Hospitalist NP / PA Recruiters

What do we check before you see anyone?

Confirm the active state NP or PA license for your opening. We review license information provided by the clinician, AGACNP-BC for applicable NP candidates, and PA-C for PA candidates. Your organization completes medical staff review, credentialing, and final scope decisions.

• Ask who performed each part of an admission. We discuss history, examination, medication reconciliation, history and physical documentation, initial orders, and case presentation. This separates full admission responsibility from shared work, observation coverage, or tasks completed only after a physician assessment.
• Put rounding census in context. We ask how many patients the clinician followed and whether that list included discharges, transfers, consult follow-up, family updates, and cross-cover calls. We also ask how attending rounds were organized and when notes had to be completed.
• Discuss nights without vague references to flexibility. We ask about shift hours, onsite physician availability, new admission flow, cross-cover volume, escalation expectations, weekend rotation, and handoff ownership. A strong daytime candidate may not want the same level of night autonomy.
• Review a past patient-status change as a work-history discussion. We ask what information the clinician reviewed, whether they examined the patient, whom they contacted, and how they documented the event. Your team assesses clinical judgment during its own interview process.
• Ask about discharge and transfer tasks. We cover discharge summaries, medication reconciliation, case-management communication, follow-up arrangements, family communication, and transfer records. These details show whether the candidate carried work through disposition or only completed morning rounds.

Which mistakes stall the search?

Do not treat outpatient primary care as equivalent to hospitalist work without asking who handled inpatient orders, overnight calls, admissions, and discharge documentation. Do not list nights in the posting and wait until late interviews to explain shift length, attending access, admission expectations, weekend work, and handoff duties.