[Hiring] Practitioner Recruitment Coordinator @UnitedHealth Group

Role Description

The Practitioner Recruitment Coordinator (PRC) will recruit practitioners to perform services through subcontractors of LHI's network for LHI initiatives. Responsibilities include:

• Create, build, and maintain a geographically accessible, stable, and quality network that achieves compliance and requested service fulfillment.
• Analyze, qualify, and screen practitioner candidates.
• Communicate daily with subcontracted healthcare professionals and administrative staff as well as internal departments.
• Maintain practitioner files, enter data into customized computer systems, and analyze and report on provider network needs and maintenance.

Schedule: Monday through Friday from 8:00AM - 5:00PM CST. The schedule will be determined by the supervisor upon hire.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities

• Recruit practitioners utilizing existing network practitioners, subcontracted provider agencies, web searches and online job posting resources, cold calling, and referencing databases in order to identify candidates.
• Screen potential candidates for necessary qualifications and determine if candidates’ skill set meets Optum Services business needs.
• Educate candidates on role requirements to ensure collaborative agreement and understanding of services.
• Assess and resolve practitioner and market/recruitment needs and concerns.
• Assist with all steps of the required onboarding process for each initiative as well as maintenance of the Practitioner Network to include inactivating and temporarily inactivating practitioners based on business need.
• Analyze applicable reports and identify all Healthcare Practitioners needing onboarding assistance.
• Manage and optimize practitioner job advertisements on multiple recruitment platforms, including Indeed, ZipRecruiter, and other online job boards, ensuring postings are current, compliant, and aligned with recruitment strategies to attract qualified candidates.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off which you start to accrue with your first pay period plus 8 Paid Holidays.
• Medical Plan options along with participation in a Health Spending Account or a Health Saving account.
• Dental, Vision, Life & AD&D Insurance along with Short-term disability and Long-Term Disability coverage.
• 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Education Reimbursement.
• Employee Discounts.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Referral Bonus Program.
• Voluntary Benefits (pet insurance, legal insurance, LTC Insurance, etc.).

Qualifications

• High School Diploma/GED.
• 3+ years of recruiting experience and/or applicable military experience.
• 1+ years of related experience (provider relations, network management, customer service or negotiations).
• Intermediate level of computer skills including Microsoft Office programs to include word processing, managing files and record keeping, other office procedures and skills.
• Live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service.
• Access to a designated quiet workspace in your home (separated from non-workspace areas) with the ability to secure Protected Health Information (PHI).

Preferred Qualifications

• Subcontracting experience.
• Healthcare Practitioner recruiting experience.
• Database experience/education.
• Experience utilizing financial models and analysis in negotiating rate structures.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer service.
• Knowledge and understanding of military culture and protocol.

Soft Skills

• Ability to work independently and as a team, and maintain good judgment and accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to work well with health care providers and team members.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks to meet all deadlines.
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to speak clearly and concisely, conveying information in a manner that others can understand, as well as ability to understand and interpret information from others.

Application Deadline

This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.