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Finding a Physician
Job
The physician's job
search is hard in today's physician
jobs market. The challenge of finding the right employment
for a doctor varies by medical speciality and experience level.
For the junior physician,
coming right out of residency, the right position often means
finding the right practice to join. Your base salary is lower
than the more established physicians, and you will probably be
expected to take more frequent call. The benefits are that you
come into an established patient base with a guaranteed physician
salary. Your main challenge is building your personal patient
base, one patient at a time. At this stage of your career you
have a lot of flexibility - since you are not locked to a specific
patient population, you can try doctor jobs in a lot of locations
through locum
tenens opportunities.
For the more senior
doctor, the physician job search challenge is somewhat different.
Often you already have an established patient base, so moving
to a different city might not be an option. Instead, the senior
physician is often looking for a partnership to build up specific
aspects of the medical practice or might be looking for a different
group of partners. A physician job search restricted to a specific
city can be more difficult, and therefore more time consuming.
Nonetheless, there are many resources available to help in the
physician job search - whether in a primary care field (eg. family
practice jobs) or specialty (eg. neurology
jobs or psychiatry
jobs).
Non-Traditional
Physician Jobs
The number and
quality of non-traditional physician jobs has been growing.
Unlike the legal profession, which has successfully marketed
itself outside of the courtroom, physicians tend to focus on
the classic doctor jobs in the clinic in the hospital. While
this hasn't changed completely, there are signs that physicians
can get work outside the clinic. Two of the most prominent politicians
in the US, one on each side of the aisle, are physicians - showing
that MDs can break out of their self-imposed limits.
Many physician
jobs are available with state and federal agencies. These are
often desk jobs that pay well and have little to no associated
liability. Healthcare consulting is a rapidly growing industry,
focused on reducing practice costs and implementing mandated
changes, such as HIPAA requirements. Physicians with real world
experience are often in strong demand in such consulting firms.
Physician
Job Search Resources
With
put together a list of online resources to help with the physician
job search. These include a variety of physician recruiters
that specialize in different medical specialities or different
geographic locations. If you find one of the resources useful,
please let them know you found them through Studentdoc.com.
CV tips - Career resources, including advice on how to build a Curriculum Vitae. CVs, not resumes, are used for physicians especially in academia.
http://www.practicelink.com/ - General Physician
Jobs
http://www.mdjobsite.com/ - Over 10,000 Physician
Jobs
http://www.healthcarematch.com/ - General Physician
Jobs
http://www.cejkasearch.com/ - Physician Executive
Jobs
http://www.medcareers.com/seeker/search.asp -
Many Unique Jobs In The Medical Field
http://www.alliedphysicians.com/ - Global
Network Of Healthcare Providers
http://www.therecruiter.com/ - Surgical Specialists
Jobs
http://medjobcity.com/med/index.cfm -Hospital
and Health Care Jobs
http://www.nejmjobs.org/ - The New England Journal
Of Medicine
http://www.allhealthjobs.com/job_search_simple_form.php?pid=6
- Physician Job Search Web Site
http://www.medicalworkers.com/ - Medical Workers
Jobs
http://www.jcnationwide.com/jcninternet/seeker/jobsearch.aspx?tab=6&nav=jobsearch
- General Surgery and Physician jobs
http://www.physicianjobsearch.com/search.lasso
- Canadian Physician Jobs
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