Journal of Urgent Care Medicine

Urgent Care Surges in Ranking of Most-Recruited Clinicians

While family physicians remain the most commonly sought clinicians among recruiters, urgent care physicians jumped from 20th just 2 years ago to 12th in Merritt Hawkins’ 2017 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives. Given that primary care physicians are the backbone of the urgent care provider workforce, it’s expected that recruitment and retention will continue to be increasingly competitive. More and more, top employee physicians (as opposed to owner/operator physicians) are being courted …

Physician Recruiting: Standing Out in a Crowd

Urgent care is growing by hundreds of centers each year, and available physicians are declining with equal speed. urgent care training is variable, at best, and urgent care experience is hard to find. Expanding health systems with their in-house recruiters and high visibility are tightening the squeeze. All told, it’s a recipe for unfilled positions and staff burnout. Whether you are looking to expand locations, add providers, or replace departing ones, you are bound to …