AMN Provides Doctor Staffing and Physician Search Services

Due to an ongoing physician shortage in the United States, many medical facilities are experiencing difficulties in finding qualified doctors to fill staff openings. AMN Healthcare's physician recruiting divisions provide the means for supplementing medical staff shortfalls through our diversification and expansion of our network of the largest and most effective physician search and temporary placement companies in the nation.

The AMN physician divisions that provide doctors for hospitals and other medical facilities include:

• Merritt Hawkins & Associates, the leader in physician search and permanent placement services.
• Staff Care, the leader in locum tenens (temporary physician) staffing.

Physician Search: Permanent Physician Staffing

Merritt Hawkins & Associates is the nation's leading permanent physician staffing and consulting firm. Since its inception in 1987, Merritt Hawkins & Associates has conducted over 30,000 physician search assignments across the United States. Clients include hospitals, managed care organizations, academic medical centers, medical groups, individual practices, government organizations and corporations.

Merritt Hawkins & Associates' extensive front-end consultation, unique resources and meticulous, 28-step recruitment plan set the industry standard for thoroughness and professionalism. Some elements of this proven plan include:

• A national candidate sourcing campaign through multiple channels.
• Ability to reach target-specific, high-quality candidates.
• Thorough screening of health professionals.
• Detailed, written profiles of qualified candidates and pre-interviews.
• Consultations and speedy processes.
• Candidate credentialing and relocation assistance.

Instead of working with multiple staffing firms and in-house recruiters, handle all your physician staffing needs with Merritt Hawkins & Associates and AMN’s Recruitment Process Outsourcing program. You’ll work with one team, dedicated to your facility, for the entire process of recruitment, hiring and on-boarding.

In today's highly competitive physician search market, successful physician recruiting requires an effective search plan and the resources to carry it out. Merritt Hawkins & Associates offers both.

Physician Search: Temporary (Locum Tenens) Physician Staffing

Staff Care offers the most comprehensive temporary (locum tenens) physician staffing services in the industry. Temporary physician employment allows medical facilities to maintain quality of care and vital revenue despite short-term vacancies due to extended leaves, vacation, maternity leave, illness or unexpected events. Facilities often utilize locum tenens physicians while performing ongoing searches for permanent doctors or to augment staff during peak census-driven periods. Staff Care can help you continue to provide excellent patient care regardless of staffing vacancies.

Benefits of Hiring Temporary Physicians (Locum Tenens):

• Staff Care typically arranges medical malpractice coverage for locum tenens.
• Quality Assurance Department exceeds healthcare industry standards.
• In-house licensing department that expedites medical licensure nationwide.
• All necessary paperwork associated with privileging assistance, licensure and malpractice insurance is managed by Staff Care.
• We arrange the transportation and housing for our locum tenens doctors.
• Staff Care covers all physician specialties.

If you’re short-staffed, lack a critical staff member or anticipate an upcoming peak usage period, don't lose valuable revenue or diminish your quality of care because of an inability to meet demand. Staff Care can provide temporary physician employment so that your healthcare facility can continue to provide high-quality patient care.

If you would like to discuss your temporary physician employment or permanent physician staffing needs with someone at Staff Care or Merritt Hawkins & Associates, please contact us.