Admissions Coordinator - RN

Admissions Coordinator (RN)

Help Patients Find the Right Next Step in Their Care.

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse who enjoys building relationships, coordinating care, and helping patients transition successfully from the hospital to post-acute care?

Elderwood is seeking a clinically experienced Admissions Coordinator (RN) to serve as a trusted liaison between hospitals, referral partners, patients, families, and our skilled nursing communities. In this role, you'll use your clinical expertise to evaluate referrals, coordinate admissions, and help ensure patients receive the right level of care at the right time.

If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy collaborating with healthcare professionals, and want to make a meaningful impact beyond the bedside, we'd love to meet you.

Why This Role Matters

Every admission represents a patient and family navigating an important healthcare transition. As an Admissions Coordinator, you'll play a critical role in ensuring individuals receive timely, appropriate care while helping families feel confident in their next step.

Your clinical expertise, compassion, and ability to build trusted relationships will directly impact patient outcomes and help shape the future of post-acute care within our communities.

Elderwood is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This position requires the ability to read, write, speak, and understand English at an intermediate or higher level to safely communicate with residents, families, healthcare providers, and team members.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do As an Admissions Coordinator - You'll serve as the clinical ambassador for Elderwood while helping patients and families navigate the transition into skilled nursing care.

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct clinical admission assessments for prospective residents in hospitals, assisted living communities, and other referral settings.
• Review medical records to determine clinical appropriateness for admission.
• Coordinate timely admissions with hospitals, physicians, case managers, discharge planners, and internal clinical teams.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with hospital discharge planners, case managers, physicians, and referral partners.
• Represent multiple Elderwood locations while maintaining an in-depth understanding of each facility's services, specialties, and capabilities.
• Coordinate pre-admission planning to ensure seamless resident transitions.
• Collaborate with facility leadership to maximize admissions and occupancy.
• Participate in community outreach, referral development, and targeted marketing initiatives.
• Track referral activity, screening outcomes, and admissions while preparing monthly reporting.
• Maintain responsive communication through phone, email, and mobile technology while traveling between assigned referral locations.

Qualifications

What We're Looking For - Required Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing or other healthcare-related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of recent clinical nursing experience.
• Long-Term Care and/or Hospital Discharge Planning experience required.
• Strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology, electronic medical records, and hospital documentation.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining exceptional customer service.
• Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and the ability to travel to assigned hospitals and referral locations.

Ideal Experience - We're especially interested in nurses with backgrounds in:

• Hospital Case Management
• Care Coordination
• Discharge Planning
• Utilization Review
• Admissions Nursing
• Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
• Long-Term Care
• Acute Care Nursing
• Transitional Care

EOE Statement

WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.