary authorization.
• Documenting in the patient record efforts at authorization referral and placement.
• Faxing referral information to facilities.
• Preparing transfer packets.
• Arranging transportation for patients for discharge and transfers to other facilities for continued care.
• Providing direct administrative/clerical support to the medical director and Behavior Health Unit in the ED social workers and physicians.
• Assisting the department director in scheduling meetings and appointments

Shift: Casual/on-call

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
1. Associates degree completion preferred, but not required. 2. Two (2) years college with successful completion of basic statistics course.
3. At least two (2) years’ experience as a medical secretary.
4. Experience in a psychiatric setting preferred.