Clinical Liaison - Team Lead; Weekends

Clinical Liaison - Team Lead (Weekends)
Weekend Shift (United States of America)

Hours:
Friday through Monday (7:30am to 5:30pm) / may have flexibility with fourth day

* Can be remote after training*

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It's extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients "Ask for Mary," they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers.

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes.

The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the system with access to our unique standard of care.

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture:

• Focus on Patient Care. A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
• Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.
• Family Culture. We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.
• Trust in Each Other. Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community.
• A Proud Tradition
  . Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride.

The Clinical Liaison Team Lead serves as a key representative of the Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital System. This role is responsible for evaluating, coordinating and facilitating appropriate referrals for acute inpatient rehabilitation. This position requires advanced clinical judgement, strategic outreach, and cross functional collaboration to ensure high-quality patient transitions and territory growth. The Team lead carries about an 80% patient case load with a 20% administrative workload to support efficiency and collaboration across the territory.

• Analyzes market trends and physician referral patterns to prioritize outreach efforts and drive census growth.
• Collaborates with the Mary Free Bed Marketing Department to identify patient and referral source needs, supporting the development of educational materials and presentations.
• Cultivates and strengthens relationships with current and potential referral sources, including insurance case managers and payers, by promoting Mary Free Bed services.
• Develops and implements strategic outreach plans in partnership with the System Continuum Access Team.
• Partners with the Access Team to create initiatives targeting trauma centers for increased market penetration.
• Tracks and supports catastrophic cases across the territory by rounding at key call points to foster incremental referral growth.
• Coordinates meetings and calls with key referring physicians to support Census growth.
• Builds and maintains relationships with catastrophic case managers.
• Provides reporting trends and activity to the Access Leadership Team, identifying barriers to care and proposing solutions to support growth.

• Works with acute care hospital staff to gather patient information, complete required documentation, and educate patients and families on inpatient rehabilitation.
• Completes pre-admission screenings and ensure timely physician review prior to admission.
• Maintains effective communication and professional relationships with referral sources and hospital staff.
• Promotes teamwork and…