How to hire an emergency medicine specialist

How to hire an emergency medicine specialist, step by step

Here's a step-by-step emergency medicine 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 emergency medicine specialist job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new emergency medicine 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 emergency medicine specialist you need to hire. Certain emergency medicine specialist roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   An emergency medicine specialist's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, emergency medicine specialists 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.

   The following list breaks down different types of emergency medicine specialists and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Emergency Medicine Specialist	Description	Hourly rate
   Emergency Medicine Specialist	Physicians and surgeons diagnose and treat injuries or illnesses. Physicians examine patients; take medical histories; prescribe medications; and order, perform, and interpret diagnostic tests... Show more	$40-165
   Doctor	A doctor is a medical expert who diagnoses and treats illnesses and injuries, often specializing in particular areas. Their responsibilities revolve around conducting initial interviews and examinations, studying a patient's medical history and laboratory results, providing consultations and care advice, prescribing medication, and referring patients to specialists when necessary... Show more	$50-196
   Neonatologist	A neonatologist is a person who provides care to a newborn baby. Duties of this position are; diagnosing and treating newborns with conditions they may be suffering from, coordinating medical care of newborns that are born with health complications, dealing with high-risk neonatal situations that are not handled by a pediatrician, consulting with the obstetrician if health challenges facing the infant are identified prior to birth, ensuring children receive proper nutrition to ensure proper growth and stabilize and treat the newborns with critical health status.	$29-296

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Emergency Medicine
   • Patients
   • Critical Care
   • Patient Care
   • Acls
   • IM
   • Epic
   • IV
   • Urgent Care
   • Emergency Room
   • Acute Care
   • CTS
   • Emergency Care
   • Physician Assistants

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Chart patient logs on the EMR.
   • Perform EKG testing and acquire patient vitals.
   • Assist the physician with EKG's, examinations, procedures and other duties.
   • Identify proper equipment and machine use, including goal-direct focused ultrasound to accurately diagnose and quickly resuscitate patients.
   • Perform appropriate history and physical examination to a diverse caseload of patients and order appropriate diagnostic lab work and studies.
   • Develop an ambulatory pediatrics curriculum for family medicine residents

   More emergency medicine specialist duties

3. Make a budget

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

   • Location. For example, emergency medicine specialists' average salary in hawaii is 37% less than in maine.
   • Seniority. Entry-level emergency medicine specialists 75% less than senior-level emergency medicine specialists.
   • Certifications. An emergency medicine 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 emergency medicine specialist's salary.

   Average emergency medicine specialist salary

   $171,707yearly

   $82.55 hourly rate

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   Entry-level emergency medicine specialist salary

   $85,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 16, 2025

   Average emergency medicine specialist salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Maine	$194,863	$94
   2	Massachusetts	$177,167	$85
   3	Pennsylvania	$171,458	$82
   4	South Carolina	$171,415	$82
   5	Ohio	$170,500	$82
   6	Nebraska	$170,446	$82
   7	Louisiana	$170,410	$82
   8	Missouri	$167,652	$81
   9	Florida	$165,405	$80
   10	California	$162,143	$78
   11	Colorado	$157,408	$76
   12	North Carolina	$156,880	$75
   13	Illinois	$156,168	$75
   14	Washington	$154,247	$74
   15	Arizona	$154,120	$74
   16	Texas	$153,822	$74
   17	Maryland	$146,135	$70
   18	New York	$145,722	$70

   Average emergency medicine specialist salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	PeaceHealth	$258,087	$124.08	114
   2	Dignity Health	$240,867	$115.80	94
   3	Methodist Health System	$221,743	$106.61	17
   4	Texas Health Resources	$221,105	$106.30	60
   5	Kaiser Permanente	$219,857	$105.70	56
   6	International Rescue Committee	$219,736	$105.64
   7	UnityPoint Health	$203,693	$97.93	71
   8	Virginia Mason Institute	$191,780	$92.20	22
   9	Mission Critical Partners	$190,790	$91.73
   10	Ascension Michigan	$190,575	$91.62	159
   11	The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	$188,540	$90.64
   12	The Medicus Firm	$185,451	$89.16
   13	National Veterinary Associates	$180,689	$86.87	263
   14	Breakthru Beverage Group	$180,156	$86.61
   15	Northern Lights	$179,472	$86.28	51
   16	Cree	$179,166	$86.14
   17	Northwest Permanente	$178,652	$85.89	13
   18	BluePearl Vet	$155,207	$74.62
   19	Mizzou	$146,126	$70.25
   20	KPG	$145,705	$70.05

4. Writing an emergency medicine specialist job description

   A job description for an emergency medicine specialist role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's an emergency medicine specialist job description:

   Emergency medicine specialist job description example

   An inpatient health center in Osceola County is looking to add an Emergency Medicine Physician to their team. The health center is just 30 minutes from Walt Disney World. The area is also surrounded by a series of beautiful lakes, where you can fish, camp, and go boating. This position is perfect for someone who loves city life and also having easy access to the outdoors.
   Certification: MD/DO Title: Emergency Medicine Physician Board Status : Board Certified Residency/Training: Emergency Medicine Setting : Inpatient Setting
   
   Compensation & Logistics
   Position Type : Locum Tenens 1099 Availability : Full-Time Scheduling : Shifts Vary 6: 00AM – 2: 00PM 10: 00AM – 6: 00PM 2: 00PM – 11: 00PM 5: 00PM – 2: 00AM 11: 00PM – 7: 00AM
   
   KPG Provider Services is a West Coast Focused Company with offices in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. We are focused on offering the best, most rewarding opportunities while providing excellent compensation and support.
   
   Outstanding service is at the core of our culture. Our Medical Professionals will experience a service relationship characterized by respect, a sense of urgency, and attention to detail.
   
   Our team offers benefits like geographic expertise, understanding commuting times, and top market compensation rates.
   
   In short, we focus intently on the things that matter to you with a commitment to achieve exceptional outcomes. Call us and experience the difference!
   
   For a complete listing of our current openings visit www.kpgproviders.com!

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find emergency medicine specialists 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 medicine specialist job on Zippia to find and recruit emergency medicine 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

   During your first interview to recruit emergency medicine specialists, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you 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 emergency medicine specialist

   Once you've found the emergency medicine specialist candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   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.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is 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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