subject: Finding Primary Care Physician Jobs [print this page] Since the end of WWII, the US has experienced three distinct "baby boom" periods where the number of babies born have exceeded 4 million per year; 1954 - 1964, 1989 -1993 and 2000 - 2009.
Within a few short decades North America's baby boomers from the first period, which accounts for approximately 25% of the total population, will have reached retirement age. In fact, as early as 2012 the first of these baby boomers will be 65 years of age!
Statistics like these have a direct impact on primary care providers.
Primary care givers such as family practice physicians, internal medicine physicians, pediatricians, OB/GYNs and internists are generally the patients' first point of contact.
As the importance of primary care escalates we are experiencing an increased need to find qualified health care professionals who meet the requirements to fill Family Practice Physician Jobs and OB GYN Physician Jobs plus positions for internal medicine and pediatrics.
While many primary care physician jobs are posted on online recruitment websites or with national job banks, these should not be the job seekers only avenue for finding primary care job openings.
Many US states now have state wide recruiting services, many of them non-profit with salaried employees, like the Maine Recruitment Center (MRC) in the state of Maine. Physician recruiting agencies such as the MRC specialize in placement services for local Primary Care Physician Jobs.
Their primary care job listings are continually updated and generally reflect the most current primary care job opportunities for that market
State run primary care recruiting agencies like the MRC are also better equipped to not only match the job candidate to the primary care physician job, but to match the hiring practice and the community to the lifestyle needs of the primary care physician and the physician's family.
While job seeking primary care physicians may be highly motivated and driven to succeed, those with families for instance, are more likely to care as much about where they raise their family and the quality of life they can provide for their families as they are about the potential primary care job.
Another benefit of state run physician recruiting agencies is that they generally have on-going working relationships with the hiring family practices plus community health centers (CHCs), hospitals and private practices across the state.
State run physician recruiting services are in the unique position of understanding the needs of the hiring practice and marrying that to the needs of the primary care candidates. It's a win-win situation.
