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Summit BHC

$36K - $41K/yr

Intake Clinician | Eagle View Behavioral Health | Bettendorf, Iowa About the Job: PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Intake Clinician is a behavioral health professional responsible for facilitating admissions ...

Summit BHC

Intake Clinician

Bettendorf, IA · On-site

$33K - $38K/yr

Intake Clinician | Eagle View Behavioral Health | Bettendorf, Iowa About the Job: PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Intake Clinician is a behavioral health professional responsible for facilitating admissions ...

Montage Health

Licensed Intake Clinician-Ohana

Monterey, CA · On-site

$55.36 - $74.04/hr

The Intake Clinician supports patient access across all levels of care at Ohana, including referral coordination, intake operations, intake assessments, and appropriate follow up for Ohana patients ...

True Team Medical

Intake Clinician

Raleigh, NC · On-site

As an Intake Clinician with Carolina Outreach, you will lead assessments, and collaborate closely clients, families and/or their natural supports to assess strengths/needs, assist families with ...

Summit BHC

Intake Clinician Full-Time - Acute

Belvidere, IL · On-site

$58K - $80K/yr

Intake Clinician Full-Time - Acute | Highland Hospital | Charleston, West Virginia About the Job: PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Intake Clinician is a behavioral health professional responsible for ...

Summit BHC

Intake Clinician - OP

Santa Teresa, NM · On-site

$56K - $76K/yr

Intake Clinician - OP | Peak Behavioral Health | Santa Teresa, New Mexico About the Job: PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Intake Clinician is a behavioral health professional responsible for facilitating ...

Summit BHC

Intake Clinician - OP

Peak, SC

$54K - $75K/yr

Intake Clinician - OP | Peak Behavioral Health | Santa Teresa, New Mexico About the Job: PURPOSE STATEMENT: The Intake Clinician is a behavioral health professional responsible for facilitating ...

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As of Jul 15, 2026, the average yearly pay for intake clinician in the United States is $44,397.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $37,500.00 and $43,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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To thrive as an Intake Clinician, you need a background in behavioral health or social work, paired with relevant licensure or certification (such as LCSW, LPC, or RN) and strong assessment skills. Familiarity with electronic health record (EHR) systems, intake assessment tools, and standardized screening instruments is typically required. Exceptional interpersonal communication, active listening, and crisis intervention abilities will help you excel in this role. These competencies ensure accurate client evaluations, efficient processing, and compassionate care coordination for individuals seeking mental health or substance abuse services.

What is an Intake Clinician job?

An Intake Clinician is a healthcare professional responsible for assessing new clients or patients to determine their needs and appropriate treatment options. They conduct initial evaluations, gather medical and psychological history, and collaborate with a care team to develop treatment plans. Intake Clinicians often work in hospitals, mental health facilities, or addiction treatment centers, ensuring patients receive the right level of care. Strong communication and assessment skills are essential for this role.

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Intake Clinicians often navigate challenges such as managing high caseloads, conducting assessments with clients in crisis, and balancing administrative documentation with patient care responsibilities. They must quickly build rapport with clients while gathering detailed information, which can be emotionally demanding if clients are distressed or uncooperative. Additionally, Intake Clinicians frequently coordinate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure appropriate placement and follow-up. Overcoming these challenges requires strong organizational skills, resilience, and a commitment to providing empathetic support in fast-paced environments.

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Intake Clinician

Intake Clinician

Summit BHC

$36K - $41K/yr

Full-time

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Intake Clinician | Eagle View Behavioral Health | Bettendorf, Iowa

About the Job:

PURPOSE STATEMENT:
The Intake Clinician is a behavioral health professional responsible for facilitating admissions, conducting clinical intake assessments, and managing the prior authorization process to ensure patients receive the most appropriate level of care. This role handles daily intake and admissions operations, which may include screening, scheduling, financial counseling, and insurance verification. Intake Clinicians are responsible for completing assessments both at the facility and off-site as needed, screening for clinical and medical appropriateness and communicating assessment results to a physician, who determines the appropriate level of care. The Intake Clinician works closely with the business office, nursing, clinical staff, and external parties to ensure patients are admitted promptly and efficiently.

Roles and Responsibilities:

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

  • Facilitates intake, admission, and prior authorization process for incoming patients.
  • Performs insurance benefit verifications, disseminating the information gathered to patients, their families, and appropriate internal staff.
  • Provides additional coverage for the Call Center Team - e.g. answers phones, processes admission requests, completes call center duties reviewing and accepting patients, verifies insurance, and assists with insurance pre-certifications during times of high volume.
  • Provides accurate and ongoing assessment of patient's status in the admission and prior authorization process.
  • Facilitates the response to requests for services, including the initial response, the assessment and referral process, the designation of appropriate level of care, initiation/intake into services, and appropriate follow up activity.
  • Follows EMTALA regulations to complete insurance verification and precertification's, when appropriate.
  • Responds to inquiries about the facility within facility policy timeframes.
  • Schedules/completes pre-admission assessments and communicates recommendations to patients or their family.
  • Collaborates with other facility medical and psychiatric personnel to ensure appropriate recommendations and admissions.
  • Performs ongoing assessments of physical/function, emotional, social, spiritual and financial needs of patients and implements crisis intervention and referral.
  • Provides education regarding healthcare and social resource systems to empower patients and their family to access resources independently.
  • Maintains all the documentation involved with the admissions process.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Master's Degree from an accredited college or university in social work, counseling, psychology, mental health or a related field required. In some states, may also be a registered nurse, in which case, an associate's or bachelor's degree in nursing is required.
  • One or more years' experience in mental/behavioral health working with individuals in a clinical or observational capacity preferred.
  • Experience in the managed care pre-certification process, level of care assessments and utilization preferred.
  • Experience in clinical interviewing, patient assessment, referral, treatment planning, communicating with external review organizations or comparable entities, and working effectively with people of diverse backgrounds.
  • Outstanding interpersonal and interviewing and assessment skills. Skill in telephone etiquette and paging procedures.

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

  • Current licensure, as required for the area of clinical specialty, i.e., current RN license, LCSW, LPC or other clinical counseling or therapy license, as designated by the state in which the facility operates.
  • CPR and de-escalation and restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
  • First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

WORK LOCATION:

This position is onsite and is not a remote position.

SUPERVISORY REQUIREMENTS:

This position is an Individual Contributor.

Why Eagle View Behavioral Health?Eagle View Behavioral Health offers a comprehensive benefit plan and a competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications. Qualified candidates should apply by submitting a resume. Eagle View Behavioral Health is an EOE.

Veterans and military spouses are highly encouraged to apply. Summit BHC is dedicated to serving Veterans with specialized programming at our treatment centers across the country. We recognize and value the unique strengths of the military community in supporting our mission to serve those who have served.

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Summit BHC, based in Franklin, TN, USA, is a recognized leader in the field of addiction treatment and behavioral health care services. The company operates a nationwide network of treatment centers aimed at caring for individuals battling substance abuse and mental health disorders. Summit BHC was established with the mission to provide high-quality, addiction treatment and behavioral health services to those in need throughout the United States. With compassion, dignity, and respect as their core values, they endeavor to instill hope during the journey to recovery and beyond.

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Health care and social assistance

Company size

501 - 1,000 Employees

Headquarters location

Franklin, TN, US

Year founded

2013

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