What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intake Clerk position at UHS?
Intake Clerk
Valle Vista Hospital:
Since 1983, Valle Vista Health System, a 132 bed facility located in Greenwood, Indiana, has been providing high-quality behavioral health care to the community. We offer care for a broad range of psychiatric and addiction disorders. We provide care to adults, and to patients as young as age five. Our programs include inpatient, outpatient and medication-assisted treatment for adults, and residential and inpatient treatment for children and adolescents. These programs are designed to help adults, children and teens learn the necessary skills to regain confidence, heal and successfully function at home, work, school and in their communities.
For more information about Valle Vista Health System, please visit our website at https://vallevistahospital.com/
POSITION SUMMARY
The Intake Clerk functions an active member of the Assessment and Referral Department, providing continuous administrative support, patient care, supervision, interaction, and role modeling to patients and their families. .
QUALIFICATIONS
Education: High School Degree or equivalent required.
Experience: Two (2) years of related experience, with knowledge of psychiatric patient care techniques with understanding of mental illness and substance abuse, preferred.
Licensure: None
Additional Requirements: May be required to work overtime and flexible hours when needed.
Hours of Work: 1:30p-10p (M-F), other times as indicated by immediate supervisor.
Work Location: 65 Airport Parkway, Greenwood, IN 46143, 317-943-9648
Assessment & Referral
- Telephone screening of all inquiry calls with appropriate referrals made for any emergency situations and appointments scheduled as indicated.
- Documents inquiry calls in system data base
- Coordinates with other mental health facilities to obtain clinical referral information and schedule referrals within a timely manner. (2 business days)
- Completes Admission paperwork in accordance with policy.
- Posts Appointment schedule for following day and distributes to the receptionist, nurse and the Director.
- Makes follow-up calls to those failing to show for scheduled appointments.
Qualifications
About Universal Health Services
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com
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.
Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams
At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS
and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.
If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.