[Hiring] Human Resources - Senior Generalist @Permanente Health Care Ventures, PC

Role Description

Rare opportunity to build and scale multiple core functions (recruiting, marketing, HR) in a fast-moving entrepreneurial team environment. Morlen is supported by an advisory team of seasoned operational leaders of a well-established medical group. Come join us!

This is a founding, high-impact builder role responsible for establishing and scaling physician recruiting, sourcing and marketing, and HR capabilities. In the early stage, this individual will operate as a hands-on operator—personally driving recruiting pipeline generation and placements—while also making critical business development decisions.

This position will spend time focusing on:

• Physician Locum Recruiting & Placement
• Marketing & Talent Attraction
• HR Program Development & Professional Employer Organization (PEO) Management
• Operations, Compliance & Analytics
• Customer Engagement and Relationships

Responsibilities:

• Lead full-cycle physician recruiting: sourcing, outreach, screening, interviewing, and placement of locum tenens providers.
• Build and manage pipelines across key specialties aligned with client demand.
• Develop and execute locums tenens physician marketing and talent attraction strategies.
• In partnership with the physician leader of Morlen, develop physician onboarding and orientation programs specific to value-based care delivery.
• Establish workflows, policies, and documentation to support scale.
• Track key metrics (time-to-fill, retention, redeployment, marketing ROI) and drive improvements.
• Establish new customer relationships and build highly valued and trusted relations with all business partnerships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Healthcare Administration, or related field.
• 8+ years combined experience in HR generalist work and recruiting with at least 4 years of full-cycle experience.
• Proven ability to build recruiting or HR functions from scratch in a high-growth environment.
• Familiarity with Professional Employer Organizations (PEO) models and co-employment structures.
• Strong understanding of multi-state employment law and healthcare workforce compliance.
• Demonstrated ability to operate across multiple functional areas and effectively prioritize in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in physician staffing, locum tenens agency, or healthcare workforce solutions.
• Experience in healthcare startups, MSOs, or physician organizations.
• Knowledge of value-based care models (ACO, risk contracts, capitation, etc.).
• Experience building employer brands or talent marketing campaigns.
• HR certification (SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR).

What Success Looks Like

• Strong, consistent physician pipeline built from scratch.
• Successful placements with high clinician satisfaction and redeployment rates.
• Effective, scalable marketing channels driving candidate acquisition.
• Seamless HR operations in partnership with the PEO.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Disability coverage.
• PTO: 15 days/year plus 7 paid holidays per year.

Company Description

We are a high-growth physician agency expanding in locum tenens staffing with a focus on value-based care models. Our home base is located in Portland, Oregon.

We are a wholly owned subsidiary of a medical group that has successfully practiced value-based care for over 80 years, giving us a strong foundation and proven expertise in delivering outcomes-driven healthcare.

Our mission is to expand access to value-based care by connecting forward-thinking clinicians with practices and communities across the country.

By doing so, we aim to improve patient outcomes and ensure access to high-quality, affordable healthcare. As a lean and agile organization, we partner with a PEO to manage core HR administration while building internal capabilities to scale.