Primary care, hospital medicine, behavioral health, and multi-specialty physician recruiting.
Elina Sindhu
Healthcare Recruiting
Physician recruiters for healthcare
Our physician recruiters identify experienced doctors who aren’t actively searching and help hospitals, medical groups, and healthcare organizations hire physicians.
- Board-certified and specialty-focused recruiting
- No upfront fees, no commitment required
- Trusted by hospitals, medical groups, and health systems
Trusted by hospitals, physician groups & health systems
800+
Hiring teams served
70+
specialized recruiters
72–96 hrs
to your first candidates
The longer it stays open,
the more it costs ✨
Most organizations don't lose physician hires because they couldn't find candidates. They lose them because the search started too late. A vacant physician position generates $300,000 to $800,000 in lost revenue every month it stays open.
AAMC projects a shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036.
We don't wait for physicians to apply
Most physician staffing firms rely on applications. We identify experienced physicians already practicing in similar hospitals, medical groups, and healthcare organizations, then reach out directly.
We learn about your practice
We understand your specialty, patient population, call schedule, compensation, and hiring goals.
We identify the right physicians
Our recruiters focus on physicians already practicing in similar settings, not just those applying for jobs.
We present qualified physicians
Every physician is recruiter-screened, qualified, and confirmed to be interested before reaching your hiring team. Most clients receive their first shortlist within 72 to 96 hours.
Recent physician searches
Hospitalist
Dallas, TX
Emergency Medicine Physician
Phoenix, AZ
Internal Medicine Physician
Indianapolis, IN
OB/GYN Physician
Orlando, FL
Diagnostic Radiologist
Minneapolis, MN
Anesthesiologist
Nashville, TN
Cardiologist
Houston, TX
General Surgeon
Kansas City, MO
Physician and advanced practice roles we recruit
Every physician search is different. Whether you're hiring a physician, advanced practice provider, or another specialized medical professional, we recruit across a wide range of clinical roles.
Physician Assistants
Permanent Physician Assistant staffing for hospitals, physician groups, specialty practices, and outpatient care.
Hospitalists
Experienced hospitalists for community hospitals, academic medical centers, and integrated health systems.
Radiologists
Diagnostic and interventional radiologists for hospitals, imaging centers, and physician groups.
Anesthesiologists
Board-certified anesthesiologists for hospitals, surgery centers, and anesthesia practices.
Locum Tenens
Temporary physician coverage for organizations managing short-term staffing gaps or leave coverage.
Looking for another specialty?
Our physician recruiting experience extends well beyond physician staffing. We also support medical doctor recruiting across Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Cardiology, Orthopedic Surgery, Pediatrics, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Pulmonology, and many other physician specialties.
Request physician candidatesPhysician recruiting is part of our broader healthcare recruiting practice, which spans Nursing, Behavioral Health, Allied Health, Revenue Cycle and healthcare executives.
Meet some of the recruiters behind your search
Every search is led by recruiters who understand that specialty.
Behavioral health physicians, emergency medicine, and difficult-to-fill physician specialties.
Ray Shimray
Healthcare Recruiting
Chief Medical Officers, Medical Directors, physician leadership, and executive healthcare hiring.
Annie Larkin
Healthcare Recruiting
Recent physician placements
Anonymized by request. Times shown represent the period from search launch to accepted offer.
Medical Director
37 days
Phoenix, AZ
Interventional Cardiologist
34 days
Houston, TX
Orthopedic Surgeon
26 days
Denver, CO
General Surgeon
22 days
Kansas City, MO
Chief Medical Officer
36 days
Nashville, TN
Gastroenterologist
29 days
Tampa, FL
Frequently asked questions
A physician recruiter, sometimes called a doctor recruiter or physician staffing specialist, helps hospitals, medical groups, and healthcare organizations hire physicians for permanent, contract, or locum tenens positions. Working with a physician staffing agency shifts the sourcing burden off your HR team and onto recruiters with active physician networks.
It involves identifying experienced physicians who are already employed, evaluating their clinical background, career goals, compensation expectations, and overall fit, then introducing only candidates who are genuinely interested in the opportunity.
Physician recruiters help hospitals, medical groups, and healthcare organizations hire experienced doctors who rarely apply through job boards. The best physician recruiters identify qualified physicians, evaluate specialty experience, licensing, practice fit, compensation expectations, and long term career goals before making an introduction. This helps employers hire faster while reducing the risk of a costly mis-hire.
We recruit across a wide range of physician specialties, including Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Hospital Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Surgery, Medical Directors, Chief Medical Officers, and many other medical and surgical specialties.
Most clients receive their first shortlist within 72 to 96 hours. The overall hiring timeline depends on the physician's speciality, state licensing, credentialing requirements, and interview process. Primary care roles often move faster than highly specialized physician and medical leadership searches.
Most physicians look beyond compensation. Call schedules, physician autonomy, patient volume, APP support, partnership opportunities, leadership, and quality of life all play an important role when evaluating a new opportunity. Understanding these before outreach means we contact only physicians who are genuinely open to what you're offering, not just physicians who are dissatisfied and applying everywhere.
Most experienced physicians are already established with hospitals, health systems, or medical groups and rarely enter the job market. Hiring also involves licensing, credentialing, relocation, compensation, family considerations, and long-term career goals, making physician recruiting more complex than many other healthcare searches. Some organizations work with a physician headhunter because these candidates rarely appear on job boards. Reaching them requires direct, relationship-based outreach rather than advertising an open position.
Yes. ExpertHiring recruits physicians for permanent placement, contract engagements, and locum tenens coverage. The one model we don't staff is travel - our focus is on physicians who live and practice in the communities they serve, whether that's a long-term direct hire or a defined contract to cover a gap or program need. If you're managing a vacancy while running a permanent search in parallel, we can support both.
The physicians you’re hoping will apply probably won’t.
They’re busy caring for patients, leading departments, and building successful practices. Our job is reaching them before another healthcare organization does.
*No upfront fees. No obligation.
