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Direct Placement for Healthcare Organizations

A practical guide to planning a permanent healthcare hire before the search begins.

Use direct placement when the role belongs on your team for the long term, such as a Director of Nursing, practice administrator, or revenue cycle leader.

Write down the job to be done

Name the first-year result. For example: stabilize a nursing team, reduce an open billing backlog, or open a new practice location.

Separate requirements from preferences

List the license, specialty, location, schedule, and leadership scope a candidate must have. Keep the rest open unless it changes the job.

Give every interviewer a subject

Ask one person about technical experience, another about leadership examples, and another about the realities of the workday. Candidates should not answer the same question three times.

Set a decision date

Agree on who decides, when interviews happen, and how quickly you can make an offer. Good candidates do not wait through a silent process.

Have a role to fill?

Tell OPA People what the hire needs to accomplish.

Discuss the role