Admissions Liaison, Ccsnc - Wilkes-Barre, United States - ALLIED SERVICES

ALLIED SERVICES

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Wilkes-Barre, United States

1 day ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Under the supervision of the AVP of Admissions, the Admission Liaison
is responsible for referral development and facilitating admissions for Allied Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Referral development involves establishing professional contacts as referral sources and marketing programs and services to these contacts. Facilitating admissions involves the clinical evaluation of referrals, completion of required paperwork, and marketing services to referred patients/residents.

The Admission Liaison
must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to evaluate the age-specific clinical needs of potential admissions to the Allied Services health care system.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Nursing, or health related field from an accredited institution.
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Master's degree preferred

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Minimum of five (5) years experience in healthcare.

Skilled Nursing Admissions experience preferred.

Evaluates each patient on an individual basis and documents findings on the "Patient Evaluation Form."

Communicates with patient and family:
short
- and long-term patient goals; rehabilitation diagnosis to patient's understanding; expectations of patient's understanding of rehabilitation; multi-disciplinary approach of Skilled Nursing environment; the minimum hours per day in therapies that must be tolerated by the patient

Contacts Social Workers at the referring acute care facilities regarding patients to be evaluated. Obtains patient's abstracts plus a verbal update on patient's status. Contacts primary therapists, if available, to review patient's abilities.

Follows-up with all referred patients that are not initially accepted for admission on a continued basis in subsequent visits until the patient's condition renders him/her ready for admission or is deemed unacceptable.