Physician employment contracts are not all alike. Considering the long-term impact on a surgeon’s career and professional satisfaction, employment contracts should be carefully reviewed and fully understood before making a commitment. Recruitment veteran
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(49)Recruiters target new skill sets as healthcare chief financial officer role changes
Today’s healthcare CFO is much more focused on operations, patient care, and quality control.
New career directions: Financial factors and practice models to consider
Driven by technology, a wave of practice consolidations and changes in the regulatory environment, some physicians are steering their skills into new ventures, practice models, or job roles that they hope will deliver a more promising financial future. Re
3 Keys For Recruiting Physicians For Cultural Fit
Strong cultural fit is a top influencer of job satisfaction for most physicians and is a determining factor in their decision to accept an offer – or stay – with a practice. Given the physician shortage and the high cost of physician turnover, investing i
The Hiring War for Mental Health Physicians: How to Compete and Win
Recruiting for mental health and behavioral health providers is fiercely competitive and projected to only get worse. The primary reason is a shortage of supply. A 2014 report to Congress showed that 55% of the nation’s 3,100 counties had no practicing ps
What to Look for in a Physician Recruiter
As a practitioner in the medical industry, you may ask yourself – why would I need a physician recruiter to help me find a job? After all, the issues of job security and abundance of job prospects are hardly top concerns for physicians. According to the B
Signs That It's Time to Start Looking for Something New.
It can happen to anyone, in any profession. But, arguably, it is a condition that plagues physicians more often than most. The diagnosis? Job burnout. It’s important to know the signs and symptoms of job burnout before it does collateral damage to you or
How To Negotiate a Physician Employment Contract: You Have More Experience than You Think.
Think back to your childhood when you were an expert at getting that extra chocolate chip cookie, or staying up an extra five minutes before bed time. It was easy, almost effortless, then to get what you wanted. You’d ask for five cookies knowing you’d ne
Physician-Patient Communication: Are You Wired for Success?
The convergence of the information age and new technologies has ushered in a new era in medicine in which the physician-patient relationship is largely based on the doctor-technology relationship. Today’s constantly “connected” patients have greater deman
Survey Says: Simple Solutions Help Improve Patient Satisfaction
Sometimes things don’t have to be so complicated. That may seem hard to believe considering the post-reform healthcare environment; complexity seems to be the norm. However, when it comes to improving patient satisfaction, simply solving the most common p