How to hire a preventive medicine specialist

How to hire a preventive medicine specialist, step by step

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

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   Hiring the perfect preventive medicine specialist also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   Here's a comparison of preventive medicine specialist salaries for various roles:

   Type of Preventive Medicine Specialist	Description	Hourly rate
   Preventive Medicine Specialist	Occupational health and safety specialists analyze many types of work environments and work procedures. Specialists inspect workplaces for adherence to regulations on safety, health, and the environment... Show more	$14-40
   Safety Instructor	The duties and responsibilities include coordinating classes on safety procedures, advising management on problems and possible solutions, and meeting safety compliance requirements.	$9-20
   Safety Advisor	Safety Advisors are responsible for overseeing a safe workplace environment and ensuring compliance with safety policies and regulations of an organization. Their duties include conducting risk assessments, demonstrating safe operational procedures, conducting site inspection as well as developing health and safety policies... Show more	$16-42

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Laboratory Procedures
   • Potable Water
   • Safety Inspections
   • Control Operations
   • Hospital Environment
   • Waste Disposal
   • Administrative Functions
   • Water Samples
   • Combat
   • Disease Prevention
   • Sanitation Inspections
   • Food Sanitation
   • Water Quality
   • Control Measures

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   Responsibilities:

   • Maximize productivity through coordinating and managing efforts between service engineers, sales personnel and external OEM automation programmers.
   • Answer questions in regards to IR procedures and CPT codes
   • Work in mri as nurse who monitors and cares for critical care pts.
   • Review literature articles and process adverse event reports from literature per project and FDA guidelines.
   • Assist in setting up new users, maintaining privileges and resetting passwords for PACS and PowerScribe.
   • Implement multiple shielding packages in drywell, requiring concert teamwork and communication to maintain ALARA in problematic working conditions.

3. Make a budget

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

   • Location. For example, preventive medicine specialists' average salary in kansas is 40% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level preventive medicine specialists earn 64% less than senior-level preventive medicine specialists.
   • Certifications. A preventive medicine specialist 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 preventive medicine specialist's salary.

   Average preventive medicine specialist salary

   $51,981yearly

   $24.99 hourly rate

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   Entry-level preventive medicine specialist salary

   $31,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 16, 2026

4. Writing a preventive medicine specialist job description

   A good preventive medicine specialist 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 preventive medicine specialist job description:

   Preventive medicine specialist job description example

   If you're looking for a career in environmental health, join the Army National Guard as a Preventive Medicine Specialist. Your primary responsibility will be to inspect and recommend proper corrective action on environmental and sanitation conditions to keep military personnel safe and healthy.
   
   Preventive Medicine Specialists study and prevent the spread of disease. You will conduct or assist with inspections, surveys, and laboratory procedures. You may also supervise facilities or serve on preventive medicine staffs, as well as develop community health education programs.
   Some of the Skills You'll Learn
   Sanitation inspection procedures
   Understanding of parasites and diseases affecting humans
   Bacteriological analysis of potable water
   
   Helpful Skills
   Interest in biology, chemistry, and algebra
   Ability to follow detailed procedures precisely
   Interest in scientific and technical work
   
   Through your training, you will develop the skills and experience to enjoy a civilian career with privately owned research institutions, public health departments, and environmental sciences professions. With additional study, you may be able to qualify for certification as a registered environmental health specialist/registered sanitarian and certified radiation protection technologist.
   
   Earn While You Learn
   Instead of paying to learn these skills, get paid to train. In the Army National Guard, you will learn these valuable job skills while earning a regular paycheck and qualifying for tuition assistance.
   
   Job training for Preventive Medicine Specialists consists of 10 weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and 15 weeks of Advanced Individual Training. Training consists of both classroom and field work.
   
   Benefits/Requirements
   
   Benefits
   Paid training A monthly paycheck Montgomery GI Bill Federal and State tuition assistance Retirement benefits for part-time service Low-cost life insurance (up to $400,000 in coverage) 401(k)-type savings plan Student Loan Repayment Program (up to $50,000, for existing loans) Health care benefits available VA home loans Bonuses, if applicable Most non-prior service candidates will earn between $200 and $250 per drill weekend, subject to change
   Requirements Military enlistment in the Army National Guard Must be at least a junior in high school, or have a high school diploma or a GED certificate Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 Must be able to pass a physical exam and meet legal and moral standards Must meet citizenship requirements (see NATIONALGUARD.com for details)
   
   Requires military enlistment. Programs and benefits are subject to change. Ask your Army National Guard recruiter for the most up-to-date information. Actual MOS assignment may depend on MOS availability.
   
   Other Job Information
   
   Job Category: Medical
   Age Requirements: Must be between the ages of 17 and 35 lab inspector supervisor manager administrator

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5. Post your job

   To find preventive medicine specialists 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 preventive medicine specialists they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level preventive medicine specialists 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 preventive medicine specialist job on Zippia to find and recruit preventive 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

   Recruiting preventive medicine specialists requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   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 preventive medicine specialist

   Once you've found the preventive 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 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.

   To prepare for the new preventive medicine specialist 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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