How to hire an advanced clinical specialist

How to hire an advanced clinical specialist, step by step

Here's a step-by-step advanced clinical specialist hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an advanced clinical specialist job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new advanced clinical specialist
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the advanced clinical specialist you need to hire. Certain advanced clinical specialist roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them an advanced clinical specialist to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire an advanced clinical specialist that fits the bill.

   This list presents advanced clinical specialist salaries for various positions.

   Type of Advanced Clinical Specialist	Description	Hourly rate
   Advanced Clinical Specialist	Registered nurses (RNs) provide and coordinate patient care, educate patients and the public about various health conditions, and provide advice and emotional support to patients and their family members.	$25-53

2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patient Care
   • Customer Satisfaction
   • Group Therapy
   • Critical Care
   • Family Therapy
   • Data Entry
   • Individual Therapy
   • Cath Lab
   • Clinical Applications
   • Clinical Trials
   • Vital Signs
   • Pediatrics
   • Insurance Verification

   Responsibilities:

   • Collaborate with ambulatory practice managers as lead patient scheduler to develop back office scheduler position to manage all disease group patients.
   • Prepare chemotherapy infusions for home care patients.
   • Recommend treatments for cancer and chemotherapy complications to physicians.
   • Key duties include system administration, evaluation of system enhancements/upgrades, integration with payroll and data repository systems and user training.
   • Collaborate with other agency staff and stakeholders to ensure compliance with Medicaid regulations.
   • Perform data entry for management, radiology and the pharmaceutical divisions.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your advanced clinical specialist job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. An advanced clinical specialist can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, advanced clinical specialists' average salary in south dakota is 52% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level advanced clinical specialists 54% less than senior-level advanced clinical specialists.
   • Certifications. An advanced clinical specialist with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in an advanced clinical specialist's salary.

   Average advanced clinical specialist salary

   $76,742yearly

   $36.90 hourly rate

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   Entry-level advanced clinical specialist salary

   $52,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 22, 2026

   Average advanced clinical specialist salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$118,244	$57
   2	Oregon	$109,453	$53
   3	Washington	$98,748	$47
   4	Minnesota	$94,310	$45
   5	Alaska	$91,343	$44
   6	Arizona	$86,428	$42
   7	New York	$82,837	$40
   8	Virginia	$82,788	$40
   9	District of Columbia	$79,937	$38
   10	Texas	$79,465	$38
   11	New Jersey	$78,684	$38
   12	North Carolina	$78,598	$38
   13	Pennsylvania	$77,577	$37
   14	Arkansas	$72,887	$35
   15	Georgia	$72,526	$35
   16	Maryland	$68,345	$33
   17	Illinois	$66,079	$32
   18	Nebraska	$61,123	$29
   19	Florida	$60,447	$29
   20	North Dakota	$60,087	$29

   Average advanced clinical specialist salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Slalom	$119,717	$57.56
   2	Bain & Company	$104,025	$50.01
   3	The Vanguard Group	$102,608	$49.33
   4	Medtronic	$87,464	$42.05	255
   5	KARL STORZ Endoscopy	$83,993	$40.38
   6	Hca Hospital Services Of San Diego	$82,270	$39.55
   7	PSEA	$80,168	$38.54	6
   8	Walmart	$79,044	$38.00
   9	Mayo Clinic	$78,043	$37.52	77
   10	World Education Services	$76,645	$36.85
   11	HDR	$76,515	$36.79
   12	Applied Medical Resources	$73,763	$35.46	8
   13	Blood Heroes	$68,736	$33.05
   14	Peraton	$68,708	$33.03
   15	Jet	$67,736	$32.57
   16	State of North Dakota	$67,716	$32.56	2
   17	ZF Group	$65,085	$31.29
   18	HealthTrust	$60,799	$29.23	5
   19	Danaher	$58,574	$28.16	21
   20	University of Nebraska Medical Center	$47,760	$22.96	14

4. Writing an advanced clinical specialist job description

   A good advanced clinical specialist job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of an advanced clinical specialist job description:

   Advanced clinical specialist job description example

   The CYBER-SME will be skilled in Information Operations (IO) and must have operational experience and knowledge for how CYBER/IO supports the following areas: Operations, Plans, Command and Control (C2) Command Authorities, Fires, Intelligence and Special Access Programs/Special Technical Operations, Integrated Air and Missile Defense/Ballistic Missile Defense, Joint Interface Control Officer (JICO), OLW Logistics, Special Operations Forces/Irregular Warfare, Inter Agency, C2 Systems, Command and Control of Command and Control (C2 of C2) or Assured C2 Process, Strategic Communications, Cyber Operations, Space Operations, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Information Management/Knowledge Management, Personnel, and Assessments. These tasks include, but are not limited to: exercise concept development, Vulnerability analysis, Cyber Kill chain analysis, planning, scheduling, modeling, simulation architecture design, simulation management and operations, intelligence, scenario development, database builds and tests, event response and control cells, assessment, as well as support to development of future domains within the joint Cyber environment.

   Create concepts of operations (CONOPs) to integrate and synchronize technologies and capabilities. Maintain working knowledge of parallel and competitive adversary systems and capabilities Attend, coordinate, and host meetings, conferences, and other long-range fires related events to collaborate and share subject matter information. Participate in and potentially lead working groups supporting the development of CONOPS and test execution planning.

   Provide substantive written and oral reports briefings to key team members on determinations of detailed analysis, kill chain information, capability design, prototype, and fielding to the program manager, senior DoD officials, on commander, staff and unit capability supporting the capability. Analyze plans, data, intelligence information, or systems. Develop estimates and makes recommendations for deficiencies.

   This position is contigent upon contract award.

   Qualifications

   Required Qualifications:

   • BS 10-12, MS 8-10, Phd 5-8
   • A TS clearance with SCI eligibility at time of proposal submission
   • Bachelor's degree or higher in a Science/Engineering/Electrical or Computer-science field of study
   • A minimum of 10 years of experience leading the design, development, and execution of cyberspace programs, to include defensive cyber operations, offensive cyber operations, DoD Infrastructure (DODIN), cyber situational awareness, and cyber command and control

   Desired Qualifications:

   • Former Senior Leadership/Military officer in the SOF, SPACE, Cyber Domains
   • Doctrinal knowledge of U.S. NATO conventional and unconventional operations

   • Relevant experience involving research, design, prototyping and fielding of new and changed capabilities across the joint forces
   • FEDSIM execution experience
   • 15 years of experience within DoD, DNI, and/or joint cyber programs.
   • Five years of joint and interagency cyberspace experience spanning architecture requirements generation, development, integration, operations, and sustainment
   • One or more of the following certifications:

   • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP),
   • Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH),
   • Certified Information Security Manager (CISM),
   • Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA), or
   • Equivalent certification with supporting references to verify equivalency

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5. Post your job

   To find the right advanced clinical specialist for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with advanced clinical specialists they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit advanced clinical specialists who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your advanced clinical specialist job on Zippia to find and recruit advanced clinical specialist candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as healthcarejobsite, health jobs nationwide, hospitalcareers, medreps.com.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting advanced clinical specialists requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new advanced clinical specialist

   Once you have selected a candidate for the advanced clinical specialist position, it is time to create an offer letter. In addition to salary, the offer letter should include details about benefits and perks that are available to the employee. Ensuring your offer is competitive is vital, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and it is important to be open to discussion and reach a mutually beneficial agreement. After the offer has been accepted, it is a good idea to formalize the agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new advanced clinical specialist. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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