Clinical Liaison, Acute Rehabilitation (RN, PT, OT, SLP)

Clinical Liaison, Acute Rehabilitation

Catawba Valley Health System in Hickory, North Carolina is seeking a Clinical Liaison for the acute rehabilitation program at Signet Health.

Signet Health offers a highly competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

The Clinical Liaison is responsible for pre-admission assessments in area hospitals and other local health care facilities. As the clinical face of a hospital-based IRF, you will work primarily outside the hospital walls, you'll identify patients who need our level of care, conduct on-site clinical assessments, and build trusted relationships with referring physicians, case managers, and hospital teams.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Building trust with patients, families, physicians and all referral sources
• Proactively seeking referrals from hospitals, Assisted Living Centers, Home Health providers, physicians and case managers.
• Communicating daily with the ARU Medical Director and Director of Rehabilitation on referrals, admissions, and discharges, entering all required information in UDS.
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with hospital employees and Signet team members.
• Following proper channels to present rehab education and unit criteria to case managers, physicians and other referring entities.
• Providing ongoing, follow-up and discharge communication to referral sources, patients, family, nursing staff, medical director, and therapists.
• Adhering to the hospital and Signet Health's policies and procedures, ethical standards, corporate compliance standards and professional code of conduct.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Current North Carolina licensure in nursing (RN) or allied health profession (PT, OT, SLP) required; RN preferred.
• Three years of experience as a clinical liaison in rehabilitation or a closely related field.