Director, Admissions (Registered Nurse) in Garden City, New York

Req Number 142801

Job Description

Directs, plans, organizes and evaluates the staff and activities of the Admitting Office.

Job Responsibility

• Leads an Admissions group by communicating with and developing staff members, and building consensus for programs and goals that support a business, function or geographic area.

• Develops and articulates a short-term strategic vision for areas of responsibility.

• Directs all admissions and ensures timely placement of patient transfers.

• Ensures front end registration and review for clinical appropriateness via Patient Review Instrument (PRI) and other hospital documentation; verifies information is accurate for reimbursement.

• Builds and maintains productive inter/intra departmental and vendor work relationships to optimize operations.

• Collaborates with various departments to resolve admission errors and improve processes.

• Interfaces with clinical liaisons and discharge planners for appropriate patient/resident placement at CECR.

• Ensures efficient communication of transfer of information from hospitals and community agencies to appropriate CECR staff and acts as liaison with CECR clinical departments to assess appropriateness of admission.

• Develops and monitors strategic operating goals, objectives and budget; reports operational performance, justification and/or corrective action.

• Selects, develops, manages and evaluates direct reports; oversees the selection, development, management and evaluation of indirect reports.

• Oversees compliance with government and agency regulations.

• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.

• 8-12 years of relevant experience and 7+ years of leadership / management experience, required.

• REGISTERED NURSE PREFERRED

• HOSPICE EXPERIENCE PREFERRED

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member’s base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

The salary range for this position is $85,090-$147,220/year

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