Recruitment Road Map
Search Consultant On-Site Visit
From this meeting we will develop a working document outlining:
- The candidate specifications, and
- The position description, which will serve as a guide through the course of the search assignment.
Ascendo Healthcare will hire additional recruiters as needed.
Candidate Sourcing & Screening
A primary benefit of using a knowledgeable, experienced search firm is the advantage it gives you in identifying potential candidates who may be “ideal” for your situation but who may not be actively pursuing opportunities. They are not reading the classified sections of journals, or job boards, but if contacted by a third party (a search firm, in this case), they may consider a change for the “right” opportunity. Ascendo Healthcare Search uses numerous and varied methods of identifying candidates through our association with multiple organizations.
Technology & Resources
Ascendo Healthcare manages a proprietary database of physicians that have been interviewed by us monthly. It also contains the names, phone numbers, fax numbers, and emails of physicians in academic medical centers and teaching hospitals throughout the United States. This database, called TargetRecruit, is shared among fourteen search firms located throughout the United States that also specialize in physician recruitment, and who are members in good standing with the National Association of Physician Recruiters (NAPR).
In addition, Ascendo Healthcare Search is under contract with an AMA endorsed service that enables us to contact physicians who may meet your initial candidate specifications. First Choice and Ascendo Healthcare Search sends out over one million mailings a year to potential physician prospects, and this initial contact with physician prospects is conducted in our name ensuring confidentiality.
Candidate Screenings
Physician candidates and spouses are initially interviewed by telephone. We want to establish initial rapport with the physician and learn about their personal and professional career goals and objectives. If we believe that this is a physician worth pursuing further, we will provide them with a detailed overview of the opportunity and invite them to forward their CV for further review and consideration.
We then refer the candidate to you for a follow up telephone call with physician candidates that we have pre-screened and referenced. We follow-up with you and the physician candidate to see if the talks went well. If both parties want to proceed forward, we assist you in scheduling and coordinating the on-site visit. Since the spouse and family figure prominently in the decision making process, we will interview the spouse by telephone to assess their needs with respect to a move before the on-site visit takes place.
On-Site Interview
Post Candidate Visit
Physician Retention
Initial Recruitment Timeline
30 Days
Within the first 30 days, Ascendo will:
- Have the client complete a New Search Questionnaire and have the account manager visit the practice site (if possible) to meet the other physicians and see the facilities.
- Create an engaging job description for posting to job boards and use in email blasts and social media advertisements to our extensive candidate database.
- Assess the specific needs of the search and develop a comprehensive opportunity marketing and candidate sourcing strategy based on the practice specifics and candidate profile.
60 Days
After the first 30 days, Ascendo will:
- Gather client feedback regarding any candidate interviews and revise the candidate profile and sourcing strategy if necessary.
- Assist the client with the scheduling of candidate site visits and travel if required. Gather feedback from both candidates and the client regarding the likelihood to move forward with candidacy.
- If further candidate sourcing is needed, Ascendo Healthcare will contact residency programs directly, purchase call lists of candidates meeting the client specifications, and create direct mail campaigns, as needed.
90 Days
Between 60 and 90 days into the search, Ascendo will:
- Continue advise the client throughout the candidate interview process and provide feedback to the client from the candidate.
- Assist the client in drafting a competitive offer to the candidate, in line with candidate specifications, as needed.
- If further candidate sourcing is needed, Ascendo Healthcare will revisit the candidate sourcing strategy and make adjustments as necessary.
- If a candidate has been offered and accepted the position, Ascendo will offer additional services as needed to facilitate the transition.