How to hire a professor of family medicine

How to hire a professor of family medicine, step by step

Here's a step-by-step professor of family medicine hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

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

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a professor of family medicine 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 professor of family medicine that fits the bill.

   The following list breaks down different types of professors of family medicine and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Professor Of Family Medicine	Description	Hourly rate
   Professor Of Family Medicine	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	$46-160
   General Practitioner	A General Practitioner provides primary and continuing medical care for patients within their community. They are responsible for diagnosing patients, checking patients results, and providing treatment as required.	$40-166
   Medical Doctor	A Medical Doctor, also known as a physician, is a healthcare professional who diagnoses and treats patients from injuries and illnesses. As a Medical Doctor, your day-to-day duties will typically include assessing a patient's symptoms, prescribing and administering treatment to patients, and providing follow-up medical care to patients... Show more	$45-166

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Patients
   • Primary Care
   • Family Practice
   • Urgent Care
   • Patient Care
   • Internal Medicine
   • Epic
   • Surgery
   • Pediatrics
   • Medical Care
   • Medical Education
   • Acute Care
   • Residency Program
   • Medical Services

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Mentore graduate students and lead first-year courses in anatomy, physiology, and osteopathic principles.
   • Design, manage and execute research plan to investigate role of StarD4 and StarD5 proteins in lipid metabolism as the P.I.
   • Identify a novel mechanism for anthrax-induce pulmonary vascular leak that yield an NIH grant.
   • Deliver presentations on methods for reviewing cellular physiology and laboratory test results.
   • Carry out ethnic group interpretation and translation services, organize demographic records while also registering new patients.
   • Verify patients have filled out the necessary insurance identification information and update and extract patient information and demographics in AHLTA.

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3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the professor of family medicine job description is a good way to get more applicants. A professor of family medicine 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 a professor of family medicine in Tennessee may be lower than in Vermont, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level professor of family medicine. Additionally, a professor of family medicine with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average professor of family medicine salary

   $179,574yearly

   $86.33 hourly rate

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   Entry-level professor of family medicine salary

   $96,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

   Average professor of family medicine salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	California	$163,927	$79
   2	Florida	$158,587	$76
   3	Kentucky	$157,567	$76
   4	Texas	$156,009	$75
   5	Louisiana	$149,037	$72
   6	Iowa	$147,869	$71
   7	Indiana	$146,276	$70
   8	New York	$139,476	$67
   9	Pennsylvania	$137,373	$66
   10	Missouri	$134,811	$65
   11	Nevada	$130,700	$63
   12	Illinois	$129,798	$62
   13	South Dakota	$127,003	$61
   14	Arizona	$124,982	$60
   15	New Jersey	$124,373	$60
   16	North Carolina	$122,562	$59
   17	Virginia	$122,236	$59
   18	Arkansas	$119,400	$57
   19	Colorado	$111,674	$54

   Average professor of family medicine salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Scripps Health	$244,909	$117.74	10
   2	UTMB HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS	$242,510	$116.59	148
   3	PeaceHealth	$230,715	$110.92	175
   4	OhioHealth	$216,239	$103.96	14
   5	Kaiser Permanente	$216,206	$103.95	113
   6	Provider Solutions & Development	$211,270	$101.57	287
   7	Northwestern Medicine	$210,910	$101.40	28
   8	Catholic Health Initiatives - Colorado	$210,331	$101.12	175
   9	Integrity Locums	$209,922	$100.92	84
   10	Banner Commercial	$209,711	$100.82
   11	The Medicus Firm	$208,790	$100.38	10
   12	IU Health Inc	$203,725	$97.94	7
   13	Sutter Medical Foundation	$202,512	$97.36
   14	Southern California Medical Center	$201,441	$96.85	359
   15	Delta Companies	$198,578	$95.47	16
   16	Atrium Health Floyd	$196,182	$94.32	207
   17	Optum	$195,483	$93.98	220
   18	INTEGRIS Health	$189,108	$90.92	27
   19	St Joseph Medical Group	$188,336	$90.55	139
   20	Indian Health Service	$187,457	$90.12	35

4. Writing a professor of family medicine job description

   A professor of family medicine job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of a professor of family medicine job description:

   Professor of family medicine job description example

   Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine (AZCOM) is seeking an academic/clinical faculty member. This person will spend 0.4 FTE for the Department of Osteopathic Family and Community Medicine teaching clinical skills and/or OMM labs, lecturing, assisting with standardized patient testing of students, grading, and participating in clinical clerkship rotation recruitment and rotation site visits. The remaining 0.6 FTE will involve a clinical practice in the Family Medicine and/or Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Clinic of the Midwestern University (MWU) Multispecialty Clinic, depending in which specialty or specialties the faculty member has board certification.
   
   Duties include participation in hands-on bedside training of medical students, residents, and ONMM residents at the Midwestern University Multispecialty Clinic Family Medicine and/or Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine Clinics.
   
   This position, at the rank of Clinical Assistant Professor, requires a DO degree, board eligibility/certification in Family Medicine and/or board eligibility/certification in Neuromuscular Medicine, a valid Arizona medical license, and DEA licensure. This position also must be able to be credentialed by third party insurance and must be able to be insured for medical liability.
   
   Position reports to the Chair of the Department of Osteopathic Family and Community Medicine academically and to the Medical Director of the MWU Multispecialty Clinic clinically.
   
   Midwestern University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not discriminate against an employee or applicant based upon race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability, or veterans status, in accord with 41 C.F.R. 60-1.4(a), 250.5(a), 300.5(a) and 741.5(a). Midwestern University complies with the Smoke-Free Arizona Act (A.R.S. 36-601.01) and the Smoke Free Illinois Act (410 ILCS 82/). Midwestern University complies with the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003 and Arizona Equal Pay Acts.
   Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
   
   The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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5. Post your job

   To find professors of family medicine 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 professors of family medicine they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level professors of family medicine 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 professor of family medicine job on Zippia to find and recruit professor of family medicine 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

   During your first interview to recruit professors of family medicine, 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 professor of family medicine

   Once you've selected the best professor of family medicine 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 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.

   Once that's done, you can draft an onboarding schedule for the new professor of family medicine. 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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