Director of Business Development

Peak Rehabilitation Hospital – Apex, NC

Duke Health, WakeMed and Lifepoint Health broke ground in September 2023, on a new inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Apex, NC. Peak Rehabilitation Hospital is the result of a joint venture partnership between Duke Health, WakeMed and Lifepoint Rehabilitation, a business unit of Lifepoint Health.

The 62,000-square-foot, two-story facility, will function as a stand-alone hospital with 52 beds, all private rooms, and feature multidisciplinary therapy gymnasiums outfitted with the latest therapeutic technologies, outdoor courtyards and other spaces designed to help patients return to activities of daily living. The facility will be structurally designed in all units for the needs of patients receiving acute inpatient rehabilitation care for stroke, amputation and other injuries and disorders.

Upon completion, Peak Rehabilitation Hospital will be jointly operated by Duke Health, WakeMed and Lifepoint Rehabilitation and will join Lifepoint Rehabilitation’s growing network of more than 40 inpatient rehabilitation facilities across the country. The hospital is expected to open in February, 2025.

About Lifepoint Rehabilitation

With more than 40 freestanding inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs), Lifepoint Rehabilitation is a partner of choice for many major hospital systems in the creation of joint venture operations that are industry-leading in clinical and financial outcomes. Through its IRFs and more than 250 hospital-based rehabilitation units, medical/surgical and outpatient therapy settings, Lifepoint Rehabilitation brings proven rehabilitation management and services expertise to help our patients recover and return home quickly from a number of conditions, including strokes, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, orthopedic injuries, neurological conditions, amputations and trauma.
Lifepoint Rehabilitation is a business unit of Brentwood, Tennessee-based Lifepoint Health.

Full press release:Duke Health, WakeMed and Lifepoint Health Break Ground on New Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital | Lifepoint Health

Our benefits:

• Tuition assistance/reimbursement
• Expansive benefit package
• Professional development and advancement opportunities
• Targeted approach to career development
• Strong interdisciplinary teamwork opportunities
• Supportive leadership and culture

What you will do in this role:

• Implements a comprehensive business plan to ensure Census and Mix Forecasts are met and/or exceeded.The business plan will include and identify internal and external targets (by specific referral groups and percentages); insurance rate targets (averages) and action plans to evaluate the effectiveness of the Clinical Liaison Team.The business plan will be accessed and updated no less than quarterly to ensure that all business indicators are met
• Will be the managing director over the clinical liaison and admissions teams
• Develops, organizes and maintains a data base system for decision support information including identification of community needs; demand forecasting; utilization of programs and services; competitive analysis; medical staff utilization trends.Utilizes software tools including the Lifepoint Hospital information systems together with internal data and external data base information for statistical analysis
• Ensures appropriateness of patient selection; assists patients/families in making informed admission decisions
• Create and implement comprehensive marketing plans and programs annually and on an as needed basis for the facility's long and short term goals
• Interfaces directly with managed care providers, key physicians and other program delivery personnel providing expertise in the development and implementation of business plans, situation analysis documents and feasibility studies to evaluate opportunities for new joint or shared program and/or service offering, and new product-line development, product enhancement and product differentiation in the competitive market environment
• Consistently interfaces with Referral Sources, Case Managers and Managed Care Providers to create to achieve maximum revenue generation for the hospital while maintaining environment of quality care for the patient
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Marketing or Clinical discipline
• MBA preferred
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in healthcare management preferred
• Excellent skills needed in forecasting, market based planning, communications and public relations
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Hospital Development: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: In person