Posts by Matt Brewster
The Growing Field and Evolution of the Psychiatrist Job Market
In recent years, the psychiatric job market has undergone big changes. These changes stem from increasing demand for mental health professionals, technology advancements, and emerging treatment. As societal awareness of mental health issues grows, so does the need for skilled psychiatrists to address these challenges. Let’s explore the dynamic field of the psychiatrist job market,…
Read MoreThe Importance of Focusing on Your Own Mental Health as a Physician
Emergency Medicine recently published a study that states, “It has been known for almost 150 years that physicians have an increased propensity to die by suicide compared with the general population.” Ironically, the rate of death from cardiovascular or other chronic conditions common to the general population is much lower in the physician population. Each…
Read MoreHow Shortening Your Hiring Process Can Get You Better Talent
Every time you open a job, the clock starts ticking. Most recruiting teams are familiar with the time-to-hire metric. The longer the job stays open, the more pressure on these teams to find someone—anyone—to fill the role. Pre-pandemic, the average time to fill the top ten sought after physician specialties for most organizations was approximately…
Read More3 Tips for Finding Healthcare Professionals That Fit Your Company Culture
Culture matters. While a clinical or administrative new hire needs hard skills to complete healthcare tasks, they must also fit well with the team their joining. Given the healthcare labor shortage, it’s harder now to find talent with the right mix of hard skills let alone those soft skills that allow them to fit in with your…
Read MoreWhat the Shortage of Mental Health Professionals Means for Hiring
The demand for psychiatric nurse practitioners and physician assistants is at an all-time high, and the latest data shows that we will not be able to staff up enough to meet the demand in the coming years. With the CDC suggesting 40% of Americans struggle with addiction or anxiety, particularly during COVID, the numbers are…
Read MoreBest Practices for Recruiting Passive Nurse Practitioner Talent
Passive recruiting has proven to be an effective way to solicit top candidates in the healthcare field. Recruiters that fail to use this technique will be unable to distinguish themselves or their firm as the finders of healthcare talent. Today, instead of just “posting and praying”—waiting for candidates to apply, recruiting teams must actively engage…
Read MoreIs High Turnover Impacting Your Patient Experience?
It’s common business knowledge that it’s more costly to replace an existing customer with a new one. Building a customer relationship is a common theme in the business world. This same adage holds true in the healthcare field, where patient turnover can have a negative impact on a practice, whether it’s a large dispersed health…
Read MoreBest Ways to Stand Behind Frontline Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The American healthcare worker is routinely exposed to all kinds of illness but rarely one so virulent as COVID-19. The latest data shows that 50% of the workers on the frontlines of the pandemic have already been exposed. The added stress of not enough personal protective equipment, and an overwhelming capacity surge, along with the…
Read MoreThe Must-Have Checklist for Physician Employment Contracts
The physician contracting process involves many steps in order to get it right. We’ve made a checklist of the must-have elements that standardize the process to ensure that both the organization and the hired clinician are protected. Key Pieces of a Physician Contract The basic physician contract covers the employment status of a physician. Some…
Read MoreFinding the Balance Between Work and Life in Healthcare
Professionals in a number of different fields experience stress and burnout, and struggle with finding the equivalent of the Holy Grail in modern work life – the seemingly ever elusive and almighty work-life balance. But few working adults will experience the consistent stress and burnout endemic to the medical and healthcare profession. According to recent…
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