Admissions Coordinator Lmsw, Rn or Lpn - Troy, United States - Van Rensselaer Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation

Description

• Upload information into EMRs.
• Provide information to residents & staff by answering questions and requests.
• Maintain resident confidence by monitoring confidential information processing.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams.
• Establishes the patient's eligibility for postacute care in collaboration with discharging facility.
• Interacts with a variety of hospitals social service/case management staff regarding patients discharge plans.
• Assess clinical status of patients upon hospital admission referral to establish suitability of prospective admissions.
• Inquire about clinical status of current Residents upon hospital admission to ensure a smooth transition for return to facility.
• Reviews patients' medical records.
• Meet and communicate postacute care to patients and their families as needed.
• Coordinates with healthcare facility staff to ensure that each patient has a smooth transition through the admission process.
• Verifies health insurance coverage for patients with discharging facility to assistance and support.
• Working knowledge of major insurance, Medicaid and Medicare requirements for reimbursement.
• Develops relationships in the community on behalf of the postacute care facilities.
• Works with the facility's marketing and sales team to bring awareness of the facility's strengths and services into the community at large.
• Follow patient from hospital to skilled nursing location and documents final disposition or reason for not admitting, case load includes patients discharged from Van Rensselaer back to the hospital.
• Obtain new high acuity inquiries and assesses special patients to evaluate care needs prior to admission, and directs to appropriate center.
• Evaluate inquiries and communicates information to case manager, and facilitates patient's smooth transition into center.
• Obtain accurate information from physicians, patients, and referral sources regarding the expected discharge plan, and communicates this information to facility as needed.
• Cultivate relationships with sources to generate repeat referrals.
• Participating in facility's marketing education, ensuring knowledge of their resources and maintaining knowledge of competitor facilities.
• Providing facility tours and conducting presentations for potential referral sources and patient families.
• Attending seminars and conferences to promote facility.
• Communicating activities and concerns to supervision.
• Completing required paperwork, managing correspondence and maintaining data as required.

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

• 8 hour shift

• Admissions: 1 year (preferred)

• LPN, RN or LMSW (required)