PSS Onboarding Specialist

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For us, this is more than a job– it’s a calling. It’s waking up each day, looking for ways to make a difference with a compassionate, inclusive and talented team. Ochsner empowers you to discover your passion, reach your potential, and Pursue Your Purpose. Exceptional care starts with exceptional people and teams. Together we are leading the way.

This role supports a smooth and organized onboarding experience by serving as the primary point of contact for new hires and department leaders. It involves building strong working relationships, coordinating key onboarding tasks, and ensuring required documents, checks, and orientation activities are completed accurately and on time. The position works closely with the recruiting team and leadership to maintain onboarding trackers, support organization-wide processes, and keep workflows running efficiently. It also monitors post-onboarding survey results to help identify opportunities for improvement across the onboarding journey.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

This job description is a summary of the primary duties and responsibilities of the job and position. It is not intended to be a comprehensive or all-inclusive listing of duties and responsibilities. Contents are subject to change at the company’s discretion.

Education

• Required - Associate’s degree; High School diploma plus an additional 2 years of related experience may be accepted in lieu of degree

Work Experience

• Required - 1 year of experience in recruitment support or closely related HR support

Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs)

• Knowledge of provider onboarding workflows, including new provider orientations, documentation and onboarding timelines
• Experience using provider tracking systems .
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple physician and APP onboarding tasks, deadlines and documentation efficiently.
• Excellent communication skills for collaborating with new hires and key stakeholders involved in the onboarding process.
• Strong collaboration skills to work effectively with key teams and stakeholders involved in recruitment and onboarding processes.
• Understanding of company policies, employment laws, and compliance requirements
• Ensuring accuracy in documentation and compliance with legal requirements.
• Ability to troubleshoot onboarding issues and escalate when necessary.
• Ability to handle sensitive employee information securely.

Job Duties

• Build relationships with new hires, hiring managers and other key stakeholders to enable and support the onboarding function.
• Serves as the primary point of contact during onboarding process and provides high level support to the department leadership and new hires.
• Managing multiple onboarding tasks, deadlines, and documentation efficiently.
• Partner with recruiting team members and leadership with creating & updating new hire trackers, collecting required candidate documents, conducting new hire background checks, and organizing new provider orientation.
• Support organization-wide strategy and processes.
• Oversee post onboarding survey results.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work only. They are not an exhaustive list of all required responsibilities, duties, and skills. Other duties may be added, or this description amended at any time.

Remains knowledgeable on current federal, state and local laws, accreditation standards or regulatory agency requirements that apply to the assigned area of responsibility and ensures compliance with all such laws, regulations and standards.

This employer maintains and complies with its Compliance & Privacy Program and Standards of Conduct, including the immediate reporting of any known or suspected unethical or questionable behaviors or conduct; patient/employee safety, patient privacy, and/or other compliance-related concerns. The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Physical and Environmental Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Sedentary Work- Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally (occasionally means activity or conditions exist up to 1/3 of the work day), and/or, a negligible amount of force frequently (frequently means activity or condition exists from 1/3 to 2/3 of the work day) to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Normal routine involves no exposure to blood, body fluid or tissue and as part of their employment, incumbents are not called upon to perform or assist in emergency care or first aid.
The incumbent has no occupational risk for exposure to communicable diseases .

Because the incumbent works within a healthcare setting, there may be occupational risk for exposure to hazardous medications or hazardous waste within the environment through receipt, transport, storage, preparation, dispensing, administration, cleaning and/or disposal of contaminated waste. The risk level of exposure may increase depending on the essential job duties of the role.

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About Us

Ochsner Health is the leading not-for-profit healthcare provider in the Gulf South, delivering expert care at its 46 hospitals and more than 370 health and urgent care centers. For 12 consecutive years, U.S. News & World Report has recognized Ochsner as the No. 1 hospital in Louisiana. Additionally, Ochsner Children’s has been recognized as the No. 1 hospital for kids in Louisiana for three consecutive years. Ochsner inspires healthier lives and stronger communities through a combination of standard-setting expertise, quality and connection not found anywhere else in the region. In 2023, Ochsner Health cared for more than 1.5 million people from every state in the nation and 65 countries. Ochsner’s workforce includes more than 38,000 dedicated team members and over 4,700 employed and affiliated physicians. To learn more about how Ochsner empowers people to get well and stay well, visit https://www.ochsner.org/.

Ochsner Health is proud to be an Employer of Choice.

• Ranked one of Newsweek's list of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity of 2024
• Becker's Healthcare listed Ochsner Health as 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare
• Awarded Culture Awards for Purpose and Values and Healthcare Industry by Top Workplace
• Ranked as a 2023 Top Workplace in the USA! The Top Workplaces USA award is based entirely on feedback from an employee engagement survey completed by the employees of participating workplaces.
• Awarded Top Work Places 2023 for six consecutive years by The Times-Picayune
• Earned 2022-2023 Great Place to Work Certification™
• Ochsner Health named to Newsweek's America's Greatest Workplaces for Parents and Families 2023

Opportunities listed here represent open positions at Ochsner Health and Ochsner Health managed entities.