The posting
Job Description
General Summary
The Physician Recruiter serves as a strategic recruitment advisor and subject matter expert responsible for highly specialized physician recruitment. This role leads complex national searches, develops innovative sourcing strategies, provides physician workforce market intelligence, and partners with executive, physician, and service line leadership to address critical workforce needs. The Physician Recruiter supports organizational growth through the recruitment of scarce and strategically important physician talent.
Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
- In partnership with service line leadership, physician practice leaders, and other key stakeholders, develops and executes comprehensive physician recruitment marketing and sourcing strategies.
- Leverages digital platforms, professional networks, industry associations, targeted advertising, and talent intelligence tools to identify, engage, and attract high-quality candidates. Creates compelling opportunity and practice profiles, proactively sources prospective candidates, and cultivates talent pipelines aligned with organizational workforce and growth objectives.
- Collaborates with physician leaders, practice managers, service line leadership, and operational administrators to understand workforce needs and develop effective recruitment strategies. Serves as a trusted advisor throughout the recruitment process, building strong relationships and demonstrating a commitment to delivering an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience while supporting the unique needs and culture of each practice.
- Sources candidates, reviews curriculum vitae, and partners with recruitment coordinators to coordinate background screening and other pre-employment activities in accordance with organizational policies and recruitment guidelines.
- Partners with recruitment coordinators, hiring leaders, and candidates to coordinate interview activities and support a seamless full lifecycle recruitment process.
- Partners with credentialing, onboarding, and operational stakeholders to support the successful transition of newly hired physicians. Provides guidance and assistance throughout licensure, credentialing, privileging, and onboarding processes.
- Represents the organization at career fairs, conferences, networking events, residency and fellowship programs, and other recruitment outreach activities to attract and engage qualified physician candidates.
- Serves as an ambassador for the organization and community, fostering an inclusive and welcoming candidate experience. Connects candidates and their families with community resources and relocation support to facilitate a successful transition.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Minimum Education:
- Bachelors Degree Required
Work Experience:
- A minimum of two (2) years Recruiting experience and experience in healthcare required.
- Experience supporting recruitment across multiple physician specialties and service lines preferred.
- Prior physician recruitment experience, including specialty and subspecialty searches, preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Able to exercise initiative, judgment, and decision-making skills in meeting organization objectives.
- Able to work independently and demonstrate initiative in new approaches.
- Able to establish and maintain effective relations with candidates.
- Knowledge of recruitment and retention principles and theories.
- Able to collect, organize and interpret data from interviews and references.
- Able to make decisions based on urgency of the situation in accordance with system policies.
- Able to schedule and manage a variety of unrelated projects simultaneously.
- Able to maintain extreme confidentiality of information in accordance with policies and procedures.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
