Physician recruitment is becoming increasingly challenging these days. With increased competition for attracting, recruiting, and nurturing talented physicians among the players of the health care industry like clinics and hospitals, there is an increased need to re-organize and re-establish the physician recruitment strategies. There is a serious need to rejig the way of conducting search for candidates, creation of pools of prospective physicians, making offers, and redefining the skill sets required to ensure that the right candidates are chosen.
The following are some points to be kept in mind in physician recruitment:
Good Planning - Successful recruitment programs involve a lot of serious planning. Physician recruitment is no exception. It is very important to develop a comprehensive recruitment plan. Prior to calling a candidate, it is important to go through their resumes. Reviewing and clearly stabling the job details and also ensuring that the compensation package offered is competent enough to attract and retain the best will prove to be very beneficial.
Research - It is important for physician recruiters to do their homework well. Going through previously listed jobs is a good way to find out the level of competition. Also the choice of keywords to be used on various job portals is of utmost importance in order to create a pool of potential candidates.
Advertising - The content of the advertisement in medical journals, job portals, job boards, local newspapers, etc needs to be descriptive and attention grabbing. It is a good idea to respond to applicants promptly. After zeroing down on potential candidates, interviews should be scheduled at the earliest. Responsiveness is the key ingredient of successful physician recruitment.
Whetting the right candidates interest- After having identified the good candidates, it is important to whet their interest in the establishment. This can be done by discussing the latest technology and amenities available, performance appraisal systems, chances of high growth, good research opportunities, etc. Also, having a discussion on points which are not liked by the candidate about the job opportunity can be helpful. Certain aspects of a certain job are flexible enough to be changed.
Besides the aforementioned points, the recruiters can ask for referrals from the candidates. A new trend in the medical world has changed the way of taking care of hospitalized patients these days-the introduction of hospitalists. Hospitalists are hospital based general physicians specializing in taking care of hospitalized patients. Hospitalist jobs involve managing the admission and discharge of patients, consultancy, ordering lab reports, etc. Most of the hospitalist jobs are in medium to large establishments.
There are a number of ways of recruiting hospitalists. One way is through contractual appointment. In addition, there are a number of online portals advertising hospitalist jobs. There is a plethora of hospitalist jobs in the market owing to their increased demand. Most of these jobs are in medium to large establishments. Hospitalist jobs are not for people interested in administrative aspect of hospitals or those who dislike repetitive clinical processes. Rather, these are sought by physicians who in addition to good working schedules and handsome pay are also looking for quick paced hospital environment.
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