Rehabilitation Admissions Consultant – Life Anncron Hospital

📝 About the role

Life Anncron Hospital's rehabilitation unit in Klerksdorp is hiring an admissions consultant. You will assess referred patients at hospitals or homes, get funder authorisations and arrange admissions, while marketing the unit to specialists. Closes 13 October.

✅ Key duties

• Travel and conduct patient assessments at acute hospital or home and coordinate admissions to the rehabilitation unit for all patients.
• Liaise with funders to obtain authorization for admissions and ongoing case management during patient stay.
• Communicate effectively with the rehab team, funders and referring colleagues, patients and their families during the patients stay at the rehabilitation unit.
• Manage the rehab accounts and credit risk.
• Build positive relationships with referring doctors, nursing staff and funders.
• Develop a marketing strategy for rehabilitation applicable to the catchment area, referral base and funders.
• Implement the marketing strategy to promote and maintain a strategic relationship with all key internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate CPD events and special events and celebratory days.

🎓 Requirements

• Enrolled or Registered Nurse or Therapist with current registration with HPCSA or SANC.
• Excellent organizational skills are essential.
• Computer Literacy is very essential.
• Experience in hospital Case Management would be an advantage.
• ICDIO Coding [CPT trained would be an advantage.
• Clinical experience in neurology, neurosurgery or rehabilitation would be an advantage.
• Ability to liaise and build good working relationships (especially with referring specialists and hospitals).
• Results orientation, attention to detail, and excellent interpersonal skills are very important for this position.