The Top Challenges of Healthcare Provider Recruiting in 2025 (And How We Solve Them)
The healthcare industry is facing a critical workforce shortage and, as we move into 2025, recruiting healthcare providers has become more complex than ever. The demand for skilled professionals continues to rise while the supply struggles to keep pace.
To put things in perspective, here are the top challenges that will impact healthcare provider recruitment in 2025 and how CHS Recruiting can help you combat them:
1. Ongoing Provider Shortages
The United States continues to face a significant shortage of healthcare professionals, particularly in primary care, nursing, and specialty fields such as geriatrics and behavioral health. With an aging population requiring more medical services and an insufficient pipeline of new medical graduates, healthcare organizations struggle to fill positions quickly and efficiently. At CHS Recruiting, we’ve been making connections with providers for more than 10 years. We know where and how to find qualified providers, no matter the specialty.
2. Burnout and High Turnover Rates
Physician and nurse burnout remains a pressing issue, exacerbated by the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing patient loads. Many experienced professionals are leaving the field due to stress, workload, and dissatisfaction with work-life balance, leading to higher turnover rates and further shortages. The consultative approach that we take at CHS Recruiting - going above and beyond to find unique solutions and gather information for our clients - can help identify solvable issues before they derail a hiring process, ensuring that you don’t lose a qualified candidate over something that could be resolved with a little discussion and creativity!
3. Competitive Compensation and Benefits
With demand for providers outweighing supply, healthcare organizations must offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits packages to attract top talent. However, budget constraints - especially in rural and community hospitals - can make it difficult to compete with larger healthcare systems and private practices. This is another area where our consultative approach and over a decade of experience can be an asset. We specialize in working simultaneously with both candidates and hiring managers to figure out competitive compensation packages that satisfy both sides.
4. Lengthy Hiring Processes
The healthcare hiring process can be lengthy due to credentialing, background checks, and compliance requirements, in addition to the busy schedules of the interviewers and interviewees in the early stages of the process. And, unfortunately, delays often result in losing top candidates to competitors who can move faster. At CHS Recruiting, we consider ourselves to be partners with our clients throughout the entire hiring process. We continually communicate with candidates and clients to make sure the process moves smoothly and in a timely manner, with ample communication along the way, which allows us to get in front of any bumps in the road that might come up and solve them.
Conclusion
Recruiting healthcare providers in 2025 requires a proactive and adaptive approach. Healthcare organizations must address workforce shortages, improve compensation and benefits, and create supportive work environments to attract and retain top talent. With CHS Recruiting as your partner, we can help you navigate these challenges through our consultative and creative approach as we work with you to build a strong workforce for the future.