Summit BHC · 3 weeks ago
Admissions RN- Expeditor (9pm-7am)
Summit BHC is a healthcare organization that focuses on behavioral health services, and they are seeking an Admissions RN- Expeditor to facilitate the admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients. The role involves collaborating with medical staff, ensuring timely admissions, and conducting initial evaluations to determine the appropriateness of patient admissions.
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Responsibilities
Facilitates admissions and assessment processes for incoming patients. Provides initial evaluation and initiate the integrated assessment, documenting patient symptoms, functioning and needs
Collaborates with other facility medical and psychiatric staff to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions. Communicates projected admissions to designated internal representative in a timely manner
Ensures all medical admission documentation is gathered from external sources prior to patient admission and secures initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission
Reviews patient charts to determine medical necessity and staffs each referral and assessment with appropriate physician to obtain orders, recommendations, and DSM-V diagnosis, when appropriate
Communicates treatment recommendations to and coordinate with other treatment teams
May administer patients’ medications and follows all physician's orders in consultation with psychiatrist and in accordance with established hospital and licensing agency protocols. Educates patients on side effects, and through discussions determines the effectiveness of education; questions compliance and adjusts medications under psychiatrists' supervision as needed; monitors lab results to validate medication compliance
May maintain accountability of administration, recording, control and security of medications, including narcotics. Assures completion of Adverse Drug Reaction forms as necessary. Maintains knowledge of the most common medications used for psychiatric patients
Advocates for the lowest level of care consistent with the patient’s needs. Coordinates admission and transfer between levels of care within the facility
Assures thorough, accurate documentation is completed for all patients on each shift and facilitates the response to requests for services, including the initial response, the assessment, and referral process, the designation of appropriate level of care, initiation/admission into services, and appropriate follow up activity
Responds to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes
Performs insurance benefit verifications, disseminating the information gathered to patient, their families and other appropriate facility staff
Provides accurate and ongoing assessment of patient status in the admissions process
Qualification
Required
Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required
Valid current RN license from the state or from a compact state, where applicable
CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility)
Outstanding interpersonal and interviewing and assessment skills
Skill in telephone etiquette and paging procedures
Preferred
BSN preferred
One or more years' experience in mental health or substance use disorder admissions preferred
Experience in clinical interviewing, patient assessment, referral, treatment planning, communicating with external review organizations or comparable entities
Experience in the managed care pre-certification process, level of care assessments and utilization
First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements
Benefits
Comprehensive benefit plan
Company
Summit BHC
Summit Behavioral Healthcare is an Atlanta-based provider of addiction treatment and behavioral health services. It is a sub-organization of Valley Recovery Center at Fresno.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.73M2021-09-09Acquired
2017-10-11Private Equity
2015-03-25Series Unknown· $2M
Recent News
Behavioral Health Business
2025-09-25
2025-09-05
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