How to hire an emergency doctor

How to hire an emergency doctor, step by step

Here's a step-by-step emergency doctor hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your emergency doctor job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find an emergency doctor for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   An emergency doctor's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, emergency doctors from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   Here's a comparison of emergency doctor salaries for various roles:

   Type of Emergency Doctor	Description	Hourly rate
   Emergency Doctor	Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics care for the sick or injured in emergency medical settings. People’s lives often depend on the quick reaction and competent care provided by these workers... Show more	$17-82
   Firefighter/Paramedic	Firefighters/paramedics handle emergency triage, ensure patient stability, and acute medical assessment. These professionals provide emergency medical care to infant, child, and adult trauma and medical patients based on assessment findings... Show more	$19-31
   Flight Paramedic	Flight Paramedics are responsible for providing emergency medical care to patients while in transport to a medical facility. Their duties include carrying out pre-hospital life support medical care, managing patient care documentation, participate in clinical experiences, conduct equipment maintenance, reporting failure of equipment, and maintaining supplies... Show more	$19-29

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Medical Services

   Responsibilities:

   • Perform and manage procedures including splinting, suturing, electrocardiography and abscess incision and drainage.
   • Collaborate with hospitals, doctors, paramedics or other medical personnel to ensure proper communication for continuance of patient care.
   • Assist doctors and specialists with plaster splinting fractures, placing chest tubes, intubation, and other complicate procedures.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your emergency doctor job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. An emergency doctor salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, emergency doctors' average salary in montana is 60% less than in massachusetts.
   • Seniority. Entry-level emergency doctors earn 79% less than senior-level emergency doctors.
   • Certifications. An emergency doctor with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in an emergency doctor's salary.

   Average emergency doctor salary

   $79,455yearly

   $38.20 hourly rate

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   Entry-level emergency doctor salary

   $36,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 17, 2025

4. Writing an emergency doctor job description

   An emergency doctor job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of an emergency doctor job description:

   Emergency doctor job description example

   Medical College of Wisconsin is a private academic medical institution in partnership with Froedtert Health, a seven-hospital system in and around Milwaukee with over 1,700 providers and 40 locations. They are seeking an emergency psychiatrist to join their growing, active department! This position will hold dual appointments in psychiatry and emergency medicine primarily working in the Froedtert Health Emergency Department. Proactively provide care, including risk assessment-in collaboration with EM physicians, EM residents, EM social workers, and EM advanced practice providers (APPs) to patients with primary and/or contributory psychiatric complaints. You can look forward to:

   
   

   Quick highlights:

   • M-F schedule and only 6 weekend calls per year!
   • Competitive compensation package of up to $360,000!
   • Possibility for telehealth with other facilities within Froedtert network.
   • Extensive opportunity for teaching, scholarship/research, and community engagement.
   • Join a family-friendly department with a highly collegial work environment which offers great quality of life
   • Be part of an expanding team with new clinic and academic space
   • Opportunity available to be embedded in one of our sub-specialty clinics
   • Collaborate with departmental leaders to set the vision and goals for and evaluation of Emergency Psychiatry.
   • Participate in the Wisconsin Retirement System, a public pension program with an 8% retirement match; vested after five years

   
   

   • Big City in Metro Midwest! 1.4 million in Milwaukee Metro area and only 1.5 hours away from Chicago !
   • Beautiful suburbs of coastal metropolitan on the shores of Lake Michigan
   • Ranked " 7th Best U.S. City for Physician Pay " by Becker's Healthcare
   • A cost of living that is 13% lower than the national average
   • Numerous beaches and over 140 parks for all to enjoy
   • A "foodie heaven," home to the world's largest music festival, and so much more
   • Live in the #1-ranked school district in Wisconsin in 2021 by niche.com!

   
   

   
   

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find emergency doctors for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your emergency doctor job on Zippia to find and recruit emergency doctor candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with emergency doctor candidates should focus on their interest in the role and background experience. As the hiring process goes on, you can learn more about how they'd fit into the company culture in later rounds of interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   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 emergency doctor

   Once you have selected a candidate for the emergency doctor 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 equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new emergency doctor. Human Resources should complete Employee Action Forms and ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc. They should also ensure that new employee files are created for internal recordkeeping.

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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