Director of Admissions - Acute Behavioral Health Hospital - Tennessee (relo avail)

Director of Admissions - Acute Behavioral Health

LOCATION: Knoxville, Tennessee ***Relocation Assistance Available BASE SALARY: $90,000 to $120,000 ***$10,000 Sign-on Bonus! HOSPITAL: 90-bed psychiatric hospital provides inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs for adolescents, adults, and seniors dealing with mental health disorders, substance use concerns, and co-occurring addictions

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Master's Degree in a Social Service field - OR - Registered Nurse
• Experience in an admissions or intake role/department
• Experience completing online verification of benefits for insurance and pre-authorizations with insurance
• Leadership, managing a team
• History of leading a team to meeting budgeted volume goals for census

Seeking an experienced and dynamic leader to join the Admissions Department team. As the Admissions Department Leader, you will be responsible for providing direction, implementing strategic plans, and ensuring operation of our admissions and intake processes.

PURPOSE STATEMENT: Direct the facility admissions activities by driving the admissions process, developing, implementing, and maintaining revenue-generating strategies.

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, providing orientation, in-service, and continuing education programs for department staff and other internal positions responsible for crisis triage and/or evaluation services.
• Serve as a 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 the department is up to date on and compliant with new laws and regulations.
• Recruit, train, and supervise staff.
• Manage the finances of the department, and prepare and monitor budgets and spending to ensure the department operates within allocated funds.
• Determine and implement admissions best practices, promote the hospital, and maintain a satisfied patient base.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

• Master's Degree in Human Services Field or RN nursing license required.
• Three plus years' experience in healthcare-related admissions preferred.
• Three years of work experience as a Director of Admissions in a Behavioral health facility preferred.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

• May require licensure by the state for this position.
• 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.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:

• MS WORD Resume
• required compensation.
• Contact information.
• Availability

Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.