Responsibilities

• Market services, to businesses, hospitals, health care, mental health professionals and community agencies in Southern Alabama from Montgomery to Mobile region.
• Liaising and networking with a range of stakeholders including customers, colleagues, suppliers and partner organizations.
• Arranges training seminars, utilizing internal and external resources, to educate doctors, nurses, counselors, social workers, EAPs, and other interested parties on mental health and substance abuse issues.
• Conducts in-service training and / or briefings for professional and semi-professional groups with the ability to refer patients to AHS Hospital(s).
• Pursues relevant conference sponsorships and manages conference representation.
• Works directly with the Access to Care Department and clients to ensure all admission and billing requirements are met; Communicating with target audiences and managing customer
• Proactively seeks out and responds to requests and inquiries from a variety of community resources for new business.
• Maintains constant awareness of territory assignments and marketing rep daily assignments (locations) to ensure rapid response to any special needs, particularly related to service recovery.
• Demonstrates an on-going awareness and understanding of the facility’s contracts with all payor sources (commercial, managed care, managed Medicaid, federal, state, local, ).
• Reviews territory assignments periodically to ensure most efficient use of human resources and effective marketing strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in a health care related field, ADN or RN nursing degree, psychology degree, communications degree and/or mental health related field.
• Minimum of five years’ experience in medical/mental health care field and/or marketing/sales experience with knowledge of business development techniques ; vision, commitment, leadership, creativity and the ability to make difficult decisions in a dynamic environment; excellent written and oral communication skills as well as the ability to prepare and present presentations in a clear, concise and effective manner; development skills; excellent multitasking and organizational skills as well as ability to establish priorities, plan, develop, implement, and distribute marketing materials . Broad knowledge of the mental health field with working knowledge of related programs, resources, and providers.