Admit Counselor

CounselorFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Full time position available.

Arranges for efficient and orderly registration and admission of inpatients and outpatients, collects accurate demographic and financial information and is the first point of contact at to assist patients with gaining access to medical treatment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

  • Interviews incoming patients prior to admission to gather demographic, insurance and emergency information
  • Ensures completion of paperwork, sign-in and security procedures
  • Explains facility policies, preparing and distributing patient identification bands, and arranging for transportation to assigned rooms
  • Collects co payments, answering phones, assisting family members
  • Prepares patient admission documentation.
  • Informs patients and their caregivers of hospital procedures, policies, and protocols.
  • Provides patients with billing and payment information.
  • Deals with patient questions, concerns, and issues.
  • Explains advance directive questionnaire and obtains appropriate signatures and consents
  • Operates Department equipment: FAX machine, copy machine, computer, telephone
  • and patient wheelchairs utilized for transport.

Education: High School Diploma/GED required.

Experience: 1 year of medical or clerical experience preferred.

Key Responsibilities

This role involves managing the efficient and orderly registration and admission process for inpatients and outpatients, serving as the initial point of contact to facilitate patient access to medical treatment. Key duties include interviewing patients to gather necessary demographic and financial data, ensuring all required paperwork and security procedures are completed, and explaining facility policies.

Requirements

A High School Diploma or GED is required for this position. One year of experience in a medical or clerical setting is preferred but not mandatory.

Key Skills

Patient RegistrationDemographic Information CollectionFinancial Information CollectionPaperwork CompletionPolicy ExplanationIdentification Band DistributionTransportation ArrangementCo-payment CollectionProcedure ExplanationBilling Information

Admissions Counseling — Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Counselor listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 28% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Counselor pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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5
$130k-155k
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$155k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
37%
CME allowance
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Loan repayment
11%
Relocation assistance
4%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Counseling listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 13,794 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Opelousas

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$173k
Typical market rent
$842/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.