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Principal Clinician Recruiter

UnitedHealth Group•Houston, TX
•$91,700 - $163,700

About The Position

The Principal Physician Recruiter is a senior talent advisor who develops and executes physician recruitment strategies across multiple markets, specialties, and care delivery organizations. The role leads full-lifecycle recruitment for physicians, physician executives, advanced practice clinicians, and other critical clinical leadership positions, with an emphasis on proactive pipeline development, market intelligence, executive consultation, and achieving workforce and business outcomes. The recruiter partners with senior business, clinical, People, and Talent Acquisition leaders to turn growth, access, and workforce plans into recruitment strategies. The role leads complex and highly visible searches, advises executives on talent availability and competitive positioning, and owns initiatives to improve hiring performance, candidate experience, and long-term physician pipeline health.

Requirements

  • At least 5 years of recruiting and/or sourcing experience.
  • At least 3 years of physician recruiting experience, including full-lifecycle ownership of complex or hard-to-fill physician searches.
  • Intermediate experience using CRM software and applicant tracking systems.
  • Experience articulating and supporting negotiation of complex physician compensation packages and employment terms.

Nice To Haves

  • At least 8 years of recruiting, talent advisory, or related business experience, with demonstrated ability to drive measurable business results.
  • Advanced talent sourcing experience, including market mapping, internet research, networking, direct outreach, and cold calling.
  • Knowledge of physician compensation models, incentives, employment agreements, and market benchmarking.
  • Knowledge of employment law and hiring requirements, including OFCCP, EEO, AAP, conflicts of interest, and non-compete considerations.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end recruitment for physicians, physician executives, and senior clinical leadership roles, including sourcing, assessment, selection, offer development, negotiation, and transition to onboarding.
  • Consult with executives, physician leaders, and hiring leaders on search strategy, role design, candidate profiles, market competitiveness, compensation considerations, risk, and hiring decisions.
  • Lead complex, confidential, and business-critical searches spanning multiple geographies, specialties, or leadership levels; establish search plans, decision milestones, stakeholder roles, and escalation paths.
  • Build and maintain proactive physician talent pipelines through direct sourcing, professional networks, referrals, market research, associations, training programs, and other targeted channels.
  • Use external market intelligence and internal recruiting data to advise leaders on physician supply, competitor activity, compensation trends, candidate expectations, and anticipated search challenges.
  • Provide recurring executive updates summarizing progress, market findings, barriers, risks, decisions required, and corrective actions.
  • Drive accountability across the hiring process by clarifying decision rights, maintaining search cadence, identifying delays, and escalating barriers that threaten access, growth, or hiring commitments.
  • Influence hiring leaders to adopt recruiting approaches, technologies, and operating practices that improve outcomes, consistency, and candidate experience.
  • Mentor recruiting colleagues and share physician recruitment expertise, market insights, sourcing practices, and search-management methods across Talent Acquisition.
  • Ensure recruiting activity and documentation comply with applicable employment laws, company policies, and required hiring practices.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Incentive and recognition programs
  • Equity stock purchase
  • 401(k) contribution

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