What are the responsibilities and job description for the Provider Sourcing Specialist position at Lexington Health?
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Full Time
Day Shift
MF, 8a-5p
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 Sourcing Specialist is responsible for developing and maintaining a strong pipeline of candidates aligned with current and projected business objectives. The sourcing specialist develops creative approaches to identify, attract, and engage high quality candidates by ensuring maximum exposure of current and anticipated provider opportunities throughout Lexington Medical Center. The sourcing specialist utilizes innovative sourcing strategies to develop leads, pre-screen CVs, and professionally present candidates to recruiters. They will also assist with site visit coordination, provide business intelligence and market data to support ongoing sourcing initiatives, and maintain the candidate database.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in business, communications, human resources, marketing or health related field
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 year of experience in areas such as healthcare, recruiting, medical staffing/credentialing, sales/marketing or customer service.
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): In lieu of a Bachelor's Degree, candidates with an Associate's Degree and 2 additional years of experience in areas such as healthcare, recruiting, medical staffing/credentialing, sales/marketing or customer service will be considered.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Certified Medical Staff Recruiter (CMSR) or Certified Physician/Provider Recruitment Professional (CPRP). Candidates without one of the above certifications may apply, but must obtain either certification within 90 days of hire or transfer into role.
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
MF, 8a-5p
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 Sourcing Specialist is responsible for developing and maintaining a strong pipeline of candidates aligned with current and projected business objectives. The sourcing specialist develops creative approaches to identify, attract, and engage high quality candidates by ensuring maximum exposure of current and anticipated provider opportunities throughout Lexington Medical Center. The sourcing specialist utilizes innovative sourcing strategies to develop leads, pre-screen CVs, and professionally present candidates to recruiters. They will also assist with site visit coordination, provide business intelligence and market data to support ongoing sourcing initiatives, and maintain the candidate database.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree in business, communications, human resources, marketing or health related field
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 year of experience in areas such as healthcare, recruiting, medical staffing/credentialing, sales/marketing or customer service.
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): In lieu of a Bachelor's Degree, candidates with an Associate's Degree and 2 additional years of experience in areas such as healthcare, recruiting, medical staffing/credentialing, sales/marketing or customer service will be considered.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Certified Medical Staff Recruiter (CMSR) or Certified Physician/Provider Recruitment Professional (CPRP). Candidates without one of the above certifications may apply, but must obtain either certification within 90 days of hire or transfer into role.
Required Training: None
Essential Functions
- Develop and maintain working knowledge of the health system and regional communities in order to assist with candidate inquiries.
- Collaborate with recruiters to develop position profiles and manage postings on appropriate web-based career sites, professional organizations job boards, etc.
- Assist with the identification of potential candidates through online job postings, residency and fellowship program networking, physician sourcing databases and professional medical associations to attract qualified and diverse candidates.
- Participate in recruitment networking activities such as helping to organize and attend career fairs, recruiting venues, etc. as needed.
- Conduct initial vetting of leads and create candidate profiles to present to recruiters.
- Implement effective processes to identify and maintain passive candidates, creating a standard follow-up cadence.
- Assist recruiter with the facilitation of the site visit for the candidate and significant other/family. This may include but is not limited to making arrangements for travel, lodging, meals, and welcome gift, developing itineraries and providing transportation, as needed.
- Maintain candidate database, track recruitment targets and needs/opportunities throughout the health system and provides status reports as requested.
- Analyze effectiveness of efforts through data analysis and reporting including search progress reports, status reports, and market trend/feedback reports
- 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