Clinical Rehab Liaison

LewisGale Regional Health System; Salem (VA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical benefits

401(k) with match

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Lewis-Gale Medical Center in Salem, VA is hiring a Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist to coordinate between case management, rehab operations, physicians, payors and referral sources to ensure appropriate patient placement.

You will perform screenings, support admission decisions, and educate teams and families while developing referral networks for inpatient acute rehab. This role emphasizes collaboration and patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Licensed Professional in a clinical health care specialty.
• Current state licensure in clinical practice area or eligible for state license transfer.
• Graduate of an accredited school in clinical specialty.
• Minimum 2 years recent clinical care experience.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate intake and pre-admission screening for rehab program.
• Review patients daily with Case Management to determine admission.
• Provide information about inpatient rehab to Case Management, patients and families.
• Establish relationships with referral sources and physicians to support rehab referrals.
• Educate referral sources on inpatient rehab criteria and processes.
• Maintain timely follow-up communications with referral sources.
• Assist in developing annual strategic plan for the Rehab Unit and outreach tools.

Skills

Clinical liaison

Communication

Relationship building

Team collaboration

Education

Graduate of an accredited school in clinical specialty

Current state licensure in clinical practice area or eligible for transfer

Job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $30.64 - $42.90 / hour

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Job Summary And Qualifications

This position acts as a coordinator between internal and external referral sources, and acute inpatient rehab operations. The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist is responsible for establishing relationships with case managers, physicians, payors, and other referral sources. The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist will ensure appropriate patient placement through clinical screenings and assessments in collaboration with both hospital Case Management and the Rehab Medical Director. The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist works closely with hospital case management to ensure a responsive and smooth flowing referral and admission process for the inpatient acute rehab program.

Position Responsibilities:

• Follows approved company policy and procedures. The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist utilizes appropriate patient information sources as well as direct communications with other members of the patient’s care team to identify those patients who may need acute inpatient rehabilitation services prior to returning home. The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist will review these patients daily until they have strong clinical evidence to request a physician order for a formal pre-admission assessment for acute inpatient rehab through their assigned case manager.
• Once Case Management has completed the Patient Choice process and the patient has agreed to participate in a HCA acute rehabilitation program, the Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist will assist and coordinate the in-take and pre-admission screening process. The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist accurately documents evidence of the patient’s compliance with the established rehabilitation admission criteria on the Pre-Admissions Screening form in a timely and legible manner. Updates to the Pre-Admission Screening form are completed within 48 hours prior to admission to the acute inpatient rehab program. The Clinical Rehabilitation Specialist then provides this information to the Rehab Medical Director and responds to any question or request for additional information the Rehab Medical Director might require to make an appropriate admission decision. Admission decisions are communicated to referral source within 2 hours.
• Performs on-site and off-site review of patients in designated facilities to assist Case Management in identifying patients that could clinically benefit from rehab services.
• Performs on-site and off-site clinical evaluation to assist Rehab Medical Director in determining appropriateness of patient for admission.
• Provides information related to inpatient rehab and program features to Case Management to share with patients and family members. May provide directly to patient and family after a patient has selected HCA as rehabilitation provider.
• Communicates to patients, expectations and requirements for participation, upon admission to the rehab program. Offers each patient and family a tour of the rehab unit (or coordinates tour if unable to provide personally).
• Secures information relating to patient’s resources and benefits.
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge of rehab admission criteria, leading to appropriate identification of qualified rehab patients.
• Advises referral sources on inpatient rehab criteria.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with all referral sources.
• Completes face-to-face, in-service educational contacts with physicians, case managers, other interdisciplinary members and other professionals. Serves as educational resource to patients, family members and caregivers.
• Participates in market analysis, data analysis and development and implementation of business plans for the Rehab Unit. Contributes to the development and maintenance of referral source information such as brochures, flyers, referrals and information kit and other outreach tools.
• Manages time proficiently. Prioritizes meeting commitments to referral sources. Develops a call-plan to prioritize utilization of time.
• Assists in developing the annual strategic plan for the Rehab Unit/Hospital, to include visible community outreach program and raise community awareness of services available.
• Ensures referral sources receive appropriate and timely follow-up communications regarding their patients and hospital programs.
• Develops back up system to handle calls when he/she is unavailable.
• Develops system that ensures calls are appropriately handled 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

What qualifications you will need:

• Licensed Professional in a clinical health care specialty (i.e. RN, Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist, or Speech Therapist).
• Current state licensure in clinical practice area or eligible for state license transfer.
• Graduate of an accredited school in clinical specialty.
• Minimum 2 years recent clinical care experience.

Benefits

Lewis-Gale Medical Center, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts.

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

LewisGale Medical Center has provided quality healthcare services since 1909. We give patient's access to trained physicians and advanced technology. Our 500+ bed hospital is one of the leading acute care facilities in the Salem area. We specialize in heart and vascular care—including the latest advanced technology available through our designated Heart Center—as well as orthopedics and spine care, services for mental and behavioral health and cancer care.

At LewisGale Medical Center, our care like family culture extends to our patients, our people and our community. We are committed to each other because when we join together, our patients are cared for in the safest and most compassionate way.

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If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Clinical Rehab Liaison opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team.

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