The Admissions Director facilitates and oversees the admissions process in accordance with all applicable laws, regulations, and standards.
Experience Requirements:
- Health care experience preferred
- Familiar with the professional medical community
Specific Job Requirements:
- Possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action
- Knowledgeable of practices and procedures as well as the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing functions in the nursing care facility
- Implement and interpret the programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures of the department
- Perform proficiently in all competency areas including but not limited to: patient rights, and safety and sanitation
- Maintains confidentiality of all proprietary and/or confidential information.
- PRI knowledge.
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- Essential Functions:
- Conduct external Marketing to hospitals in the area once weekly.
- Gather and enter all necessary admissions paperwork
- Ensure that patient applications for admission are approved/not approved within a two (2) hour period
- Plan follow up visits and interviews with patients
- Conduct facility tours to potential patients, families, and visitors and educate them on key benefits of the facility
- Recruit, select, train, counsel, and supervise admissions staff (if applicable)
- Effectively manage and operate within budget
- Exhibit excellent customer service and a positive attitude towards patients
- Communicate and function productively on an interdisciplinary team
An Equal Opportunity Employer