ADMISSIONS REP/REGISTRAR - BH

Peachford Hospital is searching for an experienced Admissions Representative (Patient Registration) to work in our Intake Department.

What Role Will You Play?
The Admissions Representative (Patient Registration) will facilitate the orderly admission of psychiatric and/or chemically dependent patients to the hospital, balancing the patient’s comfort and ease with the organization's operating needs and financial goals. An ability to establish therapeutic rapport and verbally de-escalate patients in crisis are skills that will help make you successful in this role as you facilitate the orderly admission of patients.

What Will You Get To Do?
Admissions Representatives are responsible for completing the following duties and tasks:

• Admission process: Obtain patient and other required signatures for all admission paperwork.  Obtain copies of patient ID and insurance cards.  Take patient picture and upload into the TIER system.  Complete labels and wrist bands. Bring copies of the face sheet to the unit to be placed in the physical chart.
• Quality Audits:  Review and update documentation pertaining to patient insurance, demographics, or financial counseling notes.  
• Phone Calls:  Serve as back-up in responding to telephone and face-to-face inquiries seeking mental health care or information about mental health related services. 
• Patient Safety: Ensure the safe entrance into the Assessment Center by utilizing the portable metal detector to scan all patients and accompanying friends/family and securing all belongings. Monitor patients at intervals per policy.  Safely escort admitted patients to the Nursing Unit and handoff to nursing staff.

What Does Peachford Require for this Role?
A high school diploma or GED is required for this role. Proficiency in operation of computer equipment and previous experience in a psychiatric hospital setting is preferred.

Wait!  There’s More….
Peachford Hospital offers full time employees a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Health, Dental and Vision Plans
• 401k Retirement Plan with company match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 23-days of Paid Time Off 

What Happens Next?
After you apply online and submit your resume, a member of our recruiting team will review your qualifications and experience.  If we are interested in scheduling an interview, someone will give a you call. You may log back on to this website to check the status of your application at any time. 

Peachford Hospital: Bringing Life Into Balance.
Peachford Hospital is the Southeast’s premiere behavioral health and addictive disease treatment facility and has been providing compassionate care to children, adolescents, adults and seniors since 1973.  Located in the beautiful Dunwoody neighborhood of Atlanta, Peachford offers inpatient acute care, as well as partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs.

For more information on our hospital, follow us on online:

• https://www.linkedin.com/company/peachford-behavioral-health  
• www.peachford.com

Universal Health Services (UHS): Healthcare Delivered with Compassion

Peachford is an affiliate of Universal Health Services. At UHS, we're looking for exceptional people who share our vision and values, who share our focus on hard work, enthusiasm, teamwork, loyalty, trust and cooperation. We've embraced these traits and built a team of employees who consistently work to achieve the highest level of service excellence. People are our most valuable resource at UHS as we are committed to providing high quality acute care and behavioral health services to residents of the communities we serve. We are equally committed to offering our employees unlimited opportunity in an environment that encourages professional development.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Notice

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A high school diploma or GED is required for this role. Proficiency in operation of computer equipment and previous experience in a psychiatric hospital setting is preferred.