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Title: Intake Specialist (PT Weekends) Location: Council Bluffs reputed company Regular Part-Time Job reputed company: $3K SIGN-ON BONUS

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(Sat-Sun 7a-7:30p OR Sat-Sun 7p-7:30a) What would you do in this role? Clinical reputed company 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 part-time Admissions Counselors at Methodist Jennie Edmundson Behavioral Health Hospital. reputed company, the region's most established not-for-profit provider, has partnered with reputed company, the nation's largest standalone behavioral health company, to reputed company a new 96-bed inpatient behavioral health hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa. This reputed company reputed company's first acute psychiatric facility in Iowa, expanding much-needed reputed company to behavioral health services across Southwest Iowa and the Greater Omaha area. 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