About This Role
This Physician Recruiter role supports relationship-driven recruitment in close partnership with medical staff leadership and hospital administration. It emphasizes collaboration, continuity, and meaningful engagement throughout the physician recruitment and onboarding process. The position is hybrid, offering flexibility while requiring an on-site presence three days per week to support relationship-building and onboarding activities.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate well with high-level physicians, physician administrators, and executives in the recruitment and selection process
- Develop and maintain effective, professional relationships with potential sources of candidates, including UPMC and local physicians, search agencies, and community leaders
- Participate or lead in the onboarding and orientation processes, as well as retention initiatives
- Develop search plans for each targeted physician recruitment assignment and solicit physician candidates for each recruitment opportunity
- Perform rigorous initial screening of candidates to determine if such persons meet strict requirements for targeted positions
- Present qualified finalist candidates to practice or recruitment committees
- Arrange and orchestrate all interview itineraries of selected candidates and spouse/significant other
- Coach each participant in every interview regarding the parameters of the position to project a positive image and to ensure success of the placement
- Assist groups in structuring and negotiating appropriate compensation and relocation packages
- Arrange and coordinate all relocation activities for employed physicians
- Assist in spouse employment opportunities
- Be responsible for the timely, cost-effective, and successful placement of quality, qualified physicians for each project
- Provide follow-up to new physicians at regular intervals to identify problems and address their concerns
- Selectively provide recruitment services for regional affiliate health facilities and physician practice groups as necessary
- Develop, maintain, and adhere to an annual operating budget
- Ensure that proven, successful, state-of-the-art recruitment technology and techniques are used in the recruitment process
- Demonstrate commitment to service excellence by understanding the needs of patients, their families, physicians, and co-workers and doing what is required the first time, every time by being responsible, sensitive, accurate, timely, coordinated, and thorough
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a health-related field
- 5 years of recruitment experience or applicable professional-level experience with proven ability to interact professionally, effectively, and knowledgeably with physician candidates and high-level professionals
