Even though you spent years getting your education and license to become family care doctor, it does not mean you will get a job with ease. While ACA was supposed to make more people eligible for health care services, lower payments, increased regulations, and other issues related to governments role in modern health care spell disaster for family doctors that do not take the time to look for a good job.
In fact, if you aren’t making use of online portals for primary care physician openings, then you may get stuck without a job— or worse yet, overloaded to the point where you cannot treat patients properly, let alone pay all of the overhead associated with being a doctor.
Family Practice Jobs for New MDs
No matter whether you are looking to complete your residency or work for the first time in a clinical setting outside of licensing requirements, it is very important to choose a practice that is viable and can support your needs.
For example:
* If you went through med school on student loans, consider working in a medically under-served area so that your loans get listed as paid in full after five years of service.
* Look for opportunities that offer loan repayment benefits.
* Look for rural communities where you will have a smaller case load and more chances to be a member of the community
Use online doctor referral portals to identify good geographic regions where you can be happy and practice for years to come
Family Practice Jobs for Experienced MDs
Not so long ago, it was unheard of for experienced MDs to search for family practice jobs. Typically, once you became established in the local community, you either stayed with the group you started practising with, or you opened your own independent office.
In today’s world, , medicine is more of a business than private practice. Physicians are employed by groups or hospitals and they change jobs during their career more than ever. With this increase of turnover, online for jobs have become more important.
It is unclear what the impact of the ACA will be, some specialities like Family Practice should have higher demand while some subspecialties may have less. Now is the time to enroll in a doctor referral service at a job board so that you can be contacted first about the next opportunity in your speciality.
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