What are the responsibilities and job description for the Provider Recruiter position at Lexington Health?
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Full Time
Day Shift
7:30am - 5:00pm
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.
Job Summary
The Provider Recruiter manages the provider recruitment process and is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing effective provider sourcing and recruitment initiatives to support the strategic direction of the organization. They recruit qualified providers for medical staff and assists in the development of strategic recruitment plans, coordinating a comprehensive recruitment program and assessing both immediate and long-term organizational recruitment needs. The Provider Recruiter is responsible for monitoring recruitment activity across all service lines, sourcing, maintaining reports, scheduling and coordinating interviews with Administration, acting as the main contact for providers during the entire process, and participating in the onboarding and orientation process of new providers.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 Years of related experience in an Administrative or Clerical Support role
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): 2 Years of Administrative or Clerical Support experience can be substituted for 1 Year of direct experience in physician recruitment and/or functioning as a physician hiring liaison
Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
Required Training: None.
Essential Functions
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.
Nearest Major Market: Columbia
Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina
Full Time
Day Shift
7:30am - 5:00pm
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.
Job Summary
The Provider Recruiter manages the provider recruitment process and is responsible for planning, developing, and implementing effective provider sourcing and recruitment initiatives to support the strategic direction of the organization. They recruit qualified providers for medical staff and assists in the development of strategic recruitment plans, coordinating a comprehensive recruitment program and assessing both immediate and long-term organizational recruitment needs. The Provider Recruiter is responsible for monitoring recruitment activity across all service lines, sourcing, maintaining reports, scheduling and coordinating interviews with Administration, acting as the main contact for providers during the entire process, and participating in the onboarding and orientation process of new providers.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree
Minimum Years of Experience: 2 Years of related experience in an Administrative or Clerical Support role
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): 2 Years of Administrative or Clerical Support experience can be substituted for 1 Year of direct experience in physician recruitment and/or functioning as a physician hiring liaison
Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
Required Training: None.
Essential Functions
- Manages program and project implementations.
- Serves as a liaison between the Physician Network Vice Presidents, Practice Management, and Executive leadership.
- Works with senior management, hiring managers, the Marketing Department and LMC Human Resources staff to develop yearly recruiting strategies and search assignments.
- Prepares candidates for interviews, including providing logistical information, interview schedule and expectations for follow up.
- Demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the employment market, geographic challenges, competition and specific client and industry needs through the use of market intelligence tools.
- Leads communication and relationships with hiring managers and interview teams. Provide feedback on applicants and candidates and ensure timely coordination of candidate movement through various systems and processes.
- Standardizes and maintain Recruiting Status reports.
- Establishes and maintains contact with key recruitment firms and maintains files of active search firm agreements.
- Provides data analysis of provider recruitment activities.
- Responsible for the creation and distribution of recruitment packets, including but not limited to, information about Lexington Medical Center, the Physician Network, surrounding Lexington and Richland area, etc..
- Maintains high level of expertise by participating in online educational opportunities, reading professional publications, and maintaining recruitment networks.
- Schedules and organize provider interviews, community, and real estate tours.
- Develops and maintain an effective working knowledge of local healthcare provider employment agreements, employment process, offer packages, compensation, and benefits to answer candidate questions as needed.
- Continually develop and improve upon processes, procedures, policies and techniques to recruit providers. Maintain up to date knowledge and compliance with federal and state fair employment laws and guidelines.
- Assists with the documentation needed for the completion of the credentialing process, as needed. This may include but is not limited to references, background check, license verification, and other screenings as needed.
- Participates in various recruiting project initiatives, including travel to and from recruitment fairs.
- Coordinate and facilitate provider onboarding.
- Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.
Nearest Major Market: Columbia
Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina