Assignment #16
October 24th, 2016
Admissions Director Hospital Job Responsibilities:
Admits patients by directing the admissions process; developing, implementing and maintaining revenue-generating strategies; determining and implementing admissions best-practices; promoting the hospital; maintaining a satisfied patient base.
Admissions Director Hospital Job Duties:
• Develops admissions organizational strategies by contributing information, analysis, and recommendations to strategic thinking and direction; establishing functional admissions objectives in line with organizational objectives.
• Establishes admissions operational strategies by evaluating trends; establishing critical measurements; determining production, productivity, quality, and patient-service strategies; designing systems; accumulating resources; resolving problems; implementing change.
• Maximizes revenues by identifying short-term and long-range patient-pay and third-party reimbursement issues that must be addressed; providing information and commentary pertinent to administrative deliberations; recommending options and courses of actions to Hospital Board; implementing directives.
• Serves and protects the hospital community by ensuring adherence to professional standards, hospital policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards.
Admissions Director Hospital Skills and Qualifications:
Health Care Administration, Patient Services, FDA Health Regulations, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Strategic Planning, Process Improvement, Decision Making, Developing Budgets, Dependability, Quality Management