Jackson & Coker Interviews David L. Andrick, President-Elect of the Ohio Network of Physician Recruiters

• 

David L. Andrick

The main challenge is to bring quality physicians into the community who will raise the level of quality of care that patients receive. Physicians want to go where they can really make a difference.

Alpharetta, GA (Vocus) December 21, 2010

Recruitment firm Jackson & Coker continues to provide an online forum for health care executives to share timely insights beneficial to the medical community at large. The current edition of the Jackson & Coker Industry Report spotlights a recent interview with David L. Andrick, Director of Physician Recruitment & Relations at Wilson Memorial Hospital in Sidney, Ohio.

“David’s distinguished career in physician recruitment with several prominent health systems gives him a valuable perspective on the challenges facing health care organizations concerned to attract and retain the best talent among physician candidates,” mentioned Michael Lynch, Senior Business Director with Jackson & Coker, who interviewed David on behalf of the JCIR.

Here are some of the insights David shared concerning the challenges and rewards that in-house recruiters typically experience:

•      The main challenge is to bring quality physicians into the community who will raise the level of quality of care that patients receive. Physicians want to go where they can really make a difference.
•     It’s especially rewarding to recruit doctors who are regarded highly by other practitioners who become familiar with their demonstrated clinical skills.
•     In terms of revenue generation for the hospital or medical group, a recruiter can make an impact by bringing on board even one or two physicians who make an outstanding contribution.
•     Finding the “right fit” of a provider with the hospital and community he or she serves is critically important.
•     Another key challenge for recruiters is to differentiate their practice opportunities from all the others made available to candidates through other means.
•     Competent recruiters can source and present exceptional providers, but doctors recruit doctors and the current staff should always be part of the hiring process.
•     In terms of physician satisfaction, rural communities sometimes offer unique attributes that appeal to candidates looking for a different work-life balance.
•     An important word of advice to new recruiters: Find a colleague in the industry that you can relate to and talk to, someone who understands both the frustrations and rewards of mission-critical physician staffing.

About Jackson & Coker
Jackson & Coker believes that hospitals, clinics, physician practices, and patients should all have access to a physician, whether for a day, a lifetime or any of life’s changes in between. For over three decades, Jackson & Coker has been uniting physicians and hospitals. To assure that all patients’ needs are met, we provide physicians for as little as a day and as long as a lifetime. The firm specializes in anesthesiology jobs, CRNA jobs, neurology jobs, psychiatry jobs, surgery jobs, primary care jobs as well as emergency medicine jobs. Headquartered in metro Atlanta, the firm has earned a reputation for providing cost-effective, time-sensitive solutions to both government and commercial health care organizations. The recruitment staff works in two divisions of the company: Retained Search, which places physicians in over 40 medical specialties in permanent staff positions, and locum tenens, a staffing model that recruits medical providers (physicians and CRNAs) for temporary vacancies.

Jackson & Coker has earned a “Gold Seal” designation as a “Certified Health Care Staffing Service” by the Joint Commission and is affiliated with a credentials verification organization (JH CVO) that has received certification by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) in ten out of ten credentialing elements.

Jackson & Coker participates in social media networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and Twitter—including managing separate Twitter sites geared to major medical specialties.

The firm also produces the online monthly Jackson & Coker Industry Report that offers timely articles, special reports, white papers, industry surveys and other matters of interest to the medical community at large. Here’s the link to JCIR: http://www.jacksoncoker.com/physician-career-resources/newsletters/default.aspx
Media Contact:

Ed McEachern
Jackson & Coker
emceachern(at)jacksoncoker(dot)com
800-272-2707

###

PDF Print