Advocate Health Care

Senior Physician Recruiter

Advocate Health Care$91K — $137K *
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in physician or executive recruitment.
  • Advanced skills in developing complex recruiting strategies.
  • Proficient with modern recruitment tools and methods including social media and web advertising.
  • In-depth knowledge of state and federal employment laws affecting recruitment.
  • Excellent negotiation and organizational skills.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and source physician candidates using innovative recruitment methods.
  • Develop and implement detailed recruitment plans aligning with organizational goals.
  • Lead special recruitment projects and collaborate with team members on strategies.
  • Maintain regular communication with key partners about recruitment progress.
  • Build long-term relationships with candidates over extended recruitment cycles.
  • Educate and consult with leadership on recruitment processes and employment laws.
  • Guide and mentor team members on sourcing strategies and recruitment challenges.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits and well-being programs.
  • Generous retirement offerings with employer matching.
  • Paid Time Off programs for work-life balance.
  • Health benefits including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Educational Assistance Program for professional development.
  • Family benefits such as paid parental leave and adoption assistance.
Full Job Description
Department:

38144 Enterprise Corporate - Physician Recruitment

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Standard business hours, Mon-Fri.

Pay Range:
$44.15 - $66.25

Serves as a resource for and coordinates complex recruitment initiatives and strategies. Sources and recruits qualified physician candidates system-wide and is accountable for the development of recruitment plans that align recruiting efforts with the organization's strategies and goals.

Major Responsibilities:
  • Identifies and sources targeted physicians using a variety of creative and effective recruitment methods that include web advertising, mining websites, email blasts, social media, journal ads, direct mail, telemarketing, networking, referral programs, phone interviews, conference attendance, and search firms. Identifies qualities and skills needed by the hiring department and utilizes information to develop effective recruitment plans for sourcing and identifying physician candidates.
  • Develops and implements complex recruitment plans and aligns recruiting efforts with organizational strategies/objectives. Screens potential candidates assessing their background/training to determine compatibility and fit for organizational opportunities. Provides the candidate with the critical organizational guiding principles that successfully describe the organizational culture and potential life-long career opportunities. Educates, informs and sells the opportunities keying in on what the provider is looking for to ensure a long-term match.
  • Actively leads special recruitment projects, initiatives, or work teams and partners with other team members on recruitment strategies for pivotal positions. Proactively identifies and drives process improvements for the department.
  • Establishes regular and close communications with key site partners to communicate the progress of recruitment and ensures timely feedback between the team and candidate.
  • Builds long-term relationships with candidates due to the length of the recruitment cycle. Keeps the candidate informed of opportunities and potential fit at times over a period of several years. Works to create contacts for the candidates within the organization to increase the capture rate. Effectively utilizes the team's Customer Relationship Management tool to build candidate pipelines and connect with both active and passive physician candidates.
  • Uses technical recruitment expertise to educate, consult and collaborate with physician and administrative leadership in the following areas: physician recruitment process, timeframes for success, market availability, compensation and benefits, immigration needs and employment law. Collaborates with local administration to develop and maintain practice descriptions in-order-to capture/summarize each physician practice opportunity, information on the current practicing physicians, and on the community in which the practice is based as led with by the physician/APC recruiter.
  • Provides guidance to others in the department related to developing and implementing recruitment plans, sourcing physicians, and participates in orientating newly hired recruiters. Serves as a resource in evaluating unique or challenging issues that arise in the recruitment process. Reinforces critical thinking skills and coaches on analytical interpretation of candidate responses to probing questions.


Licensure, Registration, and/or Certification Required:
  • None Required.


Education Required:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or related field.


Experience Required:
  • Typically requires 5 years of experience in physician recruitment or executive recruitment.


Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
  • Advanced knowledge and skills in developing and implementing complex recruiting strategies and successfully sourcing targeted candidates.
  • Skills in the use of web advertising, mining websites, email blasts, social media, journal ads, direct mail, telemarketing, networking, referral programs, phone interviews, conference attendance, and search firms. Identifies qualities and skills needed by the hiring department, and utilizes information to develop effective recruitment plans for sourcing and identifying physician candidates.
  • In depth knowledge of state and federal employment laws impacting the recruitment function, human resources, and the overall implications to the organization.
  • Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills. Skills and experience in effectively building relationships and consulting with physicians and leadership.
  • Excellent negotiation, organization, and prioritization skills.
  • Must be proficient in the Microsoft Office or similar products. Skilled in the utilization and knowledge of web based recruiting.
  • Skills in evaluating, addressing and providing resolution to complex recruitment issues and challenges.
  • Skills in serving as resource and providing guidance to others in the department on recruitment and sourcing strategies.


Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
  • Operates all equipment/computer databases as necessary to perform the job.
  • Generally exposed to normal office environment.
  • This position requires frequent travel and, therefore, the incumbent is exposed to hazards associated with ground and air travel.
  • This position requires extensive telephone work during the evening and frequent weekend assignments.


This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation
  • Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
  • Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
  • Incentive pay for select positions
  • Opportunity for annual increases based on performance


Benefits and more
  • Paid Time Off programs
  • Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
  • Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
  • Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
  • Educational Assistance Program


Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health Care

Advocate Health Care is a not-for-profit, faith-based health system providing comprehensive health care services to the people of Illinois. The organization is the largest fully integrated health care delivery system in Illinois, with more than 500 sites of care and 12 hospitals, including two of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals, the state’s largest integrated children’s network, five Level I trauma centers (the state’s highest designation in trauma care), three Level II trauma centers, one of the area’s largest home health and hospice companies and one of the region’s largest medical groups. Advocate Health Care trains more primary care physicians and residents at its four teaching hospitals than any other health system in the state. As a not-for-profit, mission-based health system affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the United Church of Christ, Advocate contributed $1.6 billion in charitable care and services to communities across Chicagoland and Central Illinois in 2019.
Learn more about Advocate Health Care
Size
75,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1976

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