Physician Recruiter

This position is incentive eligible. Join an organization that invests in you as a Physician Recruiter. At Memorial Health, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support team members over the course of three years.

About the Role

Provides ownership and manages full-cycle physician and advanced practice provider recruitment and placement activities for their respective division or line of business. Responsible for leading the identification, screening, and placement of recruited and employed physicians and advanced practice providers at the LOB/hospital level. Building effective partnerships with hospital and operations team members is integral to success in this role. The selected candidate must reside in the Charleston, SC area and will work from the division office or facility in Charleston supporting HCA Trident Hospital.

Responsibilities

• Establishes and maintains relationships with facility CEOs, Physician Services partners, and community practices.
• Develops, implements, and works a recruitment plan specific to each opportunity to ensure programs, plans, policies, and procedures for recruitment, screening, selection, and placement of physicians/providers are compliant with current recruitment standards.
• Serves as communication liaison with market leadership, Physician Services, candidates, and physicians.
• Plans and directs activities such as developing sources of qualified applicants, screening applicants, scheduling and conducting interviews, and overseeing quality check processes for proper candidate vetting and selection, checking references, and background checks.
• Negotiates financial contracts and creates physician spend proformas.
• Conducts activities with systems and databases to maintain accurate and comprehensive files, including candidate records, internal and external reports, and correspondence.
• Coordinates physician facility/community site visits, including tours of the community and housing options, meetings with market administration, key medical staff members, and facility tours.
• Serves as liaison with candidate and market leadership throughout the entire recruitment lifecycle.
• Interfaces with hospital CEOs and Physician Services operations team to determine physician staffing needs.
• Identifies and evaluates trends in healthcare recruitment, including location conditions, economic conditions, and competitive institutions to develop innovative strategic plans.
• Develops and maintains contacts with educational institutions, residency and fellowship programs, and other sources of applicants.
• Represents the company at association meetings and physician training programs.
• Determines Internet and online recruiting strategies for attracting and recruiting candidates.
• Utilizes Salesforce/Optimum to maintain job opportunities, candidate information, referrals, site visit activity, and provider signings with a commitment to data integrity.
• Maintains data on recruitment activities, applicant flow, interviews, and recruitment results.
• Engages with embedded residents for the purpose of data collection and retention.
• Prepares and analyzes statistical reports and other data to monitor candidate flow, selection, and turnover.
• Works with corporate legal department to assure adherence to guidelines, rules, and regulations under the guidance and direction of the VP.
• Participates in the training of new staff members.
• Develops proforma for placement and is responsible for contract preparation, negotiation, and execution.
• Builds effective working relationships with field operations and key stakeholders within the practice (e.g., Physician lead, Practice Manager).
• Partners with service line leaders by preparing reports, reporting on recent recruitment activity, and formulating strategies for recruitment efforts in the market.
• Maintains accurate and timely record-keeping within Optimum to reflect the current state of opportunity and candidate contact records.
• Manages applicant queue, including both internal (e.g., teamwork referrals) and external applications (e.g., autofeed vendor applications).
• Conducts opportunity overviews to define and articulate qualified candidate selection criteria and understand the subculture of a practice to properly outline job descriptions.
• Maintains frequent touchpoints with active candidates to provide a best-in-class provider recruitment experience.
• Positively represents the HCA brand and works to position the organization as an employer or affiliated health system of choice.
• Practices and adheres to the "Code of Conduct" philosophy and "Mission and Value Statement."

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) or equivalent; 3+ years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree, or work experience in lieu of degree.
• 75% of the role requires active engagement in recruitment activities.
• 4 years of experience in a related field.

Benefits

Memorial Health offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.