Admissions Specialist: Clinical Assessments - Lead

We are seeking a Masters Level, independently licensed Clinician to serve as a Lead in our Admissions Department.

Sonora Behavioral Health is the largest inpatient psychiatric hospital in Tucson with 140-beds serving adults, adolescents and children with behavioral health conditions and chemical dependency issues. Join us and youll enjoy tuition reimbursement, competitive salary, and exceptional benefits.

This position requires a Master's degree in a Behavioral Health field, an Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners independent license, and experience in assessing patients from children to adults.

Come Join Our Team!

ADMISSION CLINICIAN PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Clinical professional responsible for inquiries, assessments and admissions to facility.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Facilitate admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients.
• Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes.
• Schedule/complete pre-admission assessments and communicate recommendations to patients or their families.
• Collaborate with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions.
• Coordinate admission and transfer between levels of care within the facility.
• Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representative in a timely manner.
• Perform insurance benefit verifications, disseminating the information gathered to patient, their families and other appropriate facility staff.
• Ensure all medical admission documentation is gathered from external sources prior to patient admission and secure initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission.
• Assist individual therapists with concurrent reviews with insurance companies to secure continued treatment.
• Coordinate and facilitate peer to peer reviews when needed and collaborate the results of reviews with multi-disciplinary treatment team.
• Provide accurate and ongoing assessment of patient status in the admissions process.
• Communicate treatment recommendations to and coordinate with other treatment teams.
• Serve as the Lead Clinician.

Must possess or secure an Arizona Level One Fingerprint Clearance Care.