How to hire a medical historian

How to hire a medical historian, step by step

Here's a step-by-step medical historian hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a medical historian, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   A medical historian's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, medical historians 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 medical historian salaries for various positions.

   Type of Medical Historian	Description	Hourly rate
   Medical Historian	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.	$11-18
   MD	A Doctor of Medicine or MD is the designation of a person who completed medical education. Generally, MDs focus on the treatment of conditions in need of medication... Show more	$12-107
   Medical Internship	When it comes to a medical internship, one of the primary duties is to attend to the patients' needs while under a more experienced physician's supervision. During this period, the medical interns must rotate in various fields of specialties or departments for exposure... Show more	$15-37

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Vital Signs
   • Blood Pressure
   • Patients
   • Blood Samples
   • Computer System
   • DIS
   • Scheduling Appointments
   • Professional Environment
   • Test Samples
   • Reasonable Timeframe
   • Customer Expectations
   • Workers Compensation
   • FDA
   • Patient Histories

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   Responsibilities:

   • Adhere to OSHA guidelines while performing instrument sterilization in addition to managing medical inventory.
   • Reconcile the patients' electronic medical chart to reflect the current medication history.
   • Evaluate donor suitability, maintain compliance with FDA regulations and company polices.
   • Interview patients and applicants for worker compensation and personal injury clients in English/Spanish.
   • Serve as an executive member on departmental teams providing regulatory guidance and technical assistance on HIPAA privacy and security rules.
   • Perform routine laboratory procedures and diagnostic testing including ECG lead placement.

3. Make a budget

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

   • Location. For example, medical historians' average salary in oklahoma is 51% less than in massachusetts.
   • Seniority. Entry-level medical historians earn 39% less than senior-level medical historians.
   • Certifications. A medical historian 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 a medical historian's salary.

   Average medical historian salary

   $14.33hourly

   $29,797 yearly

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   Entry-level medical historian salary

   $23,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 23, 2026

4. Writing a medical historian job description

   A good medical historian 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 a medical historian job description:

   Medical historian job description example

   At Mount Carmel, we work to continuously inspire one another. Here, all are welcome. It is this culture of humility and compassion that sets Mount Carmel apart. We see the big picture and do the right thing. That means a dedication to the well-being our both our colleagues and the patients they serve.
   
   OurMedicationHistoriancolleagues support our mission in a variety of ways. Their compassion and commitment to collaborative excellence positively impacts our patients and the communities we serve. This is what truly sets Mount Carmel apart. In return, Mount Carmel provides excellent learning and growth opportunities, excellent benefits and opportunities to succeed.
   
   The Pharmacy Medication Historian assists with compiling an accurate and complete patient medication history. Interviews patients and uses a standardized tool to record all patient medication information including prescribed medications, over-the-counter medications, dietary and herbal supplements. Works with patients/family members to maintain updated medication lists, communicates pertinent findings to appropriate care team members, and identifies and facilitates correction of medication discrepancies.
   Responsibilities
   
   * Gathers information about the patient's medications from family or directly from the patient in the Emergency Room or inpatient settings
   * Compiles a complete list of patient's medications, including name, dosage, frequency, route and compliance history, OTC, and herbal supplements.
   * Collects information on patient's drug allergies and reactions
   
   Requirements/Qualifications
   
   * High school graduation or equivalent
   * Approved Pharmacy Technician CertificationOR Pharmacy Intern License
   * 1-3 years of retail pharmacy experience preferred
   
   Discovering opportunities, support and excellence - all while making a real difference in patients' lives - begins at Mount Carmel. Find a new beginning and advance your career with us.
   
   Mount Carmel and all its affiliates are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or physical ability.
   
   #MCHS
   
   Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
   
   Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
   
   Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

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5. Post your job

   To find medical historians 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 medical historians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level medical historians 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.

   To find medical historian candidates, you can consider the following options:

   • Post your job opening on Zippia or other job search websites.
   • Use niche websites that focus on engineering and technology jobs, such as healthcarejobsite, health jobs nationwide, hospitalcareers, medreps.com.
   • Post your job on free job posting websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit medical historians, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete 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 medical historian

   Once you have selected a candidate for the medical historian 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.

   To prepare for the new medical historian first day, you should share an onboarding schedule with them that covers their first period on the job. You should also quickly complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Finally, Human Resources must ensure a new employee file is created for internal record keeping.

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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