Job Description

Admission Coordinator (LPN or RN) | Full Time | Days - Skilled Nursing Facility

Singing River Health System Hospital - Pascagoula | 7PM-7AM

Position Overview:
The Admission Coordinator is accountable to the Patient Care Manager. He/She evaluates and prioritizes the admissions based on patient need and activity of the unit. The Admission Coordinator provides a more effective admission process for patients and a supportive work environment for nurses. He/She collaborates with the nurse and other team members within the relationship centered model of nursing care to assure effective and timely admission of patients.

DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

Education:
Graduate from LPN School of Nursing required.

License:
Currently licensed to practice as a LPN in the State of Mississippi.

Certification:
Must complete BCLS certification by the end of position orientation; must maintain current BCLS certification.

Experience:
A minimum of two (2) years of Skilled Nursing Facility experience required.

Reports to:
Patient Care Manager

Supervises:
None

Physical Demands:
Work is mainly active: involves regular requirements to move about the unit, move about the facility, and to travel to another facility within the SRHS service area. Work involves exerting oneself to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Work involves using repetitive motions: substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard, copier, and 10-key.

Work involves being able to perceive the nature of sound at normal speaking levels with or without correction; the ability to make fine discriminations in sound. Work requires close visual acuity and the ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus, i.e. shift gaze from viewing a computer monitor to forms/printed material that are closer to compare data at close vision.

Must be able to be active for extended periods of time without experiencing undue fatigue. Must be able to work flexible hours, when required/requested.

Mental Demands:
Must possess keen mental faculties in the management of information. Must possess emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels associated with care of acute patient/family, rapidly changing patient conditions, emotional demands of patients and families, and demands of maintaining effective working relationships with peers, managers, physicians, and other health care workers. Work requires superb communication / speaking / enunciation skills to receive and give information in person and by telephone.

Special Demands:
Must possess superior customer service skills and professional etiquette. Must possess proficient knowledge and ability to use a computer (must be keyboard proficient) and other office technology (i.e., telephone, fax, etc.). Must have knowledge and skill in using MS Outlook, Word, and Excel. Work requires the ability to function independently, adapt to workload demands, set priorities, and understand and set goals.

Must maintain clinical skills and required credentials as needed to perform essential functions and be available to work on the unit during times of high patient census or during crisis situations.

Singing River Health System