Admissions Social Worker (M-F Nights)

• $10k sign-On bonus
• WE ARE HIRING FULL-TIME NIGHTS ADMISSIONS COUNSELORS / SOCIAL WORKERS - M-F 11:30p - 7a What would you do in this role? ​Clinical professional is responsible for facilitating admissions, clinical intake assessments, and utilization review processes to assure continuity for the most appropriate level of care for patients and their benefit/resource utilization. We are looking for full-time Admissions Counselors at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital. Methodist Health System, the region’s most established not-for-profit provider, has partnered with Acadia Healthcare, the nation’s largest standalone behavioral health company, to open a new 96-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. This marks Acadia’s first acute psychiatric facility in Iowa, expanding much-needed access to behavioral health services across Southwest Iowa and the Greater Omaha area. Just minutes from downtown Omaha, Council Bluffs blends small-town charm with city convenience—offering affordable living, great schools, and a strong sense of community—making it an ideal location for this important new facility. Scheduled to open in June 2026, Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital will offer a full continuum of inpatient and outpatient care for adults, seniors, and youth, including programs for mood disorders, dual diagnosis, geriatric psychiatry, child & adolescent care, PHP/IOP, and ECT. The facility will play a vital role in addressing the region’s significant behavioral health bed shortage.

Essential functions

• ​Respond to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes. ​Ability to develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families. ​Perform benefit eligibility to ensure patient benefits are active at the time of admission. Communicate benefit eligibility to the business office and the patient or significant other. ​Collaborate with facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations regarding pending referrals. ​Coordinate admission and transfer from referral sources and between levels of care within the facility. ​Maintain knowledge of milieu management. ​Communicate projected admissions to designated internal representatives promptly. ​Ensure all clinical information from referral sources or patients (including medical comorbidity information) is received, when possible, prior to patient admission. ​Schedule (when applicable) and complete pre-admission assessments, consult with the admitting physician and communicate disposition recommendations to the patient or their family. ​Possess skill in preparing and maintaining appropriate medical record documentation that will result in authorization at the level of care being requested of the payor. ​Complete initial pre-authorization for treatment and admission prior to admission, when possible, and within payor timeframe guidelines. ​Admit the patient to the registration and accounting system. Complete all admission and consent forms with the patient. ​Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers always. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority. ​When a patient’s needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority. ​Coordinate care for patients who are not being admitted and ensure that they receive appropriate follow-up care and referrals. ​Demonstrate a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety and provide excellent customer service. ​Responsible for conducting safety checks and ensuring that supervision is conducted at 15-minute intervals, as noted in special precautions, or by individualized supervision guidelines as needed. ​ ​OTHER