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

Overview

Clinical Liaison, Acute Rehabilitation

Catawba Valley Health System

Hickory, North Carolina

Signet Health, a national acute rehabilitation and behavioral health management company is actively seeking a Clinical Liaison for the acute rehabilitation program at

Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, NC.

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

Builds trust with patients, families, physicians and all referral sources

Proactively seeks referrals from hospitals, Assisted Living Centers, Home Health providers, physicians and case managers.

Communicates daily with the ARU Medical Director and Director of Rehabilitation on referrals, admissions, and discharges, enters all required information in UDS.

Develops and maintains positive relationships with hospital employees and Signet team members.

Follows proper channels to present rehab education and unit criteria to case managers, physicians and other referring entities.

Provides ongoing, follow-up and discharge communication to referral sources, patients, family, nursing staff, medical director, and therapists.

Adheres to the hospital and Signet Health’s policies and procedures, ethical standards, corporate compliance standards and professional code of conduct.

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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.