Career

Physician staffing business

Why choose the physician staffing business as a career?
General shortage of physicians and medical professionals in the US & acute shortage of physicians in certain specialties. General preference of physicians to live in urban and suburban parts of the country versus the rural parts of the country.

The demand for physicians' services is growing at a steady annual rate based upon the aging of the citizenry of the United States, technological developments, ability to purchase healthcare services and human desire to extend life.

The supply of physicians is limited and the characteristics of the pool of candidates are changing.

Currently over 75% of physicians are male however 40% of physicians under age 35 are females. More females may translate into more maternity leaves and more physician staffing opportunities. It also generally may translate into less chaotic work schedules for females who may attempt to balance work with family responsibilities. This has historically been less of an issue with the male physician.

The emergence of managed care into the healthcare marketplace, increased regulations, curtailed government service payment reimbursements, curtailed managed care payer reimbursements and higher medical malpractice insurance and taxation costs as well as a 20 year bull stock market has created an environment where more physicians are electing to retire or semi-retire from the full time practice of medicine. These factors have increased the pool of candidates available for short and long-term temporary staffing assignments as well as increased the demand for such physician candidates.There are only about 20 National firms in our industry that provide short and long term temporary physician staffing services.

Marketer Executive - responsible for contacting medical facilities (hospitals, clinics, group practices, etc. (in both the private and public sectors) and develop an ongoing relationship by learning of any staffing or placement opportunity where a healthcare provider is needed on a short or long term basis. The ME would complete a client profile document outlining all important facts about the client. NHA provides each marketer with a database of all existing and potential clients.

Recruiter Executive - responsible for contacting physicians to determine their interest in providing short or long term staffing services. The opportunity to place physicians in permanent practice will also be available. The RE will be communicating directly with our clients to present physician candidates and to update them on the current status of the search. Building relationships and lasting partnerships are the keys to a recruiter's success.