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Rancho Cordova, California

Physician Engagement Specialist

Healthcare AdministrationFull-Time

Listed compensation

$36.51-$54.31/hr

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Posted 56m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Where You’ll Work

Dignity Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, is a 22-state network of more than 9,000 physicians, 63,000 employees, and 400 care centers, including hospitals, urgent and occupational care, imaging and surgery centers, home health, and primary care clinics.

Headquartered in San Francisco, Dignity Health is dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care with special attention to the poor and underserved. For more information, please visit our website at dignityhealth.org. You can also follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Physician Engagement Specialist, you will serve as the crucial liaison between Informatics and physicians, ensuring the successful integration of clinical systems and processes across the organization.

Every day, you will collaborate with the applications and support team to develop best practices for physician utilization of clinical information systems.

Your duties include training clinicians on software and IT processes, assisting in the development and implementation of current and future hospital clinical information systems, and working closely with leadership and stakeholders to enhance efficiencies and continuity of care through technology.

To be successful this role, you will have strong communication and interpersonal skills, a deep understanding of clinical workflows and IT systems, and a passion for driving technology adoption to enhance patient care.

Education of physicians and clinical staff. Effectively serves as resource to providers, AHP's, extenders, physician office staff and staff re: use of clinical information system tools (Cerner, consult accelerator, etc.). Develops educational tools for physicians and other clinicians.

  • Comfortable with 1 on 1 training or managing small groups on multiple computers if training in group setting.
  • Coordinates physician and other clinician service requests and incident resolutions through the Dignity Health IT Help Desk and Dignity Health change request process.
  • Demonstrates understands physician needs and practice patterns and workflow in hospitals.

Collaborates with Clinical Informatics Director, Project Managers, Clinical Informatics and stake holders to optimize current clinical information system to meet the needs of the physicians. Serves in liaison role for all new physician-related applications.

  • Participates in cross divisional projects as needed and performs other duties as assigned.
  • Job Requirements
  • Required
  • Bachelors Other in healthcare related field or equivalent professional experience
  • Minimum of five (5) years’ related experience in acute healthcare setting

Preferred

Project Management and/or Project Team Leader experience, prior experience training/educating others and

Experience in electronic medical record applications

Key Responsibilities

The Physician Engagement Specialist acts as a liaison between IT and clinical staff to ensure the successful integration and utilization of clinical information systems. They are responsible for training clinicians, managing service requests, and collaborating with leadership to optimize workflows and technology adoption.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a healthcare-related field and possess at least five years of experience in an acute healthcare setting. Proficiency in electronic medical record applications and prior experience in training or project management are preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Electronic Medical RecordsWorkflow OptimizationIT SupportChange ManagementStakeholder ManagementTechnical DocumentationHealthcare Operations

Healthcare Administration Career Context

Of the 40 active Healthcare Administration listings this role was benchmarked against, 43% are remote, 28% have no call, 75% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$94k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $85k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

How many Healthcare Administration jobs are remote?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$76k–$113kHealthcare Administration median $59k (middle half $46k–$74k)16 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$85k in purchasing powerCalifornia index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Healthcare Administration listings in California13 active125 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 43% remote · 28% no call · 75% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS healthcare professional listings: 5% state a sign-on bonus (median $4k) · 6% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

29 jobs · 24 employers
11
<$85k
9
$85k-110k
6
$110k-135k
1
$152k
2
$168k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

24 jobs
401k / retirement match
96%
Sign-on bonus
17%
Loan repayment
4%
CME allowance
4%
PSLF eligible
4%

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Work-life snapshot

1.5/ 10
Listing-based score
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About California Region

Hospitals and Health Care
San Francisco, CA
10,000+ employees

Living in Rancho Cordova

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$476k
Typical market rent
$2,412/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
106.7
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.