Admissions Social Worker (M-F Nights)

Facilitate admissions, clinical intake assessments, and utilization review to ensure appropriate care levels and benefit continuity. Respond to facility inquiries within policy timeframes, develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families, and coordinate transfers between referral sources and care levels. Perform benefit eligibility checks, complete pre-admissions and authorizations, and admit patients to registration systems while maintaining accurate medical records. Schedule pre-admission assessments, consult admitting physicians, and conduct safety checks with supervision at 15-minute intervals. This full-time nights role (M-F 11p-7a) is at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital, a new 96-bed acute psychiatric facility in Council Bluffs, Iowa, partnering with Acadia Healthcare to address regional bed shortages.