Job description
Overview:
Situated on over 30 acres in the beautiful rolling hills of Central Texas, Cedar Crest provides innovative behavioral health and substance abuse treatment for children, adolescents, and adults. Our private campus includes walking trails, picnic areas, outdoor swimming pool, full-size gym, and state-of-the-art exercise equipment; providing opportunities for leisure, therapeutic recreation, and team building skills. Cedar Crest provides a full continuum of care including adolescent residential, inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization/intense outpatient treatments. Qualifications:
Cedar Crest Hospital & RTC is looking for a Director of Intake and Admissions to join our team! Direct the facility admissions activities by driving the admissions process, developing, implementing and maintaining revenue-generating strategies.
Situated on over 30 acres in the beautiful rolling hills of Central Texas, Cedar Crest provides innovative behavioral health and substance abuse treatment for children, adolescents, and adults. Our private campus includes walking trails, picnic areas, outdoor swimming pool, full-size gym, and state-of-the-art exercise equipment; providing opportunities for leisure, therapeutic recreation, and team building skills. Cedar Crest provides a full continuum of care including adolescent residential, inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalization/intense outpatient treatments.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s Degree or nursing license required; 5 plus years’ experience healthcare related admissions with Bachelors.
- Three years of work experience as a Director of Admissions in a substance abuse treatment facility preferred.
LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
- May require LCSW, LMHC by the state for this position or CAC/CADC, where required.
- 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 par
ticular jobs when circumstances
(e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.
Responsibilities:
(e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.
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 organization leadership.
- Develop and implement program policies and procedures that guide the provision of services.
- Responsible for the hiring decisions for Admissions Department personnel, 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 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 department is up to date on and compliant with new laws and regulations.
- Recruit, train and supervise staff.
- Manage the finances of the department, prepare and monitor budgets and spending to ensure department operates within allocated funds.
- Determine and implement admissions best-practices, promote the hospital and maintain a satisfied patient base.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
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