Physician Integration Specialist

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Wake Forest, NC

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Physician Integration Specialist facilitates physician and advanced practice clinician (APC) pre- and post-interview, hiring, and onboarding processes for a defined market and/or service line. The role ensures site compliance with recruitment, interviewing, and integration processes; serves as a liaison between the site and physician/APC recruiters; and educates candidates about Advocate Aurora’s services, facilities, processes, and community. The specialist is the site-level integration expert, supporting workforce planning, onboarding, succession, and retention, including gathering and sharing new-hire and departing-clinician survey data.

This position is hybrid, with some remote work but primarily in person, and requires travel to different locations within the Winston-Salem metro area. The schedule is Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., for 40 hours per week. The listed pay range is $38.20–$57.30.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Health Care Administration, Human Resources, or a related field.
• Typically five years of experience in human resources, marketing, medical group operations, or communications, including developing relationships with providers, educating providers about services and programs, and facilitating processes across multiple teams.
• Strong understanding of recruitment strategies, retention practices, business development, and market development.
• Ability to evaluate, address, and resolve complex issues and challenges; recognize potentially problematic issues, understand their ramifications, and develop effective resolutions.
• Knowledge of the geographic area served to guide physicians and their families on the community and surrounding areas.
• Advanced knowledge of state and federal employment laws and regulations affecting recruitment and human resources, and their implications for the organization.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to interact and build working relationships with physicians and leaders at all levels.
• Excellent negotiation, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Experience leading and/or coordinating projects, including timeline development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Demonstrated exceptional and timely follow-through.
• Ability to serve as a resource and provide guidance to others.
• Ability to establish strong individual relationships based on credible expertise and trust.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and system applications.
• Ability to travel to locations within the Winston-Salem metro area.
• Functional sight, speech, and hearing; ability to operate all equipment necessary to perform the job.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Avature.
• Knowledge of Workday.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary site liaison during pre-interviewing, providing consultation and information about facilities and the community, and facilitating contact between candidates and physician leaders in collaboration with recruitment colleagues.
• Communicate consistently about candidates, itineraries, market conditions, and recruitment plans; identify issues, develop plans, and provide the site with problem-solving feedback.
• Identify candidates’ family needs, research relevant information, provide community tours, and educate families about the area.
• Develop, coordinate, and schedule site visits, itineraries, and candidate interviews.
• Work with operational and medical leadership to assess physician candidates for cultural and skill fit.
• Accompany candidates during interviews, provide post-visit feedback, and gather feedback from candidates and leaders to evaluate visit effectiveness.
• Collaborate with local administration, as directed by the physician/APC recruiter, to provide input on practice descriptions, physician practice opportunities, current practitioners, and the community.
• Work with operations and medical group leaders to identify pending site-level workforce concerns.
• Promote Advocate Aurora and its services and programs, presenting the organization’s practices, processes, and services consistently to candidates.
• Maintain contact with clinicians during their first year after hire to support their transition, answer questions, resolve issues, address clinician and family needs, facilitate communications, and gather scheduled feedback about the practice and improvement opportunities.
• Conduct exit interviews with departing clinicians, including retirees, and prepare reports for senior leadership to track and report trends.
• Monitor credentialing, privileging, and licensing with internal and external partners after an offer is made or accepted; identify process delays and facilitate solutions.
• Oversee onboarding in collaboration with department colleagues, site leadership, and new hires, including coordinating and facilitating house-hunting activities.
• Help coordinate clinical, site, and hospital orientation with departmental colleagues and site and market operations and medical group leadership, and gather feedback on the process.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Benefits

• Paid time off programs.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.
• Competitive compensation and potential premium and incentive pay, where applicable.
• Potential annual compensation increases based on performance.
• Career development and well-being programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level