Physician Integration Specialist

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Charlotte, NC

13d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Physician Integration Specialist serves as a primary site liaison for physician candidates, providing information and consultation throughout pre-interviewing, interviews, hiring, onboarding, and the first year of employment. The role coordinates candidate communications, site visits, interviews, family and community resources, and transition activities while partnering with recruitment colleagues, operational and medical leadership, and local administration. The specialist also supports workforce planning, promotes Advocate Health and its services, monitors credentialing and licensing processes, and gathers feedback from candidates, new hires, and departing clinicians.

This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position with a Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. schedule. The position is primarily in person in a hybrid setting, with some remote work, and requires travel to locations within the Charlotte metropolitan area. The listed pay range is $38.20–$57.30.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in health care administration, human resources, or a related field.
• Typically requires 5 years of experience in human resources, marketing, medical group operations, or communications, including developing provider relationships, 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 and their ramifications, and develop effective solutions.
• Knowledge of the geographic area served to guide physicians and their families about 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, with experience building working relationships with physicians and leaders at all levels.
• Excellent negotiation, organization, and prioritization skills.
• Experience leading 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.
• Functional sight, speech, and hearing.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary site liaison and provide consultation and education to candidates during pre-interviewing, including facility and community information and connections with physician leaders.
• Communicate consistently about candidates, itineraries, market conditions, and recruitment plans; identify and monitor issues and provide site feedback on problem-solving approaches.
• Identify candidates’ family needs, research resources, 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 obtain feedback from candidates and leaders to evaluate visit effectiveness.
• Collaborate with local administration and physician/APC recruiters on practice descriptions, physician information, and community information.
• Work with operations and medical group leaders to identify pending workforce concerns at the site level.
• Promote Advocate Health and its services and programs, presenting the organization and its practices consistently to candidates.
• Maintain contact with clinicians during their first year after hire, answer questions, resolve issues, address clinician and family needs, facilitate communications, and solicit feedback.
• Conduct exit interviews with departing clinicians, including retirees, and submit reports to senior leadership to track and report trends.
• Monitor credentialing, privileging, and licensing with internal and external partners after offers are made or accepted; identify process gaps and facilitate solutions.
• Oversee onboarding with departmental colleagues, site leadership, and new hires, including coordinating and facilitating house-hunting activities.
• Assist site and market operations and medical group leadership with clinical, site, and hospital orientation, and elicit feedback on the process.

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
• Career development programs
• Potential premium pay and incentive pay, depending on eligibility and position

What This Job Offers

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