Physician and Outreach Liaison - Community Engagement

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Marketing, Business, Healthcare or related field and three years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Clinical experience is highly desirable.

At least five years of physician relations, health care sales or marketing experience to include business/sales plan development.

Job Summary

Cultivates referrals to UTMB through relationship development with UTMB physicians, external physicians, employers, community organizations, EMS, and community members.

Working Environment

The working environment varies to include heavy travel in the primary and secondary service area with occasional outside travel.

Must be able to travel in own vehicle throughout the UTMB service area (Galveston County, Southern Brazoria County, Harris County and RMCHP area locations), Beaumont, Baytown, Richmond.

Must be able to work flexible hours including evening and weekends.

Job Duties

Promotes internal clinical/service line programs to external referring providers, employers, Emergency Medical Services, and the community.

Maintains understanding of current and changing UTMB strategic and business development initiatives to target specific opportunities for growth.

Collaborate regularly with representatives from Faculty Group Practice (FGP) to identify and promote new faculty externally and internally as appropriate.

Collaborates with the UTMB referral team to maintain full knowledge and understanding of the UTMB patient referral process

Understands provider referral patterns to cultivate referral activity for UTMB providers and hospitals inform ongoing growth planning and strategy development.

Coordinates Continuing Medical Education (CME) events as may be appropriate to establish relationships between internal and external providers, free standing emergency departments (FSED), and community hospitals.

May be requested to promote UTMB providers, services and programs through participation in community events sponsored by UTMB.

• Facilitate community visits to providers to deliver marketing materials/information.
• Maintain relations with established EMS, FSED, community hospitals, independent practices with regular face to face visits.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to communicate resolution back to key stakeholders
• Maintain service line engagement with community partners.
• Participate in the distribution of flyers for service line programs, events, EMS Lecture Series, and training.
• Coordinate EMS Lecture Series.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism.
• Competence in dealing with a variety of individuals including physicians, executive leaders, employers, EMS, and community leaders.
• Proactive approach to problem resolution.
• Creativity, time management, and ability to work independently.

Salary Range

Actually salary commensurate with experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.