How to hire a primary care representative

How to hire a primary care representative, step by step

Here's a step-by-step primary care representative hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The primary care representative hiring process starts by determining what type of worker you actually need. Certain roles might require a full-time employee, whereas part-time workers or contractors can do others.

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   Hiring the perfect primary care representative 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.

   This list shows salaries for various types of primary care representatives.

   Type of Primary Care Representative	Description	Hourly rate
   Primary Care Representative	Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers to businesses, government agencies, and other organizations. They contact customers, explain product features, answer any questions that their customers may have, and negotiate prices.	$46-174
   Field Technical Representative	Owning wide knowledge about an application, a field technical representative ensures that the customer knows how to use any application by providing technical support and solving issues if one arises. They also give advice on what application is best to use for a certain concern... Show more	$16-37
   Hospitality Representative	Hospitality representatives are guest service specialists who are generally employed in hotels. Typical responsibilities of hospitality representatives include giving front desk services, processing payments from guests, and providing guests with information on various subjects... Show more	$11-26

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Product Knowledge
   • Cardiology
   • Patients
   • Territory Management
   • Internal Medicine
   • Neurology
   • Sales Growth
   • Sales Results
   • Product Portfolio
   • Market Share Growth
   • Diabetes
   • Disease State
   • Family Practice
   • Endocrinology

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   Responsibilities:

   • Collaborate with primary care physicians and manage key product promotions-Cymbalta, Axiron, Cialis and Strattera.
   • Achieve sales growth objectives by incorporating product/technical knowledge, teamwork, customer and multi-product focus, innovation and creativity.
   • Promote in-line products to cardiologists, rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians.
   • Execute sales and marketing of family medicine, cardiology, and endocrinology products.
   • Promote Microzide & Dilacor for hypertension to primary care.
   • Promote the company's allergy, asthma, and anti-infective franchise.

3. Make a budget

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

   • Location. For example, primary care representatives' average salary in hawaii is 71% less than in maryland.
   • Seniority. Entry-level primary care representatives 73% less than senior-level primary care representatives.
   • Certifications. A primary care representative 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 primary care representative's salary.

   Average primary care representative salary

   $187,913yearly

   $90.34 hourly rate

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   Entry-level primary care representative salary

   $97,000 yearly salary

   Updated January 20, 2026

4. Writing a primary care representative job description

   A job description for a primary care representative 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 a primary care representative job description:

   Primary care representative job description example

   An outpatient health clinic in Amador County is looking to add a Primary Care Physician to their team. This facility is located just an hour from Stanislaus National Forest and has year-round recreation. This position is perfect for someone who loves the outdoors and four-season living. Enjoy skiing, fishing, camping, hiking, white water rafting, golfing and much more in this beautiful paradise.
   Certification: MD/ DO Title: Primary Care Physician Board Status : Board Certified Residency Training: Family Medicine or Internal Medicine Setting : Outpatient Hospital Setting Experience Required : New Grads Okay
   
   Compensation & Logistics
   Position Type : Locum Tenens, 1099 Availability : Full- Time Scheduling : Mon-Fri, 7: 30-3: 30pm Compensation : $225 Hr. Pay Rate Benefits : Malpractice coverage with tail and in-house credentialing support
   
   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

   To find primary care representatives 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 primary care representatives they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level primary care representatives 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 primary care representative job on Zippia to find and recruit primary care representative candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites such as salesjobs, salesheads, allretailjobs.com, sales trax.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Your first interview with primary care representative 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 primary care representative

   Once you've decided on a perfect primary care representative candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   To prepare for the new primary care representative 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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