- Name: Jenene R. Washington, MD, MBA, FAAP, PMP, PCMH-CCE
- Title: Founder, CEO
- Email: jwashington@renayejames.com
- Phone: 443-255-2126
Renaye James Healthcare Advisors® (RJHA) is a boutique healthcare consulting firm specializing in workforce recruitment and retention strategy, technical assistance, and organizational capacity building for Health Centers and other safety-net providers. Our senior advisors provide customized, hands-on advisory services, including workforce assessments, retention program design, and staff engagement frameworks, tailored to meet the unique operational and mission-driven needs of community health organizations. As a GSA Schedule holder and WOSB/MBE-certified firm with a national footprint across 50 states, RJHA combines the credibility of federal contracting experience with the agility of a boutique firm focused on lasting, measurable workforce outcomes.
Renaye James Healthcare Advisors® provides end-to-end workforce recruitment advisory services, including workforce gap assessments, recruitment strategy development, job description refinement, candidate sourcing support, and onboarding framework design. RJHA also supports organizations in building sustainable talent pipelines through community partnerships, residency and training program affiliations, and mission-aligned employer branding. Our services are particularly tailored to the unique workforce challenges facing Health Centers and safety-net providers operating in underserved and rural communities.
Renaye James Healthcare Advisors specializes in supporting the recruitment of mission-driven healthcare professionals for community health settings, with particular depth in clinical roles (primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, behavioral health providers, and dentists), clinical leadership, and administrative leadership positions, including C-suite and operational directors. We also support GME-affiliated workforce pipelines that introduce residents and fellows to Health Center practice as a pathway to permanent employment.
Unlike traditional staffing firms or generalist HR consultants, Renaye James Healthcare Advisors® brings direct clinical and operational expertise. Our founder is a physician executive with frontline experience in health centers and community health, giving us an insider perspective that informs every facet of our workforce strategy. We do not place candidates transactionally; instead, we build the internal systems, processes, and frameworks that allow organizations to recruit and retain effectively on their own over time. Our boutique model ensures that clients receive consistent senior-level attention rather than being handed off to junior staff after engagement kickoff.
Renaye James Healthcare Advisors recruitment advisory process begins with a comprehensive workforce assessment, during which we analyze current staffing levels, turnover trends, compensation benchmarking data, and organizational culture factors that affect attraction and retention. As part of this discovery phase, we conduct structured conversations with managers and front-line staff to identify the specific gaps and pain points that new employees are likely to experience — ensuring that our recruitment strategy accounts for real organizational conditions, not just vacancy data. From there, we develop a tailored recruitment strategy that may include employer brand messaging, job description optimization, sourcing channel recommendations, and interview and selection process design.
We then support implementation by working alongside HR and leadership staff to execute the strategy, track key metrics, and refine the approach based on real-time results. A distinctive element of RJHA's approach is our commitment to meeting 1:1 with candidates to understand their professional experience, career goals, and what they are seeking in an employer, allowing us to assess both organizational fit and candidate motivation in ways that structured screening alone cannot capture. This candidate-centered approach improves match quality, reduces early turnover, and ensures that the organization is presenting itself authentically to prospective hires.
This implementation support also extends into the onboarding period, where RJHA provides direct technical assistance to managers to strengthen their ability to effectively onboard, engage, and retain new staff from day one. We establish structured 30/60/90-day milestone frameworks for new employee engagement, giving managers and HR teams a clear roadmap for early check-ins, performance touchpoints, and relationship-building activities that are proven to reduce early attrition. Each engagement concludes with a transition plan that builds lasting internal capacity for sustained recruitment and retention success.
Every engagement begins with a discovery and assessment phase that surfaces the organization's specific workforce pain points, organizational culture, budget constraints, and strategic priorities before any recommendations are made. Service scope, intensity, and delivery modality, whether fully virtual, hybrid, or on-site, are tailored accordingly, and engagements can be structured as project-based, retainer, or grant-funded arrangements. Renaye James Healthcare Advisors® tailors deliverables to each client's regulatory environment, payer mix, and community context, so strategies are actionable and locally relevant.
Renaye James Healthcare Advisors employs a multi-channel sourcing strategy that leverages professional networks, community partnerships, academic medical centers, residency programs, and mission-aligned job boards to identify candidates who are both clinically qualified and values-aligned with the community health mission. Screening is conducted through a structured review process that assesses clinical credentials, community health experience, and commitment to serving underserved populations. RJHA also advises clients on developing internal screening tools, including structured interview guides and behavioral assessment frameworks, that standardize evaluation and the selection process.
Recruitment and retention consulting engagements are customized to organizational scope, size, and service intensity. Pricing reflects boutique, high-touch advisory services delivered by senior-level consultants. The Renaye James Healthcare Advisors team has a unique approach that includes manager and leader tools to help orient, on-board and promote retention of new staff. Other variables that impact the cost include:
- Number of sites or locations served
- Volume of positions requiring recruitment support
- Complexity of workforce challenges (e.g., clinical vs. administrative roles, rural vs. urban markets)
- Level of ongoing retention program design vs. strategy consultation only
- Whether services include training, workforce assessments, or program development
- Grant-funded vs. operationally funded engagements
- Frequency and mode of client touchpoints (on-site vs. virtual)
- Contractual conditions or options for cancellation of services
Renaye James Healthcare Advisors' recruitment and retention services are grounded in a systems-thinking approach. We recognize that recruitment challenges are rarely isolated and are most often symptoms of broader organizational issues related to organizational mind-set, compensation, workload, and leadership. Our work is designed not only to fill immediate vacancies but to strengthen the organizational conditions that make community health centers destinations of choice for mission-driven healthcare talent. As a WOSB/MBE-certified firm with a GSA Multiple Award Schedule and deep health center domain expertise, Renaye James Healthcare Advisors is uniquely positioned to serve health centers navigating complex workforce environments with limited internal HR infrastructure.
Renaye James Healthcare Advisors uses emerging technology to improve recruitment, including AI to analyze job descriptions for inclusivity and clarity, and data analytics to benchmark compensation and identify sourcing gaps. We stay current with developments in workforce technology to ensure our clients benefit from tools that reduce administrative burden while improving candidate experience and hiring outcomes.
