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University of Rochester

Private research university in Rochester, NY

Executive Physician Recruiter

Full-TimePosted on 10/20/2026
$77.6k - $116.4k
Senior
Bachelor's
Brighton, NY, USA
In Person
People & HRGeneralist Recruiting

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree in Human Resources or a related field is preferred.
  • A minimum of 5–7 years of progressive recruitment experience, including significant experience recruiting physicians, advanced clinical professionals, healthcare executives, or similarly specialized professional talent, is required.
  • An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
  • Experience with talent mapping, passive candidate sourcing, and proactive pipeline development and management is required.
  • Ability to identify and engage candidates who are not actively seeking new employment.
  • Experience managing complex, high-touch, full-cycle searches involving multiple senior-level stakeholders.
  • Experience using applicant tracking systems, customer relationship management platforms, sourcing databases, and professional networking tools.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to develop compelling candidate outreach.
  • Organizational and project management skills to manage multiple complex searches and long recruitment cycles simultaneously.
Responsibilities
  • Manage full-cycle recruitment for executive physicians and other designated executive-level clinical positions, from workforce planning and sourcing through offer acceptance and transition to onboarding.
  • Establish working relationships with search committees and leaders across the University Medical Center, including delivering search progress meetings to senior leaders and providing strategic guidance and support.
  • Develop individualized recruitment strategies based on specialty, market conditions, organizational priorities, and candidate availability.
  • Create a high-touch executive-level candidate experience that supports equity and competitive positioning through consistent presentation and caliber of experience.
  • Develop and maintain talent maps for key physician specialties and priority markets, identifying potential candidates across competing health systems, academic medical centers, fellowship programs, professional associations, and other relevant talent pools.
  • Develop and execute passive sourcing strategies to identify physicians who are not actively applying for positions; create personalized outreach to generate interest and build relationships with sought-after physician talent.
  • Build and maintain long-term physician talent pipelines for high-priority specialties and anticipated organizational needs.
  • Partner with Talent Acquisition leadership, the executive search committee, and Communications and Marketing to develop marketing collateral for executive searches.
  • Consult directly with candidates throughout recruitment, explaining the University Medical Center, its value proposition and mission, and the Greater Rochester area.
  • Partner with internal stakeholders to coordinate interviews, site visits, leadership meetings, offer discussions, and other recruitment-process components.
  • Maintain knowledge of Human Resources trends, best practices, regulatory changes, recruitment strategies, and employment law; apply this knowledge to communicate necessary changes in policy, practice, and resources in collaboration with the HR leadership team.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

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