It’s no secret that recruiting physicians for rural positions can be a challenge. The long-predicted physician shortage is the current reality, and according to a study from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), rural areas would need an additional 180,000 doctors to provide the same access to health care as their urban counterparts.

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When a Northeastern Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) needed to hire a family medicine physician to meet the demand of their rapidly growing organization, they enlisted the help of Jackson Physician Search (JPS). Search Consultant Addyson Wilgus jumped right in, using all of her available tools. 

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When a health care organization in a small Western Massachusetts town needed a board-certified OB-GYN, Christen Kolloff, Senior Director of Recruiting at Jackson Physician Search, immediately turned to Doximity Talent Finder. As the leading digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, Doximity serves over 80% of physicians nationwide across all specialties and practice areas.  

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Healthcare organizations are essential to patient care in each of their communities. When an OB-GYN private practice in northeast North Carolina learned that one of their very busy, highly respected OB-GYNs planned to retire, they knew their community of about 55,000 people would feel the impact. The group had plans to partner with another OB-GYN practice, but the primary physician working there was also retiring. It was the height of the pandemic, but the North Carolina group made the strategic decision to recruit two new OB-GYNs. They reached out to Jackson Physician Search, where Recruiter Stephanie Hutchens took on the task.

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When Sudana Irby, a recruiter at TeamHealth, was tasked with hiring intensivists for a new program in Chicago, she assumed finding the right critical care physician would be “an easy, breezy, slam dunk.” However, it turned out to be one of her most challenging positions to fill.

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Despite the challenges physician recruiters have faced over the past year, our team at Doximity has been inspired by the number of impressive hire stories we’ve heard from organizations using our tools. We’ve decided to share a few of them here in the hopes that they inspire you to try Doximity’s recruitment tools and create a compelling hiring narrative of your own!

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