Nurse administrator vs clinical liaison

The differences between nurse administrators and clinical liaisons can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 1-2 years to become both a nurse administrator and a clinical liaison. Additionally, a nurse administrator has an average salary of $72,224, which is higher than the $66,331 average annual salary of a clinical liaison.

The top three skills for a nurse administrator include patients, acute care and direct patient care. The most important skills for a clinical liaison are patients, home health, and rehabilitation.

Nurse administrator vs clinical liaison overview

	Nurse Administrator	Clinical Liaison
Yearly salary	$72,224	$66,331
Hourly rate	$34.72	$31.89
Growth rate	6%	6%
Number of jobs	619,218	237,166
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	2	2

What does a nurse administrator do?

Nurse Administrators are responsible for the coordination of all operational and administrative tasks relating to the nursing team. They are responsible for the retention, hiring, and firing of nursing staff, creating budgets, authorizing spending, ensuring regulatory guidelines compliance, implementing staff mentorship sessions, and accomplishing patient satisfaction, safety, cost savings, and efficiency objectives. Other duties include preparing reports, attending meetings, supervising fundraising projects, and forming partnerships with the academic and medical community.

What does a clinical liaison do?

A clinical liaison's role is to promote health care and rehabilitation facilities to patients and their families. Their responsibilities revolve around devising strategies to reach sales targets, reviewing patient cases, having an in-depth understanding of the facilities and potential patients, assisting clients in filling up paperwork, maintaining records and data of all transactions, and addressing inquiries and concerns. Furthermore, a clinical liaison may perform clerical tasks such as producing reports, answering calls and correspondence, and arranging meetings and appointments with clients. Should there be any issues, it is essential to report to the managers or supervisors promptly.

Nurse administrator vs clinical liaison salary

Nurse administrators and clinical liaisons have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Nurse Administrator	Clinical Liaison
Average salary	$72,224	$66,331
Salary range	Between $48,000 And $107,000	Between $39,000 And $111,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	Sacramento, CA
Highest paying state	California	California
Best paying company	Community Health Systems	Intuitive Surgical
Best paying industry	Government	Manufacturing

Differences between nurse administrator and clinical liaison education

There are a few differences between a nurse administrator and a clinical liaison in terms of educational background:

	Nurse Administrator	Clinical Liaison
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 44%	Bachelor's Degree, 54%
Most common major	Nursing	Nursing
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Nurse administrator vs clinical liaison demographics

Here are the differences between nurse administrators' and clinical liaisons' demographics:

	Nurse Administrator	Clinical Liaison
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 16.3% Female, 83.7%	Male, 23.4% Female, 76.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 12.1% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 8.8% Asian, 8.9% White, 65.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 10.6% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 9.5% Asian, 9.0% White, 66.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%
LGBT Percentage	9%	9%

Differences between nurse administrator and clinical liaison duties and responsibilities

Nurse administrator example responsibilities.

Manage patient pain relief and sedation by providing pharmacological and non-pharmacological intervention, monitor patient response and record care plans accordingly.
Instruct employees in first aid, safety, CPR, growth and development of children and nutrition.
Care planning and coordinating with the MDS team on restraints, psychoactive medications, infections, falls and restraints.
Make referrals for medical treatment: and follow-up with psychiatric rehabilitation programs, treating physicians, pharmacies and other treatment collaterals.
Make referrals for medical treatment and follow-up with psychiatric rehabilitation programs.
Administer intravenous medications for conscious sedation and monitor patients during in office procedures per protocol.

Clinical liaison example responsibilities.

Manage social media outlets for the organization; such as Facebook, update weekly status and weekly inspirational videos.
Provide crisis intervention and triage services to clients in compassionate and responsible manner, serving individually tailor services to clients.
Perform clinical evaluations to determine if patients would qualify with acute rehab criteria and review with physicians.
Communicate with physicians regarding prospective patients and their diagnosis, rehabilitation needs and expectations of family prior to admission.
Spearhead marketing and business initiatives to increase patient referrals for skil nursing facility specializing in rehabilitation services for senior adults.
Provide elbow support for physicians learning to navigate Cerner and use PowerPlans.

Nurse administrator vs clinical liaison skills

Common nurse administrator skills

Patients, 33%
Acute Care, 9%
Direct Patient Care, 6%
Infection Control, 4%
Rehabilitation, 3%
Quality Patient Care, 3%

Common clinical liaison skills

Patients, 26%
Home Health, 11%
Rehabilitation, 7%
Patient Care, 6%
Social Work, 5%
Customer Service, 5%

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