In the healthcare industry, Physician Recruitment is an important decision for a physician as well as the hospital or medical facility. The industry relying on providing healthcare services to the community, believes in the importance of ‘right people for the right jobs.’ Therefore, the physician recruiting process incorporates several key elements, strategies and considerations as essential activities in every hospital or clinic around the world.

The recruitment of a physician is done by evaluating and assessing a medical professional in different stages and by giving prominence to the desired requirements to match the suitability of a physician for the job. Extra efforts, wise decisions and necessary care are other priorities involved in the hiring of a physician because on an average, healthcare facilities spend between $20,000 and $40,000 for recruiting the most suitable physician depending upon specialty, location and recruitment procedures.

Successful recruitment of physicians has become highly competitive at present and a report says there are more jobs than there are physicians to fill them. Healthcare employers are advancing in their compensation plans and benefits program in order to recruit best professionals. In this process, recruiters screen candidates by asking some questions to identify possible recruits. Questions such as –

• Why are you looking for a new practice opportunity

• What is your professional training and overall experience in the field

• What is your current field of practice and what does it demand

• What are your expectations from the new practice opportunity

• How does this change would affect your personal life and family

These types of questions at the time of Physician recruitment help recruiters to understand the potential of a candidate, his preference and suitability with the job opening in a hospital or medical center. Major healthcare employers are familiar with the industry trends and the estimated number of jobs for physicians and surgeons in next 10 years that would be more than 140,000, increasing at 21%.

Due to this, it is vital for healthcare employers to formulate new strategies time-to-time in order to successfully recruit and retain physicians. On the other hand, physicians do need to modify their needs & preferences and should be open to adapt changes. Otherwise, inflexible preferences in finding good opportunities may even result in lack of growth and job dissatisfaction in many physicians.