Physician Talent Acquisition Specialist

Physician Talent Acquisition Specialist role plans and directs activities for sourcing, recruiting, and hiring physicians and locum tenens for St. Luke’s Physician Group and St. Luke’s University Health Network.

Responsibilities

• Own physician recruitment for assigned specialty areas.
• Develop strategies to promote SLPG and SLUHN opportunities for experienced physicians and for physicians in residency or fellowship.
• Coordinate growth, retention, and replacement planning in partnership with respective specialty leadership (as needed).
• Design and implement sourcing approaches, including:
  • Practice job profiles
  • Ad writing and placement on national and local internet advertising
  • Website posting
  • Database searches
  • Direct mail
  • Journal advertising
  • Outreach to residency programs
• Manage internal sourcing and recruiting by identifying, qualifying, and responding to candidate inquiries.
• Contact candidates and discuss opportunities.
• Present candidates to appropriate senior managers and internal stakeholders for consideration.
• Coordinate dates for site visits and partner with Physician Recruitment Coordinator(s) on travel arrangements, itinerary preparation, and participation in site visits.
• Partner with respective business owners to plan candidate visits and exposure to areas of interest (for example, schools and community).
• Engage candidates and the relevant department or group to determine continued interest.
• Coordinate second visits when necessary.
• Conduct reference checks.
• Initiate post-hiring processes (including medical staff privileges and onboarding, as applicable).
• Build close working relationships with SLUHN residency and fellowship program personnel.
• Negotiate and manage contracts with external recruitment firms and serve as chief liaison and contract administrator for external recruitment company relationships.
• Maintain close associations with provider sources seeking practice opportunities, including medical schools, residency-training programs, and national, state, and local medical societies and associations.
• Coordinate provider recruitment activities, including attending national and local medical conferences, resident events, and job fairs, and networking with local and national colleagues.
• Research and compile opportunity data, summarize findings, and develop practice and community profiles to share with candidates.
• Maintain a database of candidate information, including CVs, contact information, internal referrals, and follow-up details.
• Serve as liaison with candidates, Service Line Managers, Hospital Administrators, and Lead Physicians.
• Maintain current knowledge and comply with SLUHN Human Resources policies and State and Federal Employment and Affirmative Action Laws.
• Prepare and present monthly recruitment reports and track costs associated with recruitment efforts for each opportunity.
• Maintain confidentiality of all materials handled and ensure proper release of information.
• Comply with Network and departmental policies related to employee, patient, and environmental safety, including reporting requirements.
• Demonstrate and model the Network’s Service Excellence Standards of Performance in interactions with internal and external customers.
• Demonstrate Performance Improvement in areas such as Customer/Service Improvement and Operational System/Process (as appropriate).
• Demonstrate financial responsibility and accountability through effective and efficient use of resources in daily procedures and practices.
• Comply with Network and departmental policies regarding attendance and dress code.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in marketing, public relations, or healthcare management.
• Two to five years in physician recruiting or other relevant sales/marketing related experience.
• Comply with SLUHN Human Resources policies and State and Federal Employment and Affirmative Action Laws.
• Maintain confidentiality of all materials handled within the Network/Entity and ensure proper release of information.
• Complete the application using full legal name and current home address; include employment history for the past seven (7) years, including the present employer.

Education

• Minimum Bachelor’s Degree (preferably marketing, public relations or healthcare management).

Training and Experience

• Two to five years in physician recruiting or other relevant sales/marketing related experience.

Location: Allentown, PA (onsite)