Clinical Rehabilitation Liaison

Advocate Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health in Charlotte, NC is seeking a PRN Marketing/Liaison professional to drive referral development for the rehabilitation services. The role involves traveling to access referral sources, delivering marketing presentations, and coordinating outreach across the hospital network.

You will work with nurse managers, physicians, and therapy teams to tailor marketing strategies, conduct education sessions, and monitor outreach activity.

Qualifications

• Experience in acute care hospital or rehab setting; marketing; communication skills; problem solving.
• Licensed clinician background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Creates strategies for marketing opportunities and educates referral sources regarding services offered by the program, department and/or hospital.
• Performs sales and marketing calls with potential and current referral sources.
• Works with nurse managers and therapy coordinators to devise a marketing strategy for each territory and completes weekly reports showing budgeted calls.
• Fosters communication and collaborates with physicians, employees, patients, families and referral sources.
• Provides health teaching and/or in-services to referral sources and facilitates orientation to promote referrals.
• Determines functional status relative to the functional independence measure and helps assess rehab potential as appropriate.
• Performs screening to determine medical necessity and discharge planning considerations.
• Coordinates orientation of the patient and family to rehabilitation program.

Skills

Communication skills

Marketing

Referral relations

Public relations

Travel

Hospital/rehab experience

Education

Associates Degree

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Job description

This is a PRN position.

Essential Functions

• Creates strategies for marketing opportunities and participates in education of referral sources regarding the services offered by the program, department and/or hospital.
• Performs sales and marketing calls with potential and current referral sources.
• Works with nurse managers and therapy coordinators to devise a marketing strategy for each individual territory, and completes weekly reports showing budgeted call.
• Fosters communication and collaborates with physicians, employees, patients, families and referral sources.
• Provides health teaching and/or in-services to referral sources and facilitates orientation to promote referrals.
• Determines the functional status relative to the functional independence measure prior to transfer and helps in deciding appropriateness of rehab potential.
• Performs an admission screen based on functional progress, potential medical necessity and psychological, social, and financial considerations.
• Utilizes the information gathered in the screening process to establish the baseline for treatment planning, medical, nursing and therapeutic interventions based upon the patient's diagnosis, acuity, complications and/or secondary diagnosis, the response of the patient to previous care, the patient's goal for this setting, and probable discharge setting from hospital rehabilitation.
• Coordinates orientation of the patient and family to rehabilitation program.

Physical Requirements

Requires frequent car travel, walking, standing, sitting, some lifting, reaching, bending, stooping, pushing and pulling. Must lift some articles up to twenty-five pounds. Must have the ability to move about to accomplish tasks. Ability to clearly and concisely express and exchange ideas via spoken and written English word, conveying detailed information to others accurately and, on occasion, quickly. Must have excellent presentation skills and service excellence. Travel by car required with frequent day trips and occasional overnight travel about once per month.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Associates Degree required. Bachelor's Degree preferred. Licensed or certified clinician required. Trained and qualified clinician such as RN, PT, OT, SLP, NP, PA. Must have a valid driver's license and a vehicle to conduct such travel. Public relations skills preferred. Experience in acute care hospital or rehab setting; marketing; communication skills; ability to problem solve.