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V O L . X X I I I N O. X X I S E P T E M B E R 1 8 , 2 0 1 7 18 " ey seemed very supportive of enabling me to practice medicine in a way that I felt would best bene t my patients and also provide professional satisfaction," she says, "whereas perhaps in a smaller practice I wouldn't necessarily have been able to do that." She interviewed for the job in November and accepted in March, while her husband was hired by Spectrum Medical Group in Portland. With demand for doctors outpacing supply nation- wide, and the crunch particularly acute in Maine, many employers are recruiting more strategically, launch- ing searches well ahead of anticipated openings, using sta doctors to reach out to potential job can- didates, and focusing on workplace culture. ey're also picky about who they hire. " ere have been physicians that we've recruited over the years who in all likelihood would have made a lot of money for the practice who were not a t, and there's no question we made the right decision in not extending them a contract," says InterMed CEO Dan McCormack. He expects to ramp up hiring in coming months as he scouts greater Portland for a fourth location. "We need more space." A shrinking pool of candidates e pool of attractive candidates will only get smaller amid a looming nationwide doctor short- age, driven by an aging population and an aging physician workforce. Between and , the Association of American Medical Colleges projects a shortage of between , and , doctors. e lower estimate is only realistic if there are aggres- sive changes to care delivery patterns and widespread delayed retirement by today's doctors. 207-854-2422 directpersonnel.net 1-800-639-8802 mainestaff.com A corporate division of Maine Staffing Group Call us today! Diverse hiring solutions for Maine's competitive economy Filling entry-level roles to specialized technical positions. Providing skilled candidates for any industry! • Healthcare • Administrative • Accounting/Financial And much more! P H O T O / T I M G R E E N WAY Recruiting — and retaining — physicians gets more strategic amid shrinking workforce F O C U S Dan McCormack, CEO of InterMed, says the practice will ramp up hiring as it scouts out a fourth Portland-area location. Folks need more care as Folks need more care as Folks need more care as Folks need more care as Folks need more care as Folks need more care as Folks need more care as Folks need more care as Folks need more care as they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the they get older, and at the same time you have a trend where physicians and nurse practitioners are wanting to work part-time. — Jonathan Harvey Martin's Point Health Care L ater this month, Jessica Kwock will start as a dermatologist with InterMed PA, Maine's largest physician-owned primary-care practice that employs close to doctors in Portland, South Portland and Yarmouth. Kwock, , who grew up near Boston, recently moved to Maine from Charlottesville, Va., after a fellowship at the University of Virginia Medical Center. She and her husband, an anesthesiologist, both searched for jobs in northern New England to be closer to family, with Portland high on their list. "It had everything we were looking for," says Kwock, who will be based at Intermed's South Portland branch where she looks forward to work- ing with general practitioners and to applying her clinical skills. DOCTORS IN DEMAND

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