Edgewood Healthcare Looking for Junior Admissions Coordinator at Toronto, Ontario, Canada Full Time

• Manage, organize and prioritize day-to-day patient care activities, staffing and resource utilization of admission staff
• Function as an expert clinical resource for the team

• Facilitate individual and interdisciplinary team teamwork and effective work process
• Facilitate staff orientation and identify staff learning needs to make recommendations for further training
• Oversees that all staff are completing all admission documentation including databases and quality assurance measures.
• Participate in hiring, orientation, and performance evaluation when required In collaboration for admissions manager, liaise with nursing and other interdisciplinary team members as well as community providers to facilitate patient transitions

• Coordinates staff schedules for Admissions Counselors
• Awareness and a good understanding of the principles/protocols that govern health and safety issues
• Oversees bed allocation for all new admissions and room change requests or delegate as required
• Review any questionable assessments and co-ordinate with Admissions Manger, Clinical Director or Clinical Lead of appropriate program for the final decision regarding appropriateness for admission or referral to alternate resources.
• Group placement of all new admissions in collaboration with Clinical Director

• Participates in all educational endeavors of the facility and helps to develop, implement and evaluate department’s Quality Improvement activities
• Other duties as assigned

In addition to the above, your Admission counsellor duties include:

• Answers inquiry calls/emails/faxes and assess eligibility for further assessment or admission
• Provide information on programs and services available within the Edgewood Health Network or provide information/referral to external providers as appropriate.
• Conducts tours with prospective client and answers questions concerning program with family and friends
• Conducts intensive addiction assessments and make clinical recommendations for treatment including assessments
• Proactively case manages clients. This includes communicating with client, family, referents, other health care professionals or organizations, legal professionals, and other external parties, as required.?

• Documents all communication with clients, family, referents
• Act as liaison for community referral agents i.e. EAP representatives, occupational health organizations , advising of a client’s arrival and providing documentation as needed
• Actively participates with team members and the interdisciplinary team regarding the ongoing treatment planning and evaluation of the client and their care, as needed
• Completes mandatory assessment or admission documentation, consents or other forms as required
• Prepare and maintain client files

• Maintain open communication with other interdisciplinary team members regarding client cases and attend team meetings as required
• Books pre-admission medicals with physician, as required.
• Maintain client waiting lists
• Assist client with detoxification process when required
• Present program education sessions as required

• Preparing reports, data management including data entry as required
• Other duties as assigned
• Staff will work a variety of shifts including weekdays, evenings, weekends, holidays and on-call.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of current clinical experience
• Degree/Diploma in regulated health care professionals program preferred
• Management training or equivalent preferred.
• Experience working with patients with concurrent disorders

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