Admissions and Discharge Coordinator

You Matter

• Make a difference every day in the lives of the underserved
• Join a mission driven organization with a people first culture
• Excellent career growth opportunities

Join us and find a career that supports:

• Caring for overlooked, underserved, and vulnerable patients
• Autonomy in a warm team environment
• Growth and training

Perks and Benefits

In addition to comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 401k, we foster a work, life balance for team members and their family to support physical, mental, and financial wellbeing including:

• DailyPay, receive your money as you earn it!
• Tuition Assistance and dependent Scholarships
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) including free counseling and health coaching
• Company paid life insurance
• Tax free Health Spending Accounts (HSA)
• Wellness program featuring fitness memberships and product discounts
• Preferred banking partnership and discounted rates for home and auto loans

*Eligibility for perks and benefits varies based on employee type and length of service. 

Why Us

Now is your moment to make a difference in the lives of the underserved.

If there is one unifying characteristic of everyone on our team, it is the deep desire to make a difference by helping society's most vulnerable and often overlooked individuals. Every day we have the distinct honor and responsibility to show up with non-judgmental compassion to provide hope and healing to those who need it most. For those whose calling it is to serve others, now is your moment to join our mission to provide quality care to every patient with compassion, collaboration, and innovation, to live our mantra to “Always Do The Right Thing!”, and to collectively do our part to heal the world, one patient at a time.

Wellpath sees hundreds of thousands of unique individuals in their facilities month over month and a very large percent of those individuals receive direct clinical care, which includes lives saved by Narcan. 

We offer ongoing training and development opportunities for licensed and unlicensed healthcare team members, and have best in class clinical resources for training, education, and point of care support.

How you make a difference

The Admissions and Discharge Coordinator receives, reviews, and organizes all referrals, associated documents, and communication for admission to and discharge from the hospital.  The Admissions and Discharge Coordinator is responsible for the actual admission and discharge process as well as the ongoing communication with community referral sources up until admission.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinates the admission process by communicating with receiving facilities and obtaining necessary admission information on referrals, and maintains knowledge of hospital criteria and legal aspects of admissions.
• Reviews referrals thoroughly, sets up admissions with the Clinical Director, maintains communication with regional districts, and keeps a tracking list of referred patients.

• Organizes all admission paperwork, provides comprehensive reporting on admission activity to Administration, welcomes and performs initial admission paperwork for new patients, and sets up new charts.
• Demonstrates understanding of risk management, infection control, precautions, fire and disaster procedures, and abuse reporting.
• Keeps track of occupancy and vacancies, provides reports to districts on patients in the hospital, and reconciles bed count. 

Qualifications & Requirements

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required. 
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration preferred.

Experience

• Three (3) years of admissions and discharge experience required, two of which must be in a psychiatric setting. 

Licenses/Certifications

• None required.

This position is available only to those who reside in the United States.

We are an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

We value the contributions of team members with a broad range of experiences, skills, and perspectives and are committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all.

We encourage you to apply! If you are excited about a role but your experience doesn’t seem to align perfectly with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this, or one of our many other roles.

Deadline to apply to this position is contingent upon applicant volume. Those positions located in Colorado will have a specific deadline posted in the job description.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or hiring process, please contact [email protected]