Connections Wellness Group · 13 hours ago
Business Development Specialist
Connections Wellness Group is seeking an energetic, self-motivated Mental Health Business Development Specialist with a desire to change lives. This role involves creating relationships with medical professionals and managing referrals to secure patient connections for mental health services.
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Responsibilities
Responsible for being main sales lead in respective territory by obtaining patient referrals for each clinic and representing the Company’s services to psychiatry/behavioral inpatient hospitals, psychiatrists/psychologists, primary care physician offices, insurance (payors) managed care teams, other healthcare professionals and schools
Conduct cold calls on residential treatment facilities, physicians, hospitals, EAPs, businesses, etc. within an assigned territory to open new referral source accounts and promote CWG through focused meetings, special events and delivers educational programs to keep referral sources current in CWG services
Relationships will be built by conducting effective office visits, presentations, attending conferences, and facilitating tours to educate referring and new physician partners on services offered
Identifies physicians' needs and offers solutions including educational opportunities, practice services and patient-based services
Arrange appointments, schedule and conduct physician in-services
Attends community events, physician events, university events and other promotional opportunities to promote Connections Wellness Group
Arrange meetings for clinic therapists to present their services
Arrange meetings for senior management with hospitals and large healthcare organizations
Serves as member of key associations and groups throughout the covered territory
The fundamental measure of success will be achieving desired patient referral targets for each clinic within designated territory
Works in conjunction with the Director of Business Development, Executive Directors, and other clinic staff to ensure annual business referral goals are met and to keep abreast of current service offerings at each clinic and to implement marketing initiatives for pipeline development of referring physicians
Communicates weekly with the Director of Business Development to discuss sales activities, new opportunities, potential problems, etc. Organizes account related information and provides input on key referral source opportunities
Responsible for the strategic messaging and positioning of Connections Wellness Group to each prospective referral group and to identify and report unmet needs and operational enhancement opportunities from the marketplace
Excellent strategic planning, organization, presentation, customer service and relational skills are required
Stay up-to-date on changing healthcare services in the territory along with the competitive landscape
Provide excellent customer service to patients that are referred from the healthcare offices
Maintains appropriate records and reports out to leadership team on weekly basis while utilizing Salesforce CRM software for management of visits, referrals and healthcare facility referral information
Work with marketing to refine and improve referral source marketing materials
Practices and reflects knowledge of HIPAA and other federal/state regulatory agencies guiding healthcare
Qualification
Required
3-5 years of field sales experience selling health care services and products
Must live near a major airport and in one of Connections Wellness Group's territories
Comfortable speaking with physicians and other healthcare professionals
Experience calling on physician offices or hospitals
Knowledge of the psychiatry and mental healthcare environment
Daily travel necessary
Overnight travel will be rare
Proficient in the use of Salesforce CRM system a plus
Excellent oral presentation skills along with computer skills including Word, Excel and Presentation software
Demonstrated sales success and other goal achievement
Strong interpersonal and customer service skills and relationship building skills
College degree
Company
Connections Wellness Group
Connections Wellness Group provides mental health services with wellness and fitness activities.