Manager-Physician Services

St. Francis-Emory Healthcare; Columbus (GA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ScionHealth is seeking a Manager - Physician Services to foster physician engagement, support provider lifecycle activities, and help guide growth strategies. You will coordinate recruitment, onboarding, and retention initiatives while ensuring contracts and compensation are competitive and compliant.

The role partners with leadership to provide market intelligence, manage budgets, and lead onboarding timelines for new providers across the health system.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of healthcare economics, provider practice models, and physician engagement strategies.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Strong critical thinking, decision-making, and relationship-building abilities.
• Proven ability to manage confidential information and work with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and healthcare data systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with leadership to develop and execute provider recruitment, onboarding, retention, and succession planning strategies.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with physicians, practice managers, and leadership to enhance communication and service alignment.
• Ensures that provider contracts, compensation arrangements, and support packages are market competitive and compliant with legal and regulatory standards.
• Prepares and monitors recruitment and retention budgets; coordinates financial incentives with the CFO.
• Tracks provider needs by specialty and provides updated compensation benchmarks and market intelligence.
• Assists in drafting, reviewing, and routing provider employment contracts through internal approval channels.
• Leads communication regarding onboarding expectations and timelines for new providers.
• Partners with PRI colleagues on strategies to enhance provider retention and satisfaction.
• Conducts periodic feedback surveys and evaluations for newly hired physicians and reports findings to leadership.
• Monitors effectiveness of recruitment initiatives and updates strategies to support long-term workforce planning.

Skills

Healthcare economics

Physician engagement

Communication

Relationship-building

Confidentiality

Data literacy

Microsoft Office

Healthcare data systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Healthcare data systems

Job description

Description

At ScionHealth, we empower our caregivers to do what they do best. We value every voice by caring deeply for every patient and each other. We show courage by running toward the challenge and we lean into new ideas by embracing curiosity and question asking. Together, we create our culture by living our values in our day-to-day interactions with our patients and teammates.

Job Summary

The Manager - Physician Services plays a key role in fostering effective physician engagement, supporting provider lifecycle activities, and contributing to the health system’s physician growth strategies. This role collaborates with leadership to ensure that physician recruitment, contracting, and onboarding are executed efficiently, legally, and competitively. The manager supports retention initiatives and serves as a liaison between providers, practice operations, and executive stakeholders.

Essential Functions

• Collaborates with leadership to develop and execute provider recruitment, onboarding, retention, and succession planning strategies.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with physicians, practice managers, and leadership to enhance communication and service alignment.
• Ensures that provider contracts, compensation arrangements, and support packages are market competitive and compliant with legal and regulatory standards.
• Prepares and monitors recruitment and retention budgets; coordinates financial incentives (e.g., sign-on bonuses, retention payments) with the CFO.
• Tracks provider needs by specialty and provides updated compensation benchmarks and market intelligence.
• Assists in drafting, reviewing, and routing provider employment contracts through internal approval channels.
• Leads communication regarding onboarding expectations and timelines for new providers.
• Partners with Physician Relations & Industry (PRI) colleagues on strategies to enhance provider retention and satisfaction.
• Conducts periodic feedback surveys and evaluations for newly hired physicians and reports findings to leadership.
• Monitors effectiveness of recruitment initiatives and updates strategies to support long-term workforce planning.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Expectations

• Strong understanding of healthcare economics, provider practice models, and physician engagement strategies.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Strong critical thinking, decision-making, and relationship-building abilities.
• Proven ability to manage confidential information and work with minimal supervision.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and healthcare data systems

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field (Required)

Licenses/Certifications

• None required

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years of experience in sales, marketing, or physician relations, preferably in a healthcare setting.
• Experience in contract negotiation and provider relations strongly preferred.