Hiring Department
School of Medicine Dean's Office
Job Description
Why Join Us
The physicians, advanced practice providers, and clinical faculty that we recruit expand access to care across Missouri, teach the next generation of physicians, and lead research that improves lives. We are building a high-performing, data-driven team where good work is visible and measured. You will partner with senior clinical and academic leaders, have the support of experienced colleagues, and see how your work affects patient care at Missouri’s academic medical center.
About the Role
The Clinical Recruiter is a strategic recruitment partner to department chairs, division chiefs, and other leaders, managing the full recruitment lifecycle for an assigned portfolio of faculty, provider, and clinical searches. The role requires strong sourcing skills, sound judgment, strong relationship management, and the ability to recruit successfully in competitive, hard-to-fill healthcare markets.
The successful candidate will take a proactive, consultative approach: building pipelines before positions open, using market data to guide hiring decisions, managing recruitment, spending carefully, and giving every candidate professional and responsive experience. As part of the team, the Clinical Recruiter will share what works, contribute to team goals, and help improve how the School of Medicine recruit clinical talent.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage full-cycle recruitment for an assigned portfolio of physicians, advanced practice provider, clinical faculty, and other clinical searches, from intake through accepted offer and pre-employment.
- Partner with department chairs, division chiefs, and hiring managers to define position needs, candidate profiles, and timelines, and advise them on market conditions, candidate availability, and compensation considerations.
- Develop and carry out search strategies based on specialty, labor market conditions, and departmental priorities.
- Identify and engage active and passive candidates through direct sourcing, networks, databases, outreach, social media, referrals, residency and fellowship programs, professional associations, and conferences.
- Build and maintain candidate pipelines for current and anticipated needs to shorten time-to-fill and reduce reliance on external search firms.
- Screen candidates and present qualified slates to hiring departments with clear recommendations on next steps.
- Serve as the primary contact for candidates, coordinate interviews and site visits with hiring departments, and support offer development, acceptance, and pre-employment activities.
- Partner with credentialing, immigration, compensation, onboarding, and HR teams to support smooth candidate transitions.
- Represent the School of Medicine at conferences, career fairs, and residency and fellowship events as needed.
- Maintain accurate records in applicant tracking and reporting systems and track key metrics such as time-to-fill, source of hire, cost-per-hire, and offer acceptance rate.
- Evaluate the cost and effectiveness of sourcing channels, advertising, and recruitment vendors, and recommend where to invest or cut spending.
- Recommend process improvements, tools, and partnerships that make recruitment more efficient, and share knowledge with teammates to support team goals.
- Maintain working knowledge of University policies, recruitment practices, and applicable federal and state requirements.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Work Arrangement
This position is onsite in Columbia, Missouri, and is not eligible for remote work. The role requires regular in-person collaboration with recruitment team members, department leaders, faculty, candidates, and other internal partners. Travel may also be required for candidate recruitment activities, conferences, career fairs, residency and fellowship outreach, and other business needs.
Shift
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
With flexibility based on recruitment activities and business needs.
Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 4 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, healthcare administration, communications, marketing, or a related field.
- Three or more years of experience recruiting physicians, advanced practice providers, clinical faculty, healthcare professionals, or other difficult-to-fill professional positions.
- Demonstrated experience with proactive sourcing and passive candidate engagement.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent searches and partnering directly with senior leaders, hiring managers, department chairs, division chiefs, or other organizational leadership.
- Knowledge of physician, faculty, and advanced practice provider recruitment practices and healthcare labor markets.
- Experience recruiting within an academic medical center, health system, physician practice, healthcare organization, or similarly complex environment.
- Experience using applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, professional databases, social media, and other recruitment technologies.
- Strong interpersonal, consultative, negotiation, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to independently manage competing priorities and multiple searches in a high-volume, fast-paced recruitment environment.
- Working knowledge of physician immigration considerations, including J-1 and H-1B processes, preferred.
- Certified Physician/Provider Recruitment Professional (CPRP) certification preferred.
- Professional human resources or recruitment certification, such as SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or a related credential, preferred.
Anticipated Hiring Range
Salary Range: $60,944 - $85,000 annually
Grade: GGS - 011
University Title: HUMAN RESOURCES CONSULTNT SR
Internal applicants can determine their university title by accessing the Talent Profile tile in myHR.
Application Materials
In addition to the Online Application, please provide Resume and cover letter.
Sponsorship Information
Employment visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
Benefit Eligibility
This position is eligible for University benefits. As part of your total compensation, the University offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental and vision plans, retirement, paid time off, short- and long-term disability, paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, and educational fee discounts for all four UM System campuses. For additional information on University benefits, please visit the Faculty & Staff Benefits website at https://www.umsystem.edu/departments-staff/human-resources/benefits-retirement
Equal Employment Opportunity
The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
To request ADA accommodations, please call the Director of Accessibility and ADA at 573-884-7278.