Physician Relations Associate, Senior - Full Time - Days

The University of Chicago Medicine • Chicago, IL

5d • Remote

About The Position

Be a part of a world-class academic healthcare system, UChicago Medicine Medicine - Hyde Park as a Physician Relations Associate, Senior in the Business Development Department. This position is a Full Time Remote opportunity. You will need to be based in the greater Chicagoland area. The Physician Relations Associate at UChicago Medicine will cultivate and maintain strong relationships with the referring provider community and provide awareness of UChicago Medicine clinical services and programs. This role will lead community outreach e􀆯orts, collaborate with leaders and physicians across the service lines in establishing strategic initiatives and growth plans, and support in identifying strategic opportunities for UChicago Medicine. The Physician Relations Associate will serve as a liaison between the health system, community providers and faculty physicians within the UChicago Medicine primary and secondary service areas. This is a highly visible and key position within the UChicago Medicine organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as business, health care, marketing or communications required.
• A minimum of five years experience in physician relations, practice management or medical sales required.
• Work record that demonstrates superior interpersonal, communication and presentation skills is required; work record that demonstrates superior customer service skills; excellent knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
• Position requires a moderate deal of local travel in greater Chicago
• The position will require you commute locally outside of normal business hours on occasion.
• This position will require you to work outside of normal business hours, such as attending dinners and clientele meetings.

Responsibilities

• Builds relationships through outreach visits to referring and potentially referring physicians(and key office staff) in greater Chicago and surrounding areas.
• Promotes UCM services, programs and physicians to health care providers, identifying strategic opportunities for advancing UCM o􀆯site affiliations, implementing strategies to enhance communications with physicians and other health care providers, conducting service line marketing assessments, analyzing physician and hospital needs, and participation in clinical strategic planning team strategic service line plans.
• Collect and analyze data including physician activity, satisfaction and health care trends to assist in the development of physician outreach strategies.
• Develop and execute on specific outreach, relationship building and educational plan targeted to community physicians.
• Maintains current electronic records on referring physician encounters, needs, issues and their resolution.
• Provides timely feedback to UCM administrators on perceptions and challenges from the referring community and participates in process improvement activities.
• Collects and communicates specific information on internal process improvement opportunities and service expectations with a goal of earning new business, retaining current business and keeping referring physicians satisfied and engaged.
• Identifies opportunities for CME programs and/or Networking events with UCM physicians and referring physicians and coordinates such events
• Performs other duties assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees