What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intake Coordinator - Child Advocacy Center UPMC Harrisburg position at UPMC?
Purpose of the Intake Coordinator:
Act as the first point of contact with investigators/families contacting the Child Advocacy Center with referrals for forensic interviews and medical evaluations of children with suspected child abuse. Responsible for gathering information about the presenting concerns (i.e. Childline report information) including triaging presenting information to determine next appropriate steps.
Responsibilities:
- Perform all duties and responsibilities in a fashion that coincides with the service philosophy of UPMC, including the demonstration of the Basics of Service Excellence towards patients, staff, peers, physicians and others both within UPMC and outside partners.
- Must be flexible with responsibilities and have an exceptional ability to multitask and possessing excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to research required information such as demographics, Childline information, law enforcement jurisdictions, assigned caseworker contact info using all available resources.
- Managing timely communication and coordination of all intake referrals with department staff and routing inbound calls to the appropriate team members.
- Identifying any priority patients to be seen by working in conjunction with the Forensic Interview Lead as well as SANE RN Coordinator when needed.
- Maintaining database entry of patient's information into EPIC including concern type, date and time of determined appointments to provide critical information to department staff.
- Prioritizing tasks to maximize patient access by answering phones and utilizing available slots in an efficient manner.
- Scheduling appropriately determined appointments (forensic interview, medical evaluations) in a timely manner as determined by the CAC while working to accommodate the scheduling requests of outside partnering agencies and families.
- Answering inbound referral calls and assisting MDT partners and families with requests for forensic interviews and medical evaluations.
Salary : $24 - $36
