I had a strange thought that both delighted and frightened me in my intern year: I was sitting in my parent’s living room, exhausted. I had been fortunate enough to complete residency near my parents and visited with them pretty regularly. I realized that being a doctor is like no other job because you eat,…
1. There are a whole lot of PA jobs It’s kind of nice when you have paid the price of a mortgage for your professional degree and spent years of your life exchanging parties for organic chemistry books and Mountain Dew and coffee for tea and water to find a job waiting for you at…
Changes in healthcare delivery are impacting practice settings and in turn, are affecting the trajectory of doctors’ careers. The Physicians Advocacy Institute reported in 2016, that between 2012 and 2015 hospitals had acquired 31,000 physician practices. The percentage of physicians employed by hospitals/health systems grew significantly during this period from approximately 25% to close to…
It’s no surprise that employment opportunities for physicians are proliferating online. Here’s how to get started. Need a new job? Your checklist should include: physician recruiters, specialty journal classifieds, networking with colleagues, and perhaps even phone prospective employers. But now more than ever, you can use your mobile device to surf online job boards, where…
Whether you’ve recently finished your residency or you have years of experience in the field, you might not know where to start your job search as an anesthesiologist. Anesthesiologists are needed in hospitals, outpatient surgical clinics, doctors’ offices, Online Resources The Internet is by far the fastest and most practical resource available to help you…
Working locum tenens can be a great alternative to the “typical” physician’s career, but like any contract-based career, how great it is really depends on the quality of the jobs you take. Locum physicians work through recruiting agencies, so obviously a big part of finding the right locum tenens positions is finding the right agency, but there…
U.S. News unveiled several lists on Jan. 8 highlighting the best jobs for 2019. In addition to its own separate rankings, many healthcare jobs also ranked high on the organization’s Best Jobs rankings. “Healthcare occupations continue to dominate the U.S. News 2019 Best Jobs rankings, with demand in the field highest for workers to fill…
Depending on how long you have been out of training, your curriculum vitae (Latin, meaning “course of life,” CV for short) may fit onto one page or have the heft of a small book. Either way, it is important to keep this record of your education, training, experience, and professional accomplishments up to date. Physicians…
Last August, the National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations (NALTO) celebrated the first-ever National Locum Tenens Week. The healthcare staffing industry is doing so again this week, and it’s an opportunity to thank locum tenens providers for their dedication to serving millions of patients at medical facilities every day in this country. As many as…
KEY HIGHLIGHTS: MDspots has been connecting employers with physicians online since 2003. Nearly 35,000 active job postings in over 100 healthcare specialties (permanent and locum tenens). Over 13,000 physicians are registered on the website and seeking employment. Industry leading provider launches major updates and enhancements to the online job posting/job search platform. Wellington, Florida (10/30/2018)…
