Physician Liaison - King County

This Physician Liaison is part of a team serving as primary relationship managers between Seattle Children's and community primary care providers throughout King County. The role builds and strengthens partnerships with referring providers through proactive outreach, education, and ongoing communication to improve access to specialty care, support referral growth, and enhance the referring provider experience.

About the role

You will be the "boots on the ground" expert, translating local market insights into strategies that strengthen our presence and clinical partnerships across the region. Under the direction of the Director, Physician Relations, the primary role of the Physician Liaison is to develop and maintain effective relationships with referring providers by acting as a trusted and reliable resource for communication, information, and problem solving to ensure Seattle Children's is the referral site of choice for pediatric specialty care within our region.

Physician Liaisons engage with organizational, service line, and clinical leadership to actively promote high-priority programs and services to referring provider audiences in their assigned territory. They provide input to Seattle Children's leadership regarding referring provider feedback and serve internally as a subject matter expert for their assigned territory. Physician Liaisons help ensure overall effectiveness of the Physician Relations program through analyzing data and referral patterns and utilizing quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify opportunities and risks within assigned territory, in alignment with the Seattle Children's strategic plan.

They develop and execute outreach plans that result in incremental referral increases from existing sources, maintain and enhance relationships with top referrers, and generate new referral sources as identified. Physician Liaisons positively and professionally represent Seattle Children's, its programs, and medical staff to positively contribute to Seattle Children's reputation and market position.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain effective relationships with referring providers as a trusted resource for communication, information, and problem solving.
• Engage with organizational, service line, and clinical leadership to promote high-priority programs and services.
• Provide input to leadership regarding referring provider feedback and serve as a subject matter expert for assigned territory.
• Analyze data and referral patterns to identify opportunities and risks within assigned territory.
• Develop and execute outreach plans to increase referrals from existing and new sources.
• Represent Seattle Children's professionally to enhance its reputation and market position.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or health care, or equivalent combination of education and experience in marketing and/or health care.
• Minimum five (5) years proven experience in sales, customer service, business development, or physician relations.
• Current Driver’s License for state of residence with a driving record acceptable to Risk Management.

Qualifications

• Preferred Master’s degree in business or healthcare administration or ten (10) years of proven experience in sales, customer service, business development, or physician relations.
• Extensive experience developing and fostering effective relationships with referral sources.
• Experience developing and executing strategic outreach or business development plans.
• Experience utilizing quantitative and qualitative data to drive planning and decision-making.

Pay

Compensation range: $88,786.00 - $133,180.00 per year (based on full-time employment of 2,080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.

Benefits

Seattle Children’s offers a generous benefit package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement

Additional details on benefits can be found on our website.

About Us

Hope. Care. Cure. These three simple words capture what we do at Seattle Children’s – to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Our founding promise to the community is as valid today as it was over a century ago: we will care for all children in our region, regardless of the families’ ability to pay.

Together, we deliver superior patient care, advance new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and serve as the pediatric and adolescent, academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho – the largest region of any children’s hospital in the country. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks Seattle Children’s among the nation’s best children’s hospitals. For more than a decade, Seattle Children’s has been nationally recognized in key specialty areas.

As a Magnet designated institution, we recognize the importance of hiring and developing great talent to provide best-in-class care to the patients and families we serve. Our organizational DNA takes form in our core values: Compassion, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Equity, and Innovation.