How to hire family medicine physicians

Job description template

Copy it, fill in the brackets, and remove anything that does not fit your job. Keep only must-haves you would really turn someone away for.

[Job title] at [Company name]
[City, State] · [Full-time / Part-time] · [Pay range]

About the role
[Two or three sentences about your team, the work and why it matters.]

What you will do
• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
• Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
• Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
• Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.

What you bring
• [Required license, certification or years of experience, if any]
• [Education, only if you truly need it. Typical to start in this job: Doctoral or professional degree]
• Strong critical thinking, active listening, reading comprehension, speaking, writing and active learning skills
• Working knowledge of medicine and dentistry, English Language, therapy and counseling and psychology
• [Anything else you would really turn someone away for]

Pay and benefits
[Pay range]. For reference, the U.S. median for this job is $117.39 an hour ($244,180 a year).
[Benefits, schedule and anything else candidates should know.]

How to apply
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Interview questions for family medicine physicians

Ask every candidate the same questions, in the same order, and write down what they say. Questions about past work show what someone has actually done.

1. Tell me about a time you had to advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
2. Tell me about a time you had to collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
3. Tell me about a time you had to direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
4. Tell me about a time you had to explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients. What did you do, and how did it turn out?
5. Describe a decision at work where the obvious answer was wrong. How did you work out the better choice?
6. Tell me about a time you had to understand a request or problem that was explained poorly. How did you make sure you got it right?
7. Tell me about written instructions, a policy or a manual you had to follow closely. How did you make sure you followed it correctly?
8. Why this job, and why now? What would make you stay here for the long term?

Good answers name a real situation, what the person did themselves and what happened. Avoid questions about age, family plans, religion, health, national origin or anything else unrelated to the job.

What family medicine physicians do

• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention.
• Collect, record, and maintain patient information, such as medical history, reports, or examination results.
• Direct and coordinate activities of nurses, students, assistants, specialists, therapists, and other medical staff.
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients.
• Monitor patients' conditions and progress and reevaluate treatments as necessary.
• Order, perform, and interpret tests and analyze records, reports, and examination information to diagnose patients' condition.
• Prescribe or administer treatment, therapy, medication, vaccination, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury.
• Refer patients to medical specialists or other practitioners when necessary.

Skills that matter most

Critical ThinkingActive ListeningReading ComprehensionSpeakingWritingActive LearningMedicine and DentistryEnglish LanguageTherapy and CounselingPsychology

Education, experience and outlook for family medicine physicians

• Typical education to start: Doctoral or professional degree (BLS)
• Related work experience most have: 2 to 4 years (O*NET)
• Training on the job: Internship/residency (BLS)
• Job outlook: +3.3% over ten years, about as fast as average · about 2,900 openings a year (BLS)

What to pay family medicine physicians

Pay depends a lot on where the job is. Highest and lowest median yearly pay by state:

See family medicine physicians pay in every state

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Job duties and skills: O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license; O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. JAI Bot has modified this information; USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, May 2025. Interview questions and the job description template: JAI Bot, based on the duties and skills above.