Acadia Healthcare Hiring for Inpatient Admissions Nurse at Columbus, Ohio Full Time

Description

The Inpatient Admissions Nurse is a clinical professional responsible for delivering excellent customer service through facilitating admissions, delivering individualized clinical intake assessments/utilization reviews to assure continuity for the most appropriate level of care for patients. The Inpatient Admissions Nurse will serve as a valued source of both medical care and compassionate support. At Mount Carmel Behavioral Health the Inpatient Admissions Nurse is a challenging, dynamic and rewarding position that allows for RN’s (LSW’s and LPC’s eligible as well) to enhance your skillset, develop new capabilities, and become a recognized leader in delivering exceptional patient care and directly impacting/improving the lives of individuals and families in crisis.

Functions include, but not limited to:

• Facilitate admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients.

• Provide accurate and ongoing individualized assessments of patient’s status throughout admissions process.

• Respond in a timely manner to inquiries about the facility within facility policy.

• Collaborate on a daily basis with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions, while coordinating admission and transfer between levels of care within the facility.

• Provide accurate education to patient and their families throughout patient stay, including healthcare and social resource systems to empower patient/their families to access resources independently.

Benefits include, but not limited to:

• Annual accrual of vacation, sick, & extended sick time.

• Personal days.

• Group health insurance, 401k and other benefits.

• Shift differentials (vary on shift worked).

• Annual performance evaluation & salary review.

• Professional growth opportunities that are second to none in the industry. Join a team with a variety of career paths and a national family of hospitals and facilities.

Educational/Licensure/Experience Requirements:

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in nursing required.

• Valid and active license as required for the area of clinical specialty, i.e., current RN license. Current licensed social worker or counselor in state of Ohio eligible as well.

• Three (3) plus years of mental/behavioral health experience working with individuals in a clinical or observational capacity, preferably within the adult/geriatric population.

• Experience in the managed care pre-certification process, level of care assessments and utilization.

• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification training required.

Qualifications

Education

Required

• Associates or better in Nursing/Healthcare

Licenses & Certifications

Required

• Lic Social Worker

• Reg Nurse

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)