Clinical Liaison, Inpatient Rehab

Title: Clinical Liaison

 Job Type: Full Time

Your experience matters!

At Temple Rehabilitation Hospital, we are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. Here, you’re not just valued as an employee, but as a person. 

Temple Rehabilitation Hospital is a 36-bed inpatient acute rehabilitation facility located at 23621 SE H.K. Dodgen Loop in Temple, Texas. It’s designed to help individuals recover from serious injuries or illnesses that have significantly impacted their ability to function independently.

• Specialized Rehabilitation Programs: Tailored care for patients recovering from stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury, amputation, orthopedic trauma, and other neurological or complex conditions.
• Intensive Therapy Model: Patients receive at least three hours of physical, occupational, and/or speech therapy per day, five days a week, under the supervision of a rehabilitation physician.
• State-of-the-Art Facility: Offers modern therapy equipment and private rooms to support a comfortable and focused recovery environment.

As a Clinical Liaison joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion, and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you’ll contribute:

Builds and maintains referral relationships to drive appropriate admissions to the hospital. Coordinates the intake and pre-admission screening process, conducts on-site clinical assessments to determine suitability for acute rehabilitation, educates patients/families on services and participation requirements, and serves as the primary external contact for case managers, discharge planners, physicians, and payors.

Essential Functions

• Assist and coordinate the intake and pre-admission screening process.
• Perform on-site clinical assessments (typically at referring facilities) to determine appropriateness for admission.
• Educate patients and families on rehabilitation options, level of care, and expectations for participation.
• Serve as the initial contact for external case management, discharge planners, payors, and hospital partners.
• Conduct face-to-face, in-service educational visits with physicians, case managers, and other professionals.
• Inform and educate community decision-makers about the hospital and acute rehabilitation services to develop census through direct outreach.
• Document screenings, decisions, and communications accurately and timely in EMR and tracking systems.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional Information

Role involves routine travel to referring facilities and community partners; valid driver’s license and clean driving record required. Success measures include timeliness of screenings, conversion rates, and quality of referral relationships. Works closely with admissions, nursing, therapy, and case management to ensure smooth transitions and payer authorization compliance.

What we offer 

Fundamental to providing great care is supporting and rewarding our team. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage —— tailored benefit options for part-time and PRN employees, and more.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

Qualifications and requirements:

Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred.

Licensure/Certification: Current clinical licensure required (e.g., RN, LVN, PT, PTA, OT, COTA, SLP, MSW) per state requirements.

Experience: Prior marketing/sales experience preferred; prior clinical experience with demonstrated assessment skills and EMR proficiency preferred; formal sales training preferred.

Skills: Excellent oral and written communication, strong interpersonal and presentation skills, customer relationship building, sound clinical judgment, organization/time-management, and basic computer/data-entry proficiency.

About us
Temple Rehabilitation Hospital is located in Temple, TX, and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier® with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestone—your experience matters.

EEOC Statement

“Temple Rehabilitation Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Temple Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”