Admissions Director Full-Time

Admissions Director

Willow Creek Healthcare Center - Clovis, CA

Pay Range: $24.00-$27.00 per hour

Willow Creek Healthcare Center is seeking an organized, compassionate, and motivated Admissions Director to join our team.

This position is responsible for coordinating the admissions process, building relationships with referral sources, and ensuring a welcoming and seamless transition for residents and their families.

General Purpose

The primary purpose of your job is to support facility operations by increasing the facility census.

Essential Duties

• Manage the admissions process efficiently to ensure a positive experience for residents, families and supporting staff.

• Planning, directing and monitoring the daily operations of the Admissions Department to ensure that budgeted resident census goals are met and that residents are admitted in a professional and efficient manner.

• Admits Patients to the health care facility.

• Screens patients by comparing patients' condition to admission criteria.

• Admits patients by completing admission and financial responsibility forms.

• Must have the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the Sales and Marketing department.

• Working collaboratively with leaders of other facility departments to ensure timely communication of appropriate information and to enhance the admissions experience of residents and their families.

• Confirms that all insurance benefit coverage meets standards of admissions.

• Coordination and arranging physical, social, emotional and support services requirements, including transportation.

• Obtain applicant information by requesting completed applications and medical information; verifying and clarifying information; interviewing patients and family members; explaining admission criteria.

• Maintains comprehensive understanding of facility services that can be provided to prospective residents and educates referral sources as appropriate.

• Oversees the patients bed assignments and completion of preminary paperwork for admissions.

• Obtain Applicant information by requesting complete applications and medical information; verifying and clarifying information; interviewing patients and family members; explaining admission criteria.

• Completes additional facility-specific ongoing tasks and projects as assigned by immediate supervisor

• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the facility

• Completes resident intake process.

Coordinates with Director of Nursing and/or Case Manager to assure appropriateness of facility admissions.

Maintains and communicates accurate record of bed availability

• Works to initiate, nurture and maintain contacts with physicians, social workers, and discharge planners as valued customers to maximize referrals and facilitate admissio...