Physician Integration Specialist

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation•Wake Forest, NC

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Physician Integration Specialist serves as a primary site liaison throughout physician recruitment, hiring, and integration. The role supports candidates and their families through interviews and site visits, provides facility and community information, coordinates itineraries, and maintains communication with physician leaders and recruitment colleagues. Working with operational and medical leadership, the specialist helps assess candidate fit, addresses recruitment issues, and supports workforce planning and the presentation of physician practice opportunities. Following hire, the specialist monitors credentialing, privileging, licensing, onboarding, and orientation in partnership with internal and external stakeholders. The specialist stays in contact with clinicians during their first year, addresses transition needs, gathers feedback, and conducts exit interviews with departing clinicians, reporting trends to senior leadership. The position is hybrid, primarily in person, and requires travel to 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.

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 experience 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 and their ramifications; and problem-solve effectively.
Knowledge of the geographic area served to guide physicians and their families regarding the community and surrounding areas.
Advanced knowledge of state and federal employment laws and regulations affecting recruitment and human resources, and their organizational implications.
Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to interact and build 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 build exceptional individual relationships based on credible expertise and trust.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and system applications.
Must have functional sight, speech, and hearing.
Ability to travel to different locations within the Winston-Salem metro area.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary site liaison during pre-interviewing, answering candidate questions, providing facility and community information, and facilitating contact with physician leaders in collaboration with recruitment colleagues.
Communicate consistently about candidates, itineraries, market conditions, and recruitment plans.
Identify and monitor issues, develop proactive plans, and provide sites with feedback on problem-solving tactics.
Identify candidate family needs, research resources, provide community tours, and educate families about the community.
Develop, coordinate, and schedule candidate site visits, itineraries, and interviews.
Work with operational and medical leadership to assess physician candidates for cultural and skill fit.
Accompany candidates during interviews and gather post-visit feedback from candidates and leaders to evaluate visit effectiveness.
Collaborate with local administration and physician/APC recruiters on practice descriptions, information about practicing physicians, and community details.
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 consistently to candidates.
Maintain contact with clinicians during their first year after hire, address transition and family needs, resolve issues, facilitate communications, and solicit scheduled feedback.
Conduct exit interviews with departing clinicians, including retirees, and submit reports to senior leadership to track trends.
Monitor credentialing, privileging, and licensing with internal and external partners after an offer is made or accepted; identify delays and facilitate solutions.
Oversee onboarding in collaboration with departmental colleagues, site leadership, and new hires, including coordinating and facilitating house-hunting activities.
Assist site and market operations and medical group leadership in coordinating clinical, site, and hospital orientation, and solicit feedback on the process.
Perform other related duties as required.