Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist - Physician and APP

Fairview Health Services•St. Paul, MN

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Senior Talent Sourcing Specialist to lead sourcing strategy for physicians and Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and CRNAs. The specialist will serve as a sourcing consultant to physician and APP recruiters, support and develop a growing team of Sourcing Specialists, and help shape how a large health system attracts provider talent across multiple business verticals. The role combines provider labor-market research, sourcing-channel development, budget and vendor management, analytics, and cross-functional project leadership. It requires understanding the challenges of provider recruitment, including credentialing timelines, licensure requirements, and specialty-specific talent scarcity. The position also mentors and coaches sourcing colleagues and supports consistent recruitment messaging aligned with the Fairview brand.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Marketing, Business, or a related field.
At least 4 years of progressively responsible experience in recruitment, sourcing, business, or marketing.
Demonstrated experience leading sourcing strategy across multiple business units, teams, or specialty areas.
Direct sourcing-support experience for high-level positions.
Experience with sourcing or recruitment technology platforms, data analysis, and budget or vendor management.
Computer literacy, including advanced proficiency in Excel and reporting or analytics tools.
Working knowledge of medical terminology.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience in physician and/or Advanced Practice Provider recruitment is strongly preferred.
Prior experience mentoring or informally leading sourcing or recruitment staff.
Experience in a large, complex, or multi-site health care or similarly regulated organization.
Physician/APP sourcing or recruitment marketing experience.
Familiarity with physician/APP compensation models, medical staff credentialing processes, and provider-specific recruitment marketing, such as medical association sponsorships, CME event sourcing, and residency/fellowship pipeline engagement.
Relevant AIRS or SHRM sourcing or talent acquisition certification.

Responsibilities

Partner with recruiters and recruitment leaders to design and refine enterprise-wide recruitment marketing and sourcing strategy, focusing on physician and APP recruitment.
Conduct labor-market research for provider specialties, including compensation benchmarking, physician workforce trends, and specialty-specific talent pipelines, and provide actionable recommendations to leadership.
Evaluate, pilot, and build business cases for new sourcing channels and tools, including physician job boards, medical association partnerships, locum and APP staffing networks, AI sourcing and database-mining tools, and passive-candidate engagement platforms.
Manage advertising and job-posting budgets, including physician-specific channels and medical staffing databases.
Build dashboards and scorecards measuring cost-per-hire, time-to-fill, and sourcing-channel return on investment for medical staff leadership and executives.
Maintain forward-looking sourcing calendars for high-volume, hard-to-fill, and provider roles.
Address physician-recruiting challenges such as credentialing timelines, licensure requirements, and specialty scarcity.
Mentor and coach Sourcing Specialists on provider-sourcing practices and help hire and onboard new team members.
Lead cross-functional recruitment marketing and sourcing projects from scoping through evaluation.
Represent sourcing on provider-recruitment initiatives and ensure messaging is consistent with the Fairview brand.