Intake Coordinator

Responsibilities

Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System is a 140-bed hospital offering inpatient services for adolescents, adults, military, veterans and first responders. Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System has a spacious cafeteria, gymnasium, art/activity room, group rooms, classrooms and other areas to create a pleasant atmosphere for patients and their families. Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System’s quality services are provided by psychiatrists, licensed therapists, certified alcohol and drug counselors, activity therapists and teachers. Also, care is given by registered nurses 24 hours a day. Since 1986, Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System has been a proven psychiatric care provider in mental health and substance use.

Website: https://www.lincolnbehavioral.com

The Intake Coordinator is responsible for the facilitation of requests for services, resource referral, assessment of patient/family clinical needs, and interfaces with managed care organizations, external reviewers, and other payers.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Participates in patient admission procedure, vital signs, obtains lab specimens, assists in patient ADL’s, preps patients for diagnostic exams, checks belongings for contraband, and all patient care procedures.
• Ensures patient safety by identifying and reporting to an RN any overt and covert potential for purposeful and/or accidental self-injury.
• Demonstrates basic knowledge of emotional and mental health disease concepts, 
• Completes all required documentation in a clear, concise manner, showing understanding of patient goals and treatment plan.

Benefit & Rewards Highlight

This opportunity provides the following:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• growth and development opportunities 
• competitive compensation 
• medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plan 
• 401k with company match and discounted stock plan
• generous paid time off 
• Retention and Sign on Bonus
• Employee free meals during shifts
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
• More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) is one of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services. Since our founding in 1979, UHS has grown steadily into a premier Fortune 500® corporation perennially recognized by multiple esteemed national rating entities. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates inpatient acute care facilities, inpatient behavioral health facilities, outpatient and other facilities, nationwide virtual behavioral health services, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services with physical locations in the U.S., Puerto Rico, Ireland and United Kingdom. www.uhs.com.

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Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• Graduate Degree in social work, mental health/behavioral sciences, or related field and/or
• Currently licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) by the state of Kentucky
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret common scientific and technical journals, patient evaluations and information reports
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members of the community
• Ability to communicate on an effective level with physicians, patients, referral sources, and staff from a variety of disciplines
• Completion of CPR course and completion of HWC within 90 days of employment

Physical Demands:

The physical demands as described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit and climb or balance.

The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.

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