Nurse Liaison

Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Siskin Hospital for Rehabilitation in Chattanooga seeks a Nurse Liaison to connect patients, families, and care teams. You will travel to referring facilities and actively promote our rehab services while guiding admissions decisions.

You will screen potential patients, gather required documentation, coordinate admissions, and maintain open communication with patients and families to support informed choices and smooth transitions.

Qualifications

• RN license in Tennessee and/or Georgia is required; Alabama may be considered for outreach roles.
• CRRN preferred; valid driver's license required for travel.
• Experience in rehabilitation and in nursing assessments is expected.

Responsibilities

• Pre-screen potential patients and prepare admission documentation.
• Coordinate patient admissions with medical staff and referring facilities.
• Initiate contact with referred patients and families and maintain ongoing communication.
• Provide information to help patients/families make informed admission decisions.
• Promote SHPR services and serve as a liaison between Admissions and referrals; travel to referring facilities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Marketing & customer service

Organizational skills

Travel flexibility

Education

RN license (TN/GA)

CRRN preferred

Valid Class D driver’s license

Tools

Basic computer skills

Job description

Siskin Hospital for Rehabilitation is seeking a Nurse Liaison to add to our team. Are you a great communicator that loves to work with patients and their families? Do you have a little \"salesman\" in you? Are you able to travel in Chattanooga and the surrounding areas representing the very best Rehab team in town? If so, you might be our newest Nurse Liaison! You\'ll be -

Responsible for pre-screening potential patients and preparing documentation to determine, in conjunction with the medical staff, appropriateness of admission.

Coordinating patient admissions when approved, including the gathering of all pertinent information regarding the admission.

Initiating contact with referred patients and families and maintaining frequent communication with patient and patient\’s family.

Providing opportunities for patient/family to be able to make an informed decision to select SHPR.

Providing medical information when requested by case managers or for purposes of precertification.

Performing routine public relations activity promoting optimum communication between Admissions Department and referral sources/guests.

Traveling to referring facilities.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS OR EQUIVALENTS (education, experience, licensure, certification, and/or specific skills) *time frame for proficiency where appropriate

Experience:

1. Experience in and/or knowledge of comprehensive rehabilitation.
2. Experience in clinically completing nursing assessment function.
3. Experience in patient/family/staff education.

Licensure/Certification:

1. RN license in Tennessee and Georgia if appropriate, Alabama licensure may be required for Liaisons functioning/covering in the outreach Nurse Liaison role.
2. Valid Class D drivers license.
3. CRRN preferred.

1. Excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
2. Excellent organizational abilities and attention to detail.
3. Ability to effectively and efficiently interact with a broad scope of personnel in various clinical and business settings.
4. Basic computer skills.
5. Ability to respond to situations with positive manner and flexible attitude.
6. Excellent marketing and customer service skills.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Strength - Position requires ability to frequently lift light objects and some heavy with lifting briefcases.
2. Manual Dexterity - Position requires incumbent to often perform simple manipulative skills such as copying, filing, collating, stapling, and moderately difficult manipulative skills as typing and data entry.
3. Coordination - Position requires incumbent to often perform tasks, which require hand-eye coordination such as typing and data entry.
4. Mobility - Position requires incumbent to often be able to sit for prolonged periods, frequently move throughout the building, and travel independently in all types of referring facilities.
5. Visual Discrimination - Position requires incumbent to constantly see objects closely as in reading patient admission charts, medical records, and prescreen forms.
6. Hearing - Position requires incumbent to constantly be able to hear normal sounds with some degree of noise as in answering the telephone and discussing matters with patients, family members and other hospital staff.
7. Concentration - Position requires ability to constantly concentrate on fine detail with constant interruption.
8. Attention Span - Position requires ability to constantly attend to a task or function for more than 60 minutes at a time.
9. Conceptualization - Position requires ability to constantly understand and relate to theories behind several related concepts.
10. Memory - Position requires ability to constantly remember multiple tasks/assignments given to self and others over long period of time.