Community Liaison

Community Liaison Opportunity at Cumberland Hospital!

We are hiring a Community Liaison to support the community relations and referral development in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.

Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents, located in New Kent, Virginia, provides comprehensive medical, residential and psychiatric treatment for children and teens who are challenged by co-occurring medical and behavioral diagnoses. Cumberland Hospital is one of the few specialty children's hospitals providing dual treatment protocols for both medical and mental health issues.

• Inpatient Hospital Programming for medically and behaviorally complex patients, through age 21 through our specialty programs:
• * RISE Specialized Eating Disorder Program
• * Medically Complex & Inpatient Rehabilitation
• * Diabetes Management
• * Healthy on Purpose Specialized Weight Management Program
• * Chronic Illness
• Residential treatment for neurobehavioral and psychiatric conditions, through age 17
• Inpatient psychiatric emergency stabilization

Cumberland includes a 44-bed inpatient hospital with a 16-bed Inpatient Psychiatric Acute Care and 46-bed Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Our goal is to stabilize medical problems and help children develop positive behavioral coping strategies using an interdisciplinary approach.

The Community Liaison represents the facility to the community, interested persons and potential referral sources within the identified market service area. They assist in the organization and implementation of the marketing plan. Assists the Director of Business Development in the development and coordination of projects. The Community Liaison performs local marketing functions as assigned by the Director of Business Development. This position involves daily travel in a defined geographic territory to meet with contacts with primary referral sources including hospitals, specialty clinics, pediatricians, inpatient/outpatient rehabilitation centers, psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health professionals, other physicians and other community resources. They are responsible to stay current on the major competitors in the market and service catchment area. They must have experience and be comfortable with cold calling on potential referral sources. Travel is required for 80% of the role. This role will be responsible for the following areas: Washington DC, Metropolitan cites along the I95 corridor in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey and Southern New York.