Position Summary

The Post Acute Admission Coordinator , LPN provides daily onsite support at assigned hospital(s) to screen, evaluate, and coordinate appropriate post-acute admissions. This role serves as a clinical liaison between hospital teams and network post-acute facilities, ensuring safe, timely, and clinically appropriate transitions of care on a full-time basis.

Duties and Responsibilities ( including but not limited to ):

• Review and evaluate incoming referrals for sub-acute rehab, and long-term care placement via all platforms, EPIC, CarePort, Email/Community.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical screening and evaluation of patients for long-term care and subacute admissions to ensure appropriate level-of-care placement.
• Complete and coordinate all admission requirements, including clinical documentation, financial applications, insurance verification, and required authorizations, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare and submit complete admission packets, consulting with and obtaining approvals from the Director of Strategic Programming and the Lead Post-Acute Coordinator, as required.
• Serve as contact for post-acute referral inquiries from GLIN community practices, hospitals, and care teams.
• Maintain and update the referral and screening platform in alignment with organizational standards and operational workflows.
• Complete admission screens in a timely, efficient, and clinically appropriate manner to support patient flow and throughput.
• Review daily bed census reports and proactively coordinate placements to fill facility openings.
• Apply sound clinical judgment and problem-solving skills to determine appropriate placement and escalate complex cases as needed.
• Effectively communicate, assist, and collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, including hospital case management, social work, nursing, finance, and facility leadership.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with hospital partners, discharge planners, and facility staff to support seamless transitions of care.
• Ensure compliance with organizational policies, payer requirements, and regulatory standards throughout the admissions process.
• Participate in continuous improvement efforts to enhance admission efficiency, turnaround times, and patient experience.
• Function as a mobile role, traveling between facilities as needed to support screening, admissions coordination, and relationship management.

Qualifications or Education, Training, and Experience

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) certification required.
• 1-3 Years of experience in long-term care, admissions, case management, or hospital discharge planning required.
• 5+ Years of strong clinical assessment and critical thinking skills required.
• 1-2 years in a business office with SNF/Medicaid Application experience preferred.
• 1-2 years with experience in admissions screening and long-term care prefrerred.
• 1-2 years of being proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Point Click Care, Epic preferred.
• Valid NYS Driver's License is required upon hire.
• SCREEN certified is preferred upon hire.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Problem-solving
• Patient/Customer Service
• Interpersonal
• Oral Communication
• Teamwork
• Written Communication
• Motivation
• Quantity - meets productivity standards.

We offer an outstanding benefits package including health, dental, 401K, vacation, and PTO, as well as a great working environment.

Pay range $25-$27 per hour

The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within job’s compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Equal Employment

Our culture encourages individual development, embraces an inclusive environment, rewards innovative excellence, and leads New York in provider and patient satisfaction. Great Lakes Integrated Network (GLIN) values diversity, inclusion, and equity as matters of fairness and effectiveness . We are committed to hiring and retaining a staff that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve, fostering an inclusive working environment where staff of all backgrounds feels welcomed and engaged .

Great Lakes Integrated Network is an Equal Opportunity Employer