Senior Director, Physician/APP Recruitment

Riedman Campus, Rochester, NY

SUMMARY:

Experienced executive leader responsible for shaping and executing enterprise-wide clinician recruitment strategy, ensuring alignment with organizational growth, market expansion, and long-term workforce planning objectives. Partners closely with senior and clinical leadership to build high-performing recruitment teams, strengthen and diversify talent pipelines, and enhance employer brand positioning. Drives data-informed decision-making and innovative recruitment practices to deliver sustainable hiring outcomes, improve retention, and support the organization’s ability to attract and retain top clinical talent.
 

RESPONSIBILITIES:
 

People Leadership:
• Effectively recruits and retains talent for continuous support of aligned business areas.
• Fosters a team-based environment that collaborates across multiple disciplines to focus on continuous improvement and engagement.
• Monitors and recognizes performance of people and supports people in professional development.
• Supports workplace well-being and workplace safety.
• Regularly connects with team members and leaders through purposeful rounding to understand needs, reinforce expectations, recognize contributions, and identify opportunities for improvement.

Strategy Development:
• Establishes and leads the organization’s overall clinician recruitment strategy, aligning talent acquisition with system growth, service line expansion, and long-term workforce planning.
• Partners with executive, clinical, and operational leadership to forecast provider needs, prioritize recruitment efforts, and address current and future staffing gaps.
• Serves as a strategic advisor to senior leadership on market trends, competitive positioning, compensation strategies, and clinician workforce availability.
• Strengthens and expands talent pipelines through partnerships with academic institutions, training programs, professional associations, and external search firms.
• Leads employer branding and recruitment marketing initiatives to position the organization as a top destination for clinical talent.

Sourcing, Recruitment, and Alignment:
• Oversees all aspects of physician and advanced practice clinician (APC) recruitment operations, ensuring efficiency, consistency, and an exceptional candidate experience.
• Builds, develops, and leads a high-performing recruitment and onboarding team, setting clear goals, driving accountability, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Ensures a seamless, high-quality candidate experience from initial engagement through onboarding by coordinating key touchpoints, providing clear communication, and partnering with stakeholders to support a smooth transition and successful integration into the organization.
• Develops and monitors key performance metrics, leveraging data and analytics to inform strategy, improve outcomes, and reduce time-to-fill for critical roles.
• Ensures compliance with all applicable regulations, legal requirements, and internal policies related to clinician recruitment, contracting, and employment practices.
• Oversees recruitment-related budgets, optimizing resource allocation and ensuring cost-effective strategies without compromising quality.
• Drives innovation in sourcing, outreach, and engagement strategies to attract both active and passive candidates in highly competitive specialties.
• Champion efforts within clinician recruitment to build a workforce that reflects the communities served.
• Provides executive oversight of onboarding and alignment programs, ensuring new clinicians’ transition successfully and are positioned for long-term retention.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s Degree required.

• 7 years of experience in recruitment required, with a minimum of 4 years in physician and/or advanced practice clinician (APC) recruitment required.

EDUCATION:

LICENSES / CERTIFICATIONS: 

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

For disease specific care programs refer to the program specific requirements of the department for further specifications on experience and educational expectations, including continuing education requirements.

Any physical requirements reported by a prospective employee and/or employee’s physician or delegate will be considered for accommodations.

PAY RANGE:

The listed base pay range is a good faith representation of current potential base pay for a successful full time applicant. It may be modified in the future and eligible for additional pay components. Pay is determined by factors including experience, relevant qualifications, specialty, internal equity, location, and contracts.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.