Physician and APP Recruiter Specialist

Sentara Health; Norfolk (VA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and教育

Life Insurance

Pet Insurance

Legal Resources Plan

Annual discretionary bonus if criteria

Job summary

Sentara Health is seeking a Physician and APP Recruiter to lead full-cycle recruitment for physicians and advanced practice providers across Sentara Health. The role focuses on high-volume and difficult-to-fill specialties, partnering with physician leadership and operations to deliver an exceptional candidate experience.

The recruiter will manage sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers, negotiations, and onboarding while building pipelines and relationships with residency programs and

Qualifications

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, physician recruitment, healthcare recruitment, executive search, sales, business development, or related field.
• Experience managing full-cycle recruitment, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and candidate relationship management.
• Experience recruiting for difficult-to-fill, high-volume, or highly specialized positions; physician or advanced practice provider recruitment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment of physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) across Sentara Health.
• Develop and maintain strong candidate pipelines; build relationships with residency and fellowship programs and professional organizations.
• Partner with physician leadership, operations, credentialing, compensation, immigration, and onboarding teams to ensure an exceptional candidate experience and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Relationship building

Strategic sourcing

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Related field (Business Administration, Human Resources, Healthcare Administration, Communications, Marketing)

Tools

Workday

CRM tools

Recruitment marketing platforms

Sourcing platforms

Job description

Overview

The Physician and APP Recruiter is responsible for full-cycle recruitment of physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) across Sentara Health. This position serves as a strategic recruitment partner to operational and physician leaders, supporting workforce planning and executing innovative sourcing strategies to attract top clinical talent. Primary recruitment responsibilities will focus on high-volume and difficult-to-fill specialties, including Anesthesiology or Primary Care (Family Medicine/Internal Medicine), while providing recruitment support across additional specialties and markets based on organizational priorities and business needs. The Physician and APP Recruiter manages the recruitment lifecycle from requisition intake through candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer development, negotiations, and onboarding transition. This role develops and maintains strong candidate pipelines, builds relationships with residency and fellowship programs, professional organizations, and passive candidates, and represents Sentara at recruitment events and conferences. The recruiter partners closely with physician leadership, operations, credentialing, compensation, immigration, and onboarding teams to deliver an exceptional candidate experience while ensuring compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and recruitment best practices. Success in this role requires exceptional relationship-building, strategic sourcing expertise, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple high-priority searches in a fast-paced healthcare environment.

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Hybrid Schedule: Virginia Beach, Virginia

Education

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• Business Administration, Human Resources, Healthcare Administration, Communications, Marketing, or related field (Preferred)

or

• Bachelor's Degree plus four (4) years of relevant recruitment, healthcare, sales, business development, or talent acquisition experience may be accepted in lieu of directly related experience.

Certification/Licensure

Preferred:

• AIRS, SHRM, LinkedIn Recruiter, AAPPR, or other professional recruiting certification.

Experience

• Minimum of four (4) years of experience in recruitment, talent acquisition, physician recruitment, healthcare recruitment, executive search, sales, business development, or related field.
• Experience managing full-cycle recruitment, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and candidate relationship management.
• Experience recruiting for difficult-to-fill, high-volume, or highly specialized positions; physician or advanced practice provider recruitment preferred.
• Demonstrated success building relationships with physicians, hiring leaders, operational stakeholders, and external recruitment partners while providing exceptional customer service.
• Experience utilizing applicant tracking systems (Workday preferred), CRM tools, sourcing platforms, and recruitment marketing strategies to build candidate pipelines and achieve hiring goals.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer

and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves. In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.