The specialists in physician and advanced practice hiring

At The Medicus Firm, our Physician Search Consultants work exclusively in physician and advanced practice search. Internal recruiting teams often carry broad hiring responsibilities across many roles, leaving limited time to pursue the passive candidates who make up much of the physician market. Our specialty depth, market intelligence, and outreach capacity reach candidates most internal teams cannot pursue consistently.

The Medicus Firm operates as a dedicated, full-service physician search partner focused on quality fit rather than placement volume. We have worked exclusively in physician and advanced practice search for 25 years, and every search includes bi-weekly updates for full transparency. We work as an extension of your internal team, so our success comes from our partnership together.

Timelines depend on specialty, market, and role complexity, so there is no exact number to generalize. However, our search consultants can provide an estimate specific to your role and based on the current market.

At The Medicus Firm, our fee is structured in two parts: a Search Initiation Fee due upon signing the search agreement, and a Completion Fee due once a candidate accepts an offer. That investment covers consultant-led sourcing, multi-channel marketing, and access to the M3 and TMF partner networks, with no monthly fees or added charges. Ask your search consultant for exact numbers.

At The Medicus Firm, placement protections are outlined in each search agreement and vary by engagement. Thorough upfront vetting is designed to minimize this risk. Your consultant will spell this out before a search begins.

Yes. There is no limit. At The Medicus Firm, we have placed physicians and advanced practitioners with organizations ranging from 20-bed critical access hospitals to large, multi-site health systems, shaping each physician search around the realities of the organization doing the hiring.

At The Medicus Firm, we start every physician search by understanding the culture, priorities, and specific needs behind the role. From there, our consultants source candidates through direct outreach and our network, vet them for fit, and present a shortlist with full context, so every name that reaches you has already held up under scrutiny.

Both. We work with healthcare organizations to fill physician and advanced practice roles, and we also work directly with physicians and advanced practitioners exploring new opportunities, always at no cost to the candidate.

As part of the M3 family, The Medicus Firm has access to a network of more than 4 million engaged physicians worldwide. That reach provides us the advantage of connecting with candidates, including passive ones, who are not actively job hunting but open to the right opportunity, well before they enter a formal physician search.

At The Medicus Firm, a specialty match is only the starting point. We evaluate candidates against the specific setting, practice culture, offerings and pace of the organization, aiming for a fit that lasts well past onboarding.