How to hire an md

How to hire an md, step by step

Here's a step-by-step md hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

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

   Determine employee vs contractor status

   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

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

   This list presents md salaries for various positions.

   Type of MD	Description	Hourly rate
   MD	Medical assistants complete administrative and clinical tasks in the offices of physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. Their duties vary with the location, specialty, and size of the practice.	$12-107
   Medical Office Administrator	A medical office administrator is responsible for performing administrative and clerical duties within a health care institution, supplying physicians and medical professionals with patients' information, and coordinating with insurance companies. Medical office administrators handle the information and data management system to ensure the accuracy of patients' details, medical history, and treatment plans... Show more	$12-19
   Medical Assisting Extern	A medical assisting extern is responsible for supporting the medical team in ensuring that the patients are offered the best care services by providing treatments and medications. Medical assisting externs' duties include practicing their medical skills by shadowing on medical professionals' activities, assisting patients with their inquiries and concerns, facilitating medical procedures with the doctor's supervision, and learning to operate medical tools and equipment as needed... Show more	$12-23

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • Customer Service
   • Surgical Procedures
   • Surgery
   • Patient Care
   • Vital Signs
   • EKG
   • Internal Medicine
   • Tuberculosis
   • Medical Procedures
   • Appointment Scheduling
   • Medicaid
   • EMR
   • Front Desk

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Manage the office regarding Clia and OSHA laws and regulations
   • Manage on call pager for after hours triage and urgent matters while staying in complete communication with the physician.
   • Manage patient files by making new charts, keying all encounters through ICD-9 coding procedures and posting in patient database.
   • Operate electrocardiograph (EKG), call to schedule test for patients and routine office visits.
   • Back office responsibilities include rooming patients, obtaining vitals, chief complaint and documenting into EMR system.
   • Assist physicians in exams rooms, administer intramuscular injections and perform venipuncture on adult and pediatric patients.

   More md duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the md job description is a good way to get more applicants. An md salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for an md in South Carolina may be lower than in Washington, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level md. Additionally, an md with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average md salary

   $75,011yearly

   $36.06 hourly rate

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   Entry-level md salary

   $25,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 31, 2026

   Average md salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Washington	$153,837	$74
   2	Illinois	$152,022	$73
   3	Massachusetts	$151,219	$73
   4	Wisconsin	$145,462	$70
   5	Michigan	$143,730	$69
   6	Minnesota	$143,516	$69
   7	Indiana	$140,632	$68
   8	New York	$139,755	$67
   9	Maryland	$137,401	$66
   10	Ohio	$136,383	$66
   11	Pennsylvania	$130,988	$63
   12	Utah	$129,168	$62
   13	Virginia	$126,818	$61
   14	New Mexico	$124,831	$60
   15	Kentucky	$118,702	$57
   16	Tennessee	$115,544	$56
   17	Nevada	$114,717	$55
   18	North Carolina	$114,440	$55
   19	California	$112,629	$54
   20	Texas	$92,224	$44

   Average md salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Atrium Health Floyd	$271,069	$130.32	183
   2	Presbyterian	$266,195	$127.98	7
   3	Brooks Rehabilitation	$252,514	$121.40	2
   4	Great Falls Clinic	$235,949	$113.44
   5	South Shore Health	$207,594	$99.80	10
   6	Santander Bank	$199,731	$96.02
   7	Lowell General Hospital	$190,319	$91.50
   8	CHRISTUS Health	$182,929	$87.95	30
   9	Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc.	$175,938	$84.59	91
   10	Cedars-Sinai	$169,716	$81.59	57
   11	Nuveen Investments	$152,837	$73.48
   12	Signature Healthcare	$136,156	$65.46	10
   13	All Medical Personnel	$133,046	$63.96	7
   14	UNC Health Care	$119,679	$57.54	112
   15	Fifth Third Bank	$113,607	$54.62	9
   16	Infinity Consulting Solutions	$104,209	$50.10
   17	Santander Private Banking International	$100,539	$48.34
   18	Aledade	$98,352	$47.28
   19	Southern Healthcare	$89,795	$43.17
   20	Intermountain Healthcare	$89,517	$43.04	38

4. Writing an md job description

   A good md 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 md job description:

   Md job description example

   Come Work with Us!
   
   At RBC, our culture is deeply supportive and rich in opportunity and reward. You will help our clients thrive and our communities prosper, empowered by a spirit of shared purpose.
   
   Whether you're helping clients find new opportunities, developing new technology, or providing expert advice to internal partners, you will be doing work that matters in the world, in an environment built on teamwork, service, responsibility, diversity, and integrity.
   
   Job Title
   
   MD - Compute and Data Fabric
   
   Job Description
   
   WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
   
   As Head of Data & Compute, this role will be responsible for driving business critical initiatives and outcomes sponsored by RBC Capital Markets focused on our Data, Cloud, Analytics, AI strategy and platform enabling both offense and defense with data, from revenue generation opportunities to surveillance to driving efficient re-use of data. This individual will manage a large team and portfolio, work with senior executives and line level architects on a regular basis.
   
   WHAT WILL YOU DO?
   
   * Lead CM Compute and Data Fabric
   * Function as an innovation partner to collaborate, challenge and inform senior leadership on a regular basis
   * Provide the leadership and champion the innovation required to deepen RBCs technologies
   * Take action and initiative in identifying and shepherding special projects and key initiatives
   * Develop a keen understanding of the developing regulatory arenas affecting the opportunity and freedom to operate for the company
   * Manage day to day coordination of your team
   * Define project phases and milestones, and report progress in a reliable and timely manner to management team. Develops and maintains project plans, identifying critical paths and resources required.
   * Support the development of operating plans and budgets including goal setting relative to spend, labor force, facilities and equipment
   * Prepare clear, concise communications to keep management informed of the current status and future plans
   * Engage department leads to determine functional and strategic needs for new and existing products
   * Manage a team of people with varying levels of experience, and with a variety of technical backgrounds
   * Establish goals, KPIs and road maps for your team's project
   * Independently initiates, investigates, and implements new cost savings, performance enhancing or increased earning projects.
   * Assist R&D scientists on portions of project to ensure completion of the department's high priority projects and critical non-project work. Advises, directs, coaches, inspires and reviews the work of less experienced technologists on complex projects.
   * Act as a technical consultant to all other operational departments.
   * Evaluate and make recommendations concerning the application of new technologies.
   * Question processes, procedures and policies. Fully investigate, develop, and present alternatives for implementation.
   * Work collaborative with Operations, Sourcing/Procurement with respect to technology initiatives, ensuring that the appropriate decisions are taken
   
   Managerial Excellence
   
   * Proactively identify operational risks/ control deficiencies in the business
   * Review and comply with Firm Policies applicable to your business activities
   * Escalate operational risk loss events, control deficiencies and risks that you identify to your line manager and the relevant risk and control functions on a timely basis.
   * Ensure that employees understand RBC vision, as well as support and reinforce targeted behaviors that contribute to RBC goals.
   * Provide focus and clarity in establishing individual goals, driving performance management, supporting career development and rewarding strong performance.
   * Leverage the value in unit, department, and enterprise wide teams to develop better solutions and achieve a cross enterprise mindset.
   * Accept and successfully execute change while supporting employees through the process, and keeping them focused on business priorities.
   * Understand and exemplify our people driven, client focused leadership model; driving impact, unlocking the potential of our people, adapt quickly, always learning and speaking up for the good of RBC.
   * Contribute to an exceptional employee experience through strong people leadership practices that amplify our Collective Ambition and exemplify the Leadership Model to inspire, support and empower employees to achieve their potential.
   * Growth mindset and a focus on always learning; promotes a values based and inclusive workplace; embraces diverse styles and perspectives; Actively mitigates bias and improves diversity representation
   
   Job Summary
   
   Address:
   
   Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
   
   City:
   
   USA-NJ-JERSEY CITY
   
   Country:
   
   United States of America
   
   Work hours/week:
   
   40
   
   Employment Type:
   
   Full time
   
   Platform:
   
   Capital Markets
   
   Job Type:
   
   Regular
   
   Pay Type:
   
   Salaried
   
   Posted Date:
   
   2022-09-27-07:00
   
   Application Deadline:
   
   2022-12-19-08:00
   
   Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment
   
   At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.
   
   We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.
   
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   Expand your limits and create a new future together at RBC. Find out how we use our passion and drive to enhance the well-being of our clients and communities at rbc.com/careers.

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5. Post your job

   To find mds for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any mds they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level mds with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your md job on Zippia to find and attract quality md candidates.
   • Use niche 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 mds, 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.

   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 md

   Once you've selected the best md candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new md. 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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