How to hire a urologist

How to hire a urologist, step by step

Here's a step-by-step urologist hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   The urologist 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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   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

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   A urologist's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, urologists 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.

   Here's a comparison of urologist salaries for various roles:

   Type of Urologist	Description	Hourly rate
   Urologist	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	$82-305

2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Urology
   • Patients
   • Surgery
   • EMR
   • Patient Care
   • CME
   • Primary Care
   • Private Practice
   • Prostate
   • Diagnostic Tests
   • Injections
   • Blood Pressure
   • Cystoscopy
   • Internal Medicine

   Check all skills

   Responsibilities:

   • Manage clinical and surgical treatment of hospitalize and ambulatory patients with urological diseases.
   • Diagnose and treat patients with urological and gynecological conditions, specializing in urology and female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery.
   • Assist physician with changing catheters, cystoscopy, and prostate biopsy.
   • Administer injections per MD orders.
   • Train at Montefiore and maintain quality CME updates.
   • Enter patient demographics into EMR database and schedule appointments.

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3. Make a budget

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

   • Location. For example, urologists' average salary in hawaii is 44% less than in north dakota.
   • Seniority. Entry-level urologists earn 73% less than senior-level urologists.
   • Certifications. A urologist 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 urologist's salary.

   Average urologist salary

   $331,075yearly

   $159.17 hourly rate

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   Entry-level urologist salary

   $172,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

   Average urologist salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	North Dakota	$423,102	$203
   2	Illinois	$328,254	$158
   3	Washington	$327,629	$158
   4	Pennsylvania	$304,580	$146
   5	Iowa	$297,703	$143
   6	Michigan	$297,370	$143
   7	Connecticut	$294,866	$142
   8	Ohio	$291,088	$140
   9	New York	$273,821	$132
   10	Colorado	$260,706	$125
   11	Indiana	$254,491	$122
   12	New Jersey	$251,366	$121
   13	Vermont	$243,005	$117
   14	Texas	$241,296	$116
   15	Massachusetts	$232,642	$112
   16	Arkansas	$228,297	$110
   17	Arizona	$222,226	$107
   18	New Hampshire	$220,071	$106
   19	California	$219,742	$106
   20	Florida	$196,228	$94

   Average urologist salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	OSF HealthCare	$426,793	$205.19	59
   2	Punxsutawney Area Hospital	$419,016	$201.45
   3	Phelps Health Foundation	$411,533	$197.85
   4	Dignity Health	$401,706	$193.13	49
   5	Mayo Clinic	$397,439	$191.08	107
   6	CarolinaEast	$395,291	$190.04	3
   7	Hays Medical Center	$392,110	$188.51
   8	Roper St. Francis Healthcare	$378,322	$181.89
   9	Sanford Health	$377,815	$181.64	92
   10	Advocate Aurora Health	$366,869	$176.38	1
   11	Frederick Health	$363,930	$174.97	2
   12	Altru Health System	$360,853	$173.49	1
   13	Houston Methodist	$354,709	$170.53	38
   14	Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.	$354,053	$170.22	4
   15	Via Christi Health	$349,371	$167.97
   16	Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc.	$348,730	$167.66	41
   17	UnitedHealth Group	$347,508	$167.07	79
   18	Wellstar Health System	$347,322	$166.98	4
   19	Novant Health	$342,296	$164.57	49
   20	PeaceHealth	$342,030	$164.44	97

4. Writing a urologist job description

   A job description for a urologist 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 urologist job description:

   Urologist job description example

   An inpatient health center near Muskingum County, Ohio is looking to add a Urologist to their team. This facility is located less than an hour from Columbus, and is surrounded by nature preserves and wildlife refuges, which are great spots for fishing, hiking, and hunting. This position is perfect for someone who loves year-round recreation and having easy access to the city.
   Certification: MD/DO Title: Urologist Board Status : Board Certified Residency/Training: Urology Setting : Inpatient
   
   Compensation & Logistics
   Position Type : Locum Tenens 1099 Availability : Part-Time Scheduling : 1 Weekend per Month Friday 5: 00PM – Monday 7: 00AM October 28th – October 31st November 25th – November 28th December 23rd – December 26th
   
   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

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right urologist for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your urologist job on Zippia to find and recruit urologist 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

   To successfully recruit urologists, 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.

   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 urologist

   Once you've found the urologist 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 employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

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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