Seaboard Health Care Search SHCS was initially established as a joint venture of BH1 formerly known as Baptist Hospital Systems Inc and The Seaboard Group LLC. For the past twenty-five years the principals of The Seaboard Group have been among the southeasts most innovative search professionals servicing Staff Model HMOs, Hospitals, Group Practices, Clinical Research Organizations, BioTechnology, and Pharmaceutical Firms. BH1 and its affiliates have been consistently recognized as one of the finest Health Care Management Organizations in the Southeastern US. In establishing SHCS it was our decision to place the Physicians needs goals and desires in obtaining a practice opportunity as our Primary responsibility. Many Physician Search Firms attempt to convince a physician to accept a position that they have been contracted to fill whereas Seaboard Health Care Search identifies opportunities that match what the Physician desires. To this end we choose to focus on developing a direct relationship with the Physician to the extent of acting as their virtual agents inpresenting the right opportunity which balances both their professional and personal needs. With this approach we can provide Physicians with the best possible overview feedback and practice options.
Why Choose Us:
This is an ideal market place for you to be looking for your ideal practice opportunity. Currently there are about 800,000 practicing physicians in the United States. Approximately 35,000 retire each year with an expected increase to 50,000 as the “baby boomers” reach retirement age. Fifty percent of all currently practicing Physicians will retire from full time practice within the next 10 years. During the decade of the 1970’s, The US Medical Schools produced over 41,000 physicians per year. Enrollment in US Medical Schools for 2009 is capped at 18,000. The shortage of physicians in the United States is well documented and will only increase over the next 10 years. (Association of American Medical Colleges Report November 2008. Please contact us for a free copy emailed to you).
Although there are some urban areas that have an oversupply of some specialties, the opportunities that exist place you in the position that allows you to maximize your personal preferences. For the most part, where ever in the United States you choose to practice your professional duties and responsibilities will tend to remain the same. Our goal is to provide you with your personal needs first and foremost.
As a physician driven firm, we realize that your time is extremely valuable. The more information we have on an initial basis as to your ideal practice opportunity on a personal and professional basis (geography, community size, recreational and or family requirements), the better we can fine tune our presentations to you for review. Once received, we can forward to you a power point presentations on the communities, type of practice and facilities for review.
Seaboard Health Care Search is a national physician placement firm based in Nashville, TN (the corporate home to 80 percent of the for profit hospital systems in the United States). We also have a satellite office in Kalamazoo, MI. Seaboard is retained by and contracted to corporations that own or operate over 2000 hospitals across the United States. There are never any costs associated to physicians re: our services. When appropriate, it would be most helpful if you would also include a copy of your CV and your geographic preferences. It is our policy and that of the National Association of Physician Recruiters, never to submit a physicians CV to a facility without the physician’s specific authorization.
