Job Description

Sun River Health provides the highest quality comprehensive primary, preventative and behavioral health services to all who see it, regardless of insurance status and ability to pay, especially for the underserved and vulnerable. Sun River Health is a Federally Qualified, Non-Profit Health Center serving communities in Suffolk, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia and Westchester County. Sun River Health is currently seeking a Full-time Intake Coordinator of Adult Health Care to join our team in Inwood Bronx, NY.

The Intake Coordinator of Adult Health Care is assigned to streamline intakes and assessments while working closely with the medical and completing all admissions paperwork and welcoming clients to the facility.

Responsibilities:

• Acquire necessary documents within the specified time frame to convert referrals into admissions
• Adhere to performance standards based on program specifications and level of service requirements, including completion of all paperwork in a professional mannerwithin the designated time frames.
• Verify Medicaid eligibility for prospective clients.
• Demonstrate professional responsibility in making effective use of individual and group supervisory sessions, program staff meetings, agency resources and training sessions.
• Participate in available training provided both in-service and through outside resources. In addition, utilize agency films, books and literature.
• Maintain regular contacts with referral sources to recruit program applicants.
• Maintains program pending list for non-compliant former applicants; submits monthly reports to supervisor regarding pending list status and intake activities.
• Schedules and process applicants’ entry into the program; provides pertinent information to assigned case manager and other program staff during morning rounds.
• Research and educate staff on available community resources
• Conduct orientation groups for newly enrolled clients.

Requirements:

Education: High School Graduate/GED

Job Type: Full Time

Pay: $24.00 - $27.35 per hour

Relation to Mission
The mission of Sun River Health is to increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and to improve the health status of our community, especially for the underserved and vulnerable.

Equal Employment Opportunity
Sun River Health provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual preference, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap or disability in each aspect of the human resources function.

Americans with Disabilities Act
Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation. The organization shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities
The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. Sun River Health may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.