How to hire a medical staff physician

How to hire a medical staff physician, step by step

Here's a step-by-step medical staff physician 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 staff physician job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new medical staff physician
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a medical staff physician, 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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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a medical staff physician 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 a medical staff physician that fits the bill.

   The following list breaks down different types of medical staff physicians and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Medical Staff Physician	Description	Hourly rate
   Medical Staff Physician	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	$61-159
   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
   Family Practice MD	A family practice MD is responsible for monitoring and diagnosing patients' conditions of all ages. Family practice MDs identify the patients' medical histories and administer treatment plans and medications... Show more	$76-292

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • Healthcare
   • Patient Care
   • Primary Care
   • Internal Medicine
   • Epic
   • Surgery
   • Clinical Trials
   • Medical Care
   • Rehabilitation
   • Compassion
   • Vital Signs
   • Medical Services
   • ICU

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   Responsibilities:

   • Manage catheters and dress wounds.
   • Assist nursing leadership with ICU and telemetry bed triage at times of high census.
   • Experience with Medicare and Medicaid regulations, billing requirements, collections, and HIPAA and compliance rules.Experience working with informational systems.
   • Prepare necessary correspondence that is related to medical records of patients including sending lab results to outside physicians/hospitals.
   • Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
   • Determine and provide medication, dosage and schedule having patient's condition and allergies.

   More medical staff physician duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your medical staff physician job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A medical staff physician can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, medical staff physicians' average salary in hawaii is 41% less than in vermont.
   • Seniority. Entry-level medical staff physicians 61% less than senior-level medical staff physicians.
   • Certifications. A medical staff physician 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 a medical staff physician's salary.

   Average medical staff physician salary

   $206,686yearly

   $99.37 hourly rate

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   Entry-level medical staff physician salary

   $128,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 31, 2026

   Average medical staff physician salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	North Dakota	$246,164	$118
   2	Wisconsin	$238,835	$115
   3	Washington	$229,574	$110
   4	Iowa	$226,513	$109
   5	Pennsylvania	$222,566	$107
   6	Alabama	$219,832	$106
   7	Illinois	$218,485	$105
   8	Idaho	$214,919	$103
   9	Michigan	$212,480	$102
   10	Kansas	$211,376	$102
   11	Minnesota	$210,127	$101
   12	South Carolina	$202,315	$97
   13	Florida	$200,809	$97
   14	California	$196,633	$95
   15	Connecticut	$193,427	$93
   16	Oregon	$190,423	$92
   17	Virginia	$185,280	$89
   18	Texas	$184,741	$89
   19	Massachusetts	$181,126	$87
   20	Nevada	$181,038	$87

   Average medical staff physician salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Union Hospital of Cecil County	$263,632	$126.75	8
   2	Candler County Hospital	$259,697	$124.85
   3	UTMB HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS	$259,128	$124.58	63
   4	Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital	$258,155	$124.11	4
   5	Baptist Health Care	$249,335	$119.87
   6	Community Health Systems	$245,887	$118.21	127
   7	Sharp HealthCare	$240,788	$115.76	1
   8	Hartford HealthCare Medical Group	$233,926	$112.46	12
   9	Maine Health/maine Mental Health Partners	$233,069	$112.05	34
   10	INTEGRIS Health	$229,420	$110.30	43
   11	OSF HealthCare	$229,040	$110.12	129
   12	Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System	$227,780	$109.51	38
   13	Whidbey General Hospital	$225,168	$108.25
   14	Atrium Health Floyd	$224,211	$107.79	105
   15	Essentia Health	$222,289	$106.87	1,037
   16	Ascension Michigan	$221,134	$106.31	387
   17	Sanford Health	$220,949	$106.23	452
   18	Provider Solutions & Development	$220,551	$106.03	125
   19	Goshen Health	$220,476	$106.00
   20	Beth Israel Lahey Health	$220,455	$105.99	119

4. Writing a medical staff physician job description

   A good medical staff physician 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 staff physician job description:

   Medical staff physician job description example

   • MD or MD/PhD with medical training specifically in oncology and or hematology-oncology.
   • Must be Board certified and/or Board eligible in hematology/oncology with a state license in good standing.
   • If Board eligible, must be willing to take the boards and successfully pass within 12 months.
   • Ability to interpret clinical, genomic and efficacy data.
   • Motivated to work in a fast-paced environment.
   • Through and up-to-date working knowledge of cancers and cancer treatment options.
   • Technical skills to operate medical equipment and tools related to cancer treatment.
   • Ability to effectively communicate with patients, technicians, fellow medical professionals and other clinic team members.

   • Excellent communication and presentation skills.

   Required Competencies

   Strong leadership and team building skills. Excellent judgment, dependability, conscientious performance. Detail oriented. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. Caring and empathetic. High ethical standards. Self-confidence.

   Physical Demands and Work Environment

   The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

   Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, employee is required to walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach hands and arms; talk and hear. Employee must lift and/or move 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distant vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, speech clarity, climb, balance, and stoop, kneel, and bend.

   Work environment : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to environmental risk of radiation exposure, and biohazard exposure.

   PandoLogic. Keywords: Oncologist, Location: Fresno, CA - 93720

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5. Post your job

   To find medical staff physicians 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 staff physicians they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level medical staff physicians 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 medical staff physician job on Zippia to find and recruit medical staff physician 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

   Your first interview with medical staff physician 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.

   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 medical staff physician

   Once you have selected a candidate for the medical staff physician 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.

   To prepare for the new medical staff physician 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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