What are the responsibilities and job description for the Admissions Director position at Spring Hill Rehabilitation & Nursing Center?
Admissions Director
This exciting role is for a full-time Admissions Director in a skilled nursing facility who completes day to day tasks regarding admissions, discharges, and/or transfers of residents in accordance with local, state and federal standards and regulations, as well as established facility policies and procedures.
Admissions Director Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university is preferred OR unencumbered nurse license in PA.
- Must have, as a minimum, three (3) years of experience with demonstrated success in census development and occupancy management in a nursing home, or other related health care facility.
- Knowledgeable of nursing and medical practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations and guidelines pertaining to long-term care.
Admissions Director Responsibilities
- Plans, develops, organizes, implements, evaluates and directs the overall operation of the Admissions department, as well as its programs and activities, in order to develop census goals while also maintaining compliance with current state and federal laws and regulations.
- Be able to manage and divide your time between both facilities, depending on the current need
- Plans, develops and implements an external and internal census sales strategy with each admissions team member to build and maintain strong relationships with referral partners/sources such as hospitals, physicians, senior centers, department of human resources, home health agencies, hospices, etc.
- Ensures referrals are processed timely and accurately on a daily basis, knows at all times, the status of each referral.
- Makes the decision on each referral to admit or not admit. Consults with Director of Nursing, Administrator or other department heads as indicated based on the nature of the referral and established guidelines in the facility regarding clinical capabilities of the facility as reflected in the most recent Facility Assessment.
- Ensures residents are admitted, transferred and discharged from the facility software accurately on a daily basis.
- Ensures resident pay status changes are accurately recorded on the facility’s internal daily census communication tool.
- Ensures admission paperwork is completed and filed according to facility policy.
- Informs the Administrator of obstacles or barriers to admitting residents and provides solutions to such obstacles and barriers.
- Ensures pertinent information is maintained daily such as referral tracking logs, anticipated discharges, potential admissions, hospital discharges and available beds listing.
- Ensures the admissions team communicates with interdisciplinary team members timely regarding room assignments for pending admissions.
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