{"id":5604,"date":"2026-02-06T03:32:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T03:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/?post_type=job_listing&p=5604"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:16:59","slug":"rn-bh-intake-coordinator-72492","status":"expired","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/?post_type=job_listing&p=5604","title":{"rendered":"RN- BH Intake Coordinator 72492"},"content":{"rendered":"

Positions:2 <\/span><\/span>Full Time<\/span><\/p>\n

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Experience<\/div>\n
1 – 15 Year<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We believe there is a better way to provide quality healthcare while achieving health equity. Our Chicago location looks forward to working closely with our neighbors and residents, to build a full-service community hospital in the Bronzeville area of Chicago; creating a comprehensive plan to increase services and meet community needs. With a growing team that is dedicated to delivering world-class service to everyone we meet, it is our mission to deliver the most compassionate, loving, expert, and impactful care in the world to our patients. Be a part of our Chicago team that provides PATIENT CARE SECOND TO NONE! If you would like to be a part of our future team, please apply now!<\/p>\n

Short Summary:<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Intake\u00a0Coordinator is a member of the Mental Health Center Team who provides screening, case disposition, and referrals for incoming telephone calls, walk-in inquiries about service, and inquiries from within Insight Hospital requesting outpatient care in the Mental Health Center. The position requires competent, independent decision-making as well as collaboration with other disciplines and outside agencies to determine and obtain the most appropriate level of psychiatric care.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Intake\u00a0Coordinator administratively reports to the Director of the Mental Health Center and executes responsibilities under the supervision of the Department of Psychiatry Chairperson. In the performance of all duties, the\u00a0Intake\u00a0Coordinator complies with the Illinois Mental Health & Developmental Disabilities Code, hospital policies, procedures, and by-laws and reflects the philosophy, mission, and values of the institution.<\/p>\n

These duties are to be performed in a highly confidential manner, following the mission, values, and behaviors of our Hospital and Medical Center. Employees are further expected to provide a high quality of care, service, and kindness toward all patients, staff, physicians, volunteers, and guests.<\/p>\n

Job Responsibilities:<\/p>\n

Screening, Assessment, and Referral:<\/p>\n

Screens incoming telephone calls and walk-in patients to identify service requests, the urgency of need, patient resources, and appropriateness of our Mental Health Center as a provider and the level of care required. Refers to other levels of care in Behavioral Health Services when appropriate.<\/p>\n

Provides resources, contact information, and active linkage when possible for needed services not provided by our Behavioral Health Services.<\/p>\n

Case Management:<\/p>\n

Verifies medical coverage for all levels of outpatient mental health service, obtains required initial insurance authorization for Mental Health Center outpatients, and secures relevant clinical information from referring agencies\/facilities, physicians or patients seeking outpatient aftercare.<\/p>\n

Liaison to Crisis Worker:<\/p>\n

Provides relevant patient information to the crisis worker for patients referred to the ED for admission and accepts referrals of deflected patients deemed not in need of admission.<\/p>\n

Requirements:<\/p>\n

Must be a Registered Nurse<\/p>\n

Minimum of one year of clinical experience working on an inpatient and\/or outpatient behavioral health service or a comparable setting.<\/p>\n

Knowledge of major mental disorders across the age continuum and levels of care.<\/p>\n

Understanding of developmental norms across the age continuum and ability to apply age-appropriate expectations when engaging patients\/families to obtain relevant history and current level of functioning.<\/p>\n

Knowledge of substance abuse and dependency disorders across the age continuum and levels of care.<\/p>\n

Functional status screening skills to select the appropriate intensity of care or level of intervention required.<\/p>\n

Competence in the use of the electronic medical record to document and retrieve pertinent patient information and generate required reports.<\/p>\n

Excellent interpersonal skills are necessary to engage patients and families in the screening process and to develop collegial relationships with professionals within and outside of the organization.<\/p>\n

Communication skills to clearly and concisely transmit essential referral information to clinicians regarding\u00a0intake\u00a0requests.<\/p>\n

Ability to prioritize work assignments, organize and track\u00a0intake\u00a0flow, meet turnaround time for call return and submit required reports.<\/p>\n

Our Employees are required to be vaccinated for COVID-19 as a condition of employment, subject to accommodation for medical or sincerely held religious beliefs.<\/p>\n

We are an equal-opportunity employer and values workplace diversity!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_job_location":"Chicago, Illinois, USA","_application":"hrm@cephasconsult.biz","_company_name":"","_company_website":"","_company_tagline":"","_company_twitter":"","_company_video":"","_filled":0,"_featured":0,"_remote_position":0,"_job_salary":"","_job_salary_currency":"","_job_salary_unit":""},"job-types":[],"class_list":["post-5604","job_listing","type-job_listing","status-expired","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings\/5604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-listings"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/job_listing"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"job_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cephasconsult.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/job-types?post=5604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}