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Clinical Liaison, Acute Rehabilitation

Facility Lifepoint Rehabilitation
Location Joliet, IL
Career Area Marketing and Communications
Schedule Full Time
Workplace On-site
Job Shift Day
Date Posted 10/22/2025
Job ID #320507

Saint Joseph Medical Center ARU

Schedule: M-F (8a-4:30p), rotating weekends and holidays

Salary range: $70k- $90k yearly

Your experience matters

Lifepoint Rehabilitation is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others. 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.

More about our team

  • We have a fantastic team that works closely with our two physiatrists, ensuring seamless and comprehensive patient care.
  • Our large group of Clinical Liaisons provides essential support to help patients get up and running.
  • Our PCA program is a major selling point for candidates, offering support for licensure costs and job-related requirements.
  • Our rehab unit is CARF accredited, and our hospital holds comprehensive stroke accreditation through DNV, allowing us to handle a wide range of complex cases.
  • We participate in fascinating cases alongside acute care physicians, creating a stimulating and challenging environment for professional growth.

How you'll contribute

A Clinical Liaison who excels in this role:

  • Assist and coordinate in-take and pre-admission screening process
  • Perform on-site (typically in referring facility) clinical judgment to determined appropriateness of patient for admission.
  • Communicates to patients and family's rehabilitation and facility options. Communicates to patients determined appropriate for admission the patient's expectations and requirements for participation
  • Secures information relating to patients' resources and benefits
  • Functions as initial contact for external case management and discharge planner personnel with payors and hospital facilities

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

  • Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.

  • 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.

What we're looking for

Applicants must have clinical licensure. Additional requirements include:

  • Bachelor's degree preferred

  • Previous marketing/sales experience

  • Previous clinical experience preferred with demonstrated skills in clinical assessment and EMR systems

  • Valid driver's license and clean driving record

  • Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

EEOC Statement

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

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.