Physician Recruiter

About the Role

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) is seeking a Physician Recruiter to join their growing team. This role is responsible for leading assigned searches and providing high-quality physicians and advanced practitioners to the hiring department, service, or organization. The position advises and collaborates with senior management regarding all aspects of recruitment, developing and managing sourcing strategies to ensure an effective and efficient recruitment process. The Physician Recruiter will act as an extension of hospital leadership, the medical staff, hospital-affiliated group practices, and the Human Resources team, maintaining high visibility and accessibility within their areas of responsibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Establishes her/himself as a business partner with leadership for assigned departments.
• Provides ongoing communication and involvement with assigned departments related to planning and implementation of the physician recruitment process.
• Manages the full cycle recruitment process to include sourcing, recruitment, and hiring efficiently and effectively.
• Represents and promotes the organization positively and professionally.
• Involves and communicates with other internal and external teams to ensure a smooth process.
• Ensures a smooth transition from recruitment to new hire status by making a clean hand off to the onboarding team.
• Creates sourcing plans and budgets with timelines and stakeholder accountabilities to address short and long-term recruitment needs.
• Develops effective recruitment strategies/campaigns for assigned searches.
• Keeps data current on all openings and potential candidates using software/database.
• Creates practice opportunity descriptions for open positions through information gathering and market intelligence.
• Utilizes direct marketing, advertising, cold calling leads, and outbound email solicitation targeted to achieve measurable results.
• Attends appropriate career fairs, trade shows, and specialty meetings to create visibility for the organization and openings.
• Implements processes to ensure timely communication and handling of all candidates from application to offer.
• Establishes each position’s professional and cultural criteria to ensure the best fit for the position and organization.
• Oversees the scheduling of on-site interviews, and facilitates tours and meet-and-greet opportunities for candidates and their spouse/partner.
• Manages the offer process to a successful outcome.
• Provides information and market research as needed to create market-competitive offers.
• Assures that reference checks are complete when conducted by department directors or Chairs.
• Monitors the offer process to ensure timeliness of responses and close rates.
• Collaborates effectively with all parties, internally and externally, that lead to successful recruitment.
• Works with respective practice and clinical services to determine open position responsibilities and expectations, and to set criteria for the ideal candidate.
• Works with Human Resources to adhere to all policies and support the integrity and requirements of the employment process.
• Works with the marketing and communications function for the development of recruitment materials and advertising.
• Collaborates with the Medical Staff Office and is knowledgeable of the credentialing process and requirements.
• Involves critical stakeholders in greeting, touring, and interviewing potential candidates.
• Provides the onboarding team with all pertinent information for successful hires and follows up with the candidate post-arrival to ensure needs are met and promises delivered.
• Actively pursues learning and self-development as needed to more effectively perform responsibilities.
• Attends and participates in outside conferences and professional organizations to stay abreast of changing rules and regulations related to recruitment activities.
• Seeks out information on trends and industry changes that affect recruitment efforts.
• Participates in efforts that contribute to the development of the organization, physician recruitment function, and strategy.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Proven success with creating collaborative solutions in a time-sensitive, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to navigate and influence within a large, matrixed system.
• Software/database for maintaining candidate information.
• Experience with physician practices, hospital services, healthcare operations, or provider recruitment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required.
• Minimum of 1 year of Physician or APP (Provider) recruitment experience OR 3 years of progressive healthcare experience required.
• A passion for working in a mission-driven organization with a desire to learn and grow professionally.
• An engaging and collaborative team player with the ability to quickly develop effective relationships.
• A strong work ethic with a proven track record of personal accountability and follow-through.
• Detail-oriented with excellent communication, interpersonal, and time management skills.

Work Environment

• Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling objects. Sitting most of the time, with walking and standing required only occasionally.
• Requires constant sitting and frequent keyboard use.
• Business travel to attend client meetings and recruitment events as needed.
• Work requires close attention to task for accurate completion.
• Work is varied daily, requiring adaptability and independent judgment.
• No substantial exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
• Health Care Status: NHCW: No patient contact.

Sensory Requirements

• Close work (Paperwork, visual examination)
• Monitor Use
• Visual monotony
• Visual clarity
• Conversation
• Telephone

Pay Range

$104,000.00 USD - $125,000.00 USD

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.

Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.