Physician Recruiter, Part Time

At Northwestern Medicine, every patient interaction makes a difference in cultivating a positive workplace. This patient-first approach is what sets us apart as a leader in the healthcare industry. As an integral part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to join our quest for better health care, no matter where you work within the Northwestern Medicine system. We pride ourselves on providing competitive benefits: from tuition reimbursement and loan forgiveness to 401(k) matching and lifecycle benefits, our goal is to take care of our employees. Ready to join our quest for better?

The Physician Recruiter reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

The Physician Recruiter is responsible for sourcing and recruiting qualified physicians for the medical staff of the hospital and assisting in the development of strategic physician recruitment in the institution.  In addition, this position focuses on helping retain and strengthen the medical staff through practice enhancement and development activities.  Serve as the hospital’s physician recruiter in order to engage targeted physician specialists and ancillary providers to enhance medical staff development at Northwestern Memorial Hospital while maintaining the mission of the Staffing Department.  The Physician Recruiter exhibits keen strategic thinking abilities as related to competitive assessments of the market, contract execution, negotiation strategy, and a self-directed work style. The Physician Recruiter has an innate ability to establish new and maintain existing relationships with Northwestern Memorial affiliates and demonstrates enhanced problem-solving techniques.  The Physician Recruiter must maintain the highest customer service standards, as measured by high productivity and consistent high quality that addresses the practice opportunities NMHC affiliates.  Demonstrates poise and maturity when encountering unforeseen situations.  This customer services standard must show a visibility of and responsibility toward patients and their families, the Medical staff, and throughout the NMHC campus partners.  Excellent interpersonal skills in varying situations are imperative.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for coordination of the initial and on-going contact with physician applicants, assessment and screening of physicians’ backgrounds and interests.
• Build relationships with NMHC physicians and office staff.
• Work with physician practices, NM hospitals, physician representatives, recruitment agencies, and residents in developing and implementing ongoing physician and provider recruitment strategies and initiatives to ensure strategic goals and objectives.
• Enhance physician availability through utilizing national database tracking system to uncover a larger pool of physician candidates.
• Coordinates advertising and public relation strategies, to include special events, related to Physician and Provider recruitment, and is responsible for sourcing candidates using the most advanced methodologies to achieve cost effective and efficient recruitment processes. Provide extensive “value added” services/programs to resident campaign efforts in conjunction with Alumni Affairs, Graduate Medical Education, and the Feinberg School of Medicine.
• Provide summary of recruitment activity on a quarterly basis.
• Review and update current corporate website for best practices for physician recruitment
• Review, analyze, and provide updates of Medical Staff Diversity Initiative, communicate findings to manager, director, and director of the office of diversity.
• Work with Medical Directors to access their needs and potential recruitment plans.
• Coordinate all activities related to recruitment of physician candidates with NMHC physician leads.
• Implement new strategies in monitoring & tracking physicians & corresponding services to build relationship with potential candidates.
• Cultivate and foster successful marketing strategies for physician practices through a multi-disciplinary team approach of recruitment, retention, and development in collaboration with the Department of Business Development and Strategic Planning.
• Enhance recruitment procedures as related to other academic medical centers in the Chicago market through coordination of or actively participating in various educational programs, meetings and luncheons for recruitment proposes as related to the Illinois Staff Physician Recruiters Association.
• Working knowledge of physician contracts and compensation.
• Monitor activity of new candidates in submitting application for medical staff privileges.
• Facilitate transition of newly credentialed physician to the on-campus physician representative.
• Collaborate with intra-departmental staff & management ensuring enhanced medical staff development and improved outreach initiatives.
• Maintain routine communication with medical leadership

Required:

• Bachelors of Arts/Science in related field
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to be highly flexible and responsive in varying situations.
• Familiarity with healthcare administration and the medical community.
• Five to seven years healthcare experience, physician office focus, and strong data base skills.
• Knowledge of physician databases

Preferred:

• Masters in Healthcare, Public Health, or Business Administration.
• Proven success in physician recruitment.
• Proficiency in computer software programs, i.e., Microsoft Word, and Excel
• Illinois Staff Physician Recruiters Association

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check.  Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. 

Benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more.

Sign-on Bonus Eligibility: Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.