ADMISSIONS COORDINATOR

Job Description

Job Description

Considered among the top residential addiction treatment programs in the United States, Alina Lodge continues to integrate new and innovative therapies into our time-honored approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. Reflecting the community we serve, our team of professionals comes from diverse backgrounds and includes a diverse group of members—Ers who have struggled with addiction in the past. Our mission is to help individuals and their families attain and maintain lives of hope and recovery from substance use disorders.

At Alina Lodge, we create an atmosphere that encourages development for our guests and employees. To assist our guests on their path to recovery, we are dedicated to offering the greatest continuum of care and services, and we look for experts who share this commitment.

To provide counseling, education, and support to clients with substance abuse issues

POSITION SUMMARY

The Admissions Coordinator is responsible for assisting the Director of Admissions in maintaining 100% occupancy of Alina Lodge's licensed beds. The Admissions Coordinator is responsible for documenting the potential guests' needed information and qualifying them for treatment according to the standards of Alina Lodge.

MAJOR DUTIES

• Ensures guests are admitted to our programs by maintaining proper admitting guidelines by conducting evaluations before official admissions.
• Complete an Admission assessment, utilizing ASAM criteria, to determine appropriateness for Alina Lodge programs for all admissions calls to convert to scheduled admission.
• Provide a sophisticated level of financial conversation to include vetting all appropriate resources for treatment investment, provide details of inclusions and exclusions of treatment investment, and utilization of all financial options.
• Accurately assess financial applications to provide management of compliance expectations and the financial assistance budget.
• Out-of-network insurance and in-network or contracted insurance
• Act as primary phone contact while scheduled to be “on call”
• Schedule and coordinate transportation for all patients for inpatient programs, including referring to detox partners.
• Facilitate actual on-site admission, logging of valuables and insurance and ID cards, signing of releases and paperwork, providing welcome kits, literature, etc., and initial meeting with nursing.
• Manage Guest tracking data reports, input, synthesize, and analyze information utilizing Excel spreadsheets.
• Case Management of all assigned cases from initial contact to admission while providing superior service and follow-up.
• Input information into EMR and CRM programs that are utilized at Alina Lodge.
• This job description reflects the management’s assignment of essential functions. It does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.
• The Admissions Coordinator will maintain proper communication with the necessary parties t,o orchestrate transportation arrangements and all pre-intake needs.
• Communicate with Alumni guests for a possible readmit for a 1-month tim weathere frame (every week).

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PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

Alina Lodge is an at-will employer. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; an employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate manager or other management as required. Alina Lodge reserves the right to revise or change job duties as needed. This job description is not a written or implied contract of employment.