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.