Physician & Advanced Practice Provider Recruiter

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Summary:

Responsibilities:

Strategic Recruitment Consulting

• Conduct comprehensive intake and kickoff meetings with hiring leaders to develop a deep understanding of clinical, operational, and cultural requirements.

• Translate business needs into targeted recruitment strategies for physicians and APPs.

• Provide market intelligence regarding talent availability, compensation trends, competitive factors, and recruitment challenges.

• Advise leaders on candidate assessment, interview strategies, and selection decisions.

• Build strong relationships with operational and physician leaders to establish credibility as a trusted talent advisor.

Full-Cycle Physician & APP Recruitment

• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for approximately 30 active physician and APP requisitions.

• Source, screen, assess, and present highly qualified candidates for consideration.

• Coordinate interviews, site visits, candidate communications, and selection processes.

• Ensure all candidates are appropriately screened and meet organizational credentialing and licensing requirements.

• Maintain proactive communication throughout the hiring process to deliver a best-in-class candidate experience.

Talent Sourcing & Pipeline Development

• Develop creative sourcing strategies to identify passive and active candidates.

• Leverage niche healthcare job boards, targeted outreach campaigns, employee referrals, professional associations, and networking initiatives.

• Establish and maintain talent pools for recurring and critical physician and APP specialties.

• Build relationships with residency programs, fellowship programs, and educational institutions to create future talent pipelines.

• Participate in university relations and outreach initiatives to strengthen Presbyterian's employer brand.

Candidate Experience & Relationship Management

• Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates throughout the recruitment process.

• Deliver a high-touch, concierge-style recruitment experience that reflects Presbyterian's culture and values.

• Help candidates navigate relocation, organizational culture, compensation discussions, and career decision-making.

• Maintain consistent communication and transparency to foster trust and engagement.

Offer Development & Negotiation

• Facilitate offer development and compensation discussions in partnership with provider compensation and leadership teams.

• Exercise sound judgment and critical thinking when evaluating candidate concerns, contract questions, and negotiation requests.

• Ensure provider agreements, offer letters, and employment documentation are prepared accurately and executed appropriately.

• Partner with legal and operational stakeholders to resolve candidate concerns and achieve successful outcomes.

Employer Branding & Community Engagement

• Represent Presbyterian Healthcare Services at local, regional, and national recruiting events.

• Build relationships with professional organizations, residency and fellowship programs, and academic institutions.

• Participate in career fairs, networking events, conferences, and physician recruitment forums.

• Serve as an ambassador for Presbyterian's mission, culture, and provider value proposition.

Recruitment Operations & Performance Excellence

• Track and manage recruitment metrics, including:

  • Time-to-fill

  • Time-in-stage

  • Candidate pipeline activity

  • Service level agreement (SLA) adherence

  • Candidate experience measures

• Maintain compliance with all recruitment policies, procedures, and applicable regulations.

• Utilize recruitment technology and reporting tools to support data-driven decision-making.

• Continuously identify opportunities to improve recruitment processes and outcomes.

Success Measures

Within the first 12-18 months, the successful Recruiter will:

• Establish strong, consultative relationships with physician leaders and operational stakeholders.

• Successfully manage a portfolio of approximately 30 physician and APP searches while maintaining quality and responsiveness.

• Consistently achieve recruitment SLAs and support organizational goals of maintaining an average time-to-fill of less than 160 days.

• Develop proactive talent pipelines for specialty physician and APP positions.

• Deliver exceptional candidate and hiring leader experiences, earning a reputation for responsiveness, professionalism, and trusted partnership.

• Strengthen provider recruitment outreach through targeted sourcing, employee referral programs, and university relations efforts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Healthcare Administration, Business Administration, Communications, Marketing, or a related field required.
• Equivalent combination of education and relevant recruitment experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 2-5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience required.
• Experience recruiting healthcare providers, professionals, or highly specialized talent preferred.
• Healthcare recruitment experience is desirable but not required.
• Demonstrated success managing multiple concurrent requisitions in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience building candidate pipelines through proactive sourcing and networking.
• Experience supporting hiring leaders throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Experience partnering with educational institutions, residency programs, or university relations initiatives preferred.

All benefits-eligible Presbyterian employees receive a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability, group term life insurance and other optional voluntary benefits.

Wellness
Presbyterian's Employee Wellness rewards program is designed to provide you with engaging opportunities to enhance your health and activate your well-being. Earn gift cards and more by taking an active role in our personal well-being by participating in wellness activities like wellness challenges, webinar, preventive screening and more.

Why work at Presbyterian?
As an organization, we are committed to improving the health of our communities. From hosting growers' markets to partnering with local communities, Presbyterian is taking active steps to improve the health of New Mexicans.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.