Clinician Onboarding Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the clinician transition process following offer acceptance, collaborating with recruiting on candidate details and commitments.

• Provide guidance to operational leaders regarding physician onboarding prerequisites, compliance, regulatory factors, readiness planning, and potential onboarding delays.

• Oversee onboarding priorities and timelines, foresee delays, and implement solutions to ensure timely start dates.

• Stay informed about clinician licensure, medical staff credentialing, and payer enrollment standards.

• Work alongside Clinician Licensing & Credentialing Specialists and escalate any credentialing issues.

• Act as the primary onboarding contact for newly hired physicians during the designated onboarding period.

• Offer personalized support to clinicians to enhance satisfaction, engagement, and retention.

• Create tailored onboarding plans that encompass credentialing, privileging, orientation, EMR access, clinic preparation, and integration milestones.

• Coordinate with operational and service line leaders regarding clinical site, equipment, access, scheduling, supervision, and team readiness.

• Conduct structured onboarding check-ins with clinicians and leadership.

• Maintain onboarding records, progress documentation, and communication logs.

• Independently address complex onboarding and credentialing issues.

• Organize virtual New Clinician Orientation logistics, scheduling, stakeholder communication, and readiness tracking.

• Contribute to initiatives aimed at standardizing onboarding processes and enhancing transition-to-practice experiences.

• Facilitate introductions with leaders, department chairs, peers, and key stakeholders.

• Support onboarding transition cycles by fostering relationships and conducting strategic check-ins.

• Customize onboarding assistance for both new graduate and experienced clinicians.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent level of experience.

• 2–4 years of experience in a healthcare environment supporting administrative, operational, or clinician-facing workflows.

• Outstanding communication and relationship management abilities.

• Strong organizational skills with the capacity to prioritize multiple competing tasks.

• Keen attention to detail.

• Self-driven with a collaborative team-oriented approach.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Applications and possesses strong technical skills.

• Ability to work in a private, secure, and distraction-free environment.

• High-speed internet connection and suitable technology for job responsibilities.

• Capacity to engage in virtual meetings, training sessions, and collaborative discussions during standard business hours.

• Preferred: Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Business, or a related field.

• Preferred experience in coordinating multistep or cross-functional onboarding processes in healthcare.

• Preferred background in supporting clinician onboarding across multisite or regional health systems.

• Familiarity with clinician onboarding workflows and collaboration with recruitment, operations, and credentialing teams.

• Expertise in managing multistep processes across various teams or service lines.

• Experience with onboarding, HRIS, or workflow tracking systems.

• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to foresee obstacles and proactively adjust plans.

• Capability to influence across departments and work collaboratively with leadership.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards benefits and well-being programs.

• Competitive salary structure.

• Generous retirement plans.

• Career development opportunities.

• Premium compensation such as shift and on-call pay based on role.

• Incentive pay available for select positions.

• Potential for annual performance-based salary increases.

• Paid Time Off programs.

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible healthcare and dependent care expenses.

• Adoption assistance provided.

• Paid parental leave.

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer matching.

• Additional financial wellness programs.

• Educational Assistance Program available.

• Fully remote work opportunity.

• Flexible scheduling within standard business hours.