Physician: What is the cost of hiring?

Why hire a doctor?

Hiring a doctor for your clinic or hospital is crucial in addressing patients’ health and helping them experience a better quality of life. Doctors treat preexisting diseases and suggest preventive measures.

Choosing the right person as a doctor is essential to help your clinic treat patients with care and compassion and enable them to achieve good health. Doctors often do the following: 

• Monitor patients’ health and perform checkups 
• Provide advice regarding diet, nutrition, exercise and preventive habits to promote good health
• Perform tests for patients and analyze symptoms to deliver appropriate treatments

What are the ranks of doctors?

Upon graduating from medical school, doctors move through various ranks. Doctors can also specialize in different areas of medicine, which requires additional work in those specialties. Common ranks for doctors, starting from the bottom and moving up, are:

• Interns: After graduating from medical school, a doctor is considered an intern for the first year of residency. Interns often work in different areas of medicine during this year.
• Resident doctors: Doctors are called residents after completing their intern year. This is considered a learning period and can last varying lengths of time depending on the resident’s specialty. 
• Chief resident doctors: Toward the end of residency, a doctor can be named a chief resident. This person is in charge of other residents.
• Attending doctors: After completing residency, the next rank is attending doctor. These physicians have completed training and work independently treating patients.
• Chief doctor: This top position serves as the leader for the office or department. They might also be called the head or director of the department, such as the head of pediatrics. They tend to play a more administrative role rather than provide hands-on patient care. 

Where to find doctors

To find the right doctor for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

• Attend medical conferences: Networking in the medical field is an effective way to find a new doctor, and medical conferences offer a targeted event for networking.
• Get involved in medical organizations: Another networking opportunity is to be active in medical organizations. This lets you connect with other doctors who are members.
• Network with medical field contacts: If you work with medical suppliers or other contacts in the medical field, look for recommendations from them for quality doctors.
• Collaborate with medical schools: Consider accepting interns and residents at your medical facility to fill an immediate need. Once those doctors complete residency, they might stay on as attending physicians.
• Post your job online: Try posting your doctor job on Indeed to find and attract quality doctor candidates.

Skills to look for in a great Doctor

It is essential to review the skills and qualifications of all possible candidates to identify the most suitable candidate for Doctor.

• Doctor of Medicine Degree needed
• The valid state medical license to practice in the profession
• Certification from Board in the family or emergency medicine an asset
• Past experience as a Doctor or primary care provider
• Caring and compassionate behavior
• Attention to detail and excellent leadership skills

Writing a doctor job description

It’s vital to create a detailed job description with a list of duties, responsibilities and skills to find suitable doctor candidates.

When writing your doctor job description, consider including some or all of the following keywords to improve the visibility of your job posting . These are the most popular search terms leading to clicks on doctor jobs, according to Indeed data:

• Physician
• Telemedicine physician
• Physician assistant
• Medical director
• Nurse practitioner
• Doctor
• Internal medicine physician
• Foreign medical graduate
• Primary care physician
• Cannabis

Interviewing doctor candidates

In the interview process, comparing the skills and qualifications of all potential doctor candidates is essential. Interview questions can cover the following: 

• Proficiency in the field of medicine and associated areas
• Experience treating health concerns and suggesting treatments for them
• How they’ve excelled at improving patient health by actively suggesting different courses of action depending on the patient’s situation

Need help coming up with interview questions? See our list of doctor interview questions for examples (with sample answers).