Source physicians who are not on job boards
Describe the role. Expa finds the physicians in your market, reaches out, screens the ones who reply, and books your interviews. About ten minutes of your time.
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839K+ physicians • 95% with verified personal data
Ten minutes, three steps
What happens after you hit start
Describe the role
Paste a job description or say it in plain English. No boolean strings, no filters to learn, no sourcing skill required.
Approve the shortlist
Expa finds the physicians, contacts them, follows up, and screens the ones who reply. You approve or reject.
Take the interviews
Approved candidates land in your calendar. That is the whole job on your side.
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How Expa sources physicians
Expa is an AI-powered healthcare recruiting and clinician sourcing platform. It identifies licensed physicians who are in-market, verifies their contact details, runs outreach over email, SMS and LinkedIn until they reply, screens the ones who respond, and books interviews with the candidates you approve.
There are 839,000 physicians and surgeons in the United States, and that number tells you almost nothing about your search. What matters is how many are board certified in the right subspecialty, licensed in your state, and willing to move. Apply those three filters to a metro and the answer is usually a two-digit number. Physician recruiting fails not because the pool is small in aggregate but because the qualified pool for any given role is tiny and entirely employed.
Expa covers the full pipeline: residents and fellows finishing training, physicians in their first years of practice, and established clinicians who are quietly open to a different call schedule, a different payer mix or a different city. Search runs on credential rather than job title, which means board certification status, subspecialty, state licensure, hospital privileges and practice setting.
Where physicians sit in the clinical workforce
| Profession | Employed in the U.S. |
|---|---|
| Registered nurses | 3,391,000 |
| Physicians and surgeons | 839,000 |
| Dental professionals | 370,900 |
| Clinical laboratory | 351,200 |
| Nurse practitioners | 320,400 |
| Radiologic technologists | 272,000 |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2024 employment. These are national totals. The number inside your hiring radius is a small fraction of them, which is the entire problem.
Physicians near Boise right now
A sample of what a search returns. Identifying details stay hidden until you start.
Boise, ID • 9 miles
8 years in practice • outpatient
Meridian, ID • 14 miles
Chief resident • graduating June
Nampa, ID • 21 miles
12 years • community mental health
No names, no photos, no current employers, no license numbers.
Why physician roles stay open
It's outreach that creates hires, not job ads
The physician you need is not reading job boards. They are in clinic. Physician moves happen through direct contact, a colleague, a recruiter who stayed in touch, an email that arrived at the right moment.
Searches run long because searching is slow
Physician searches routinely run six months or more. Most of that is sourcing and outreach, not interviewing. Compressing the front of the funnel is the whole game.
Everyone wants the same subspecialists
Every health system in a region recruits from one small pool of board-certified people. The one who hires is the one who got there first.
Where physicians get hired
Questions
How many physicians are there in the US?
839,000 physicians and surgeons, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number that matters for a given role is far smaller, because it is filtered by subspecialty, state licensure and willingness to relocate.
Why does physician recruitment take so long?
Physician searches routinely run six months or longer, and most of that time is spent sourcing and making contact rather than interviewing. The qualified pool for any given subspecialty in any given market is small and fully employed, so waiting for applicants produces very few. Expa compresses the sourcing and outreach phase to days.
Can you search by board certification and subspecialty?
Yes, and it is the core of how Expa works. Board certification status, subspecialty, state licensure, hospital privileges and practice setting. Searching "physician" returns 839,000 people. The credential returns the ones who can actually do the job.
Can you find residents and fellows before they finish training?
Yes. Expa surfaces physicians finishing residency and fellowship, which for many subspecialties is the only realistic way to hire, because graduating trainees are recruited a year or more before they are available.
Do you cover locum tenens?
No. Expa is built for permanent hires. Locum staffing is a different model with different economics and is served well by existing agencies.
Do I have to do the sourcing myself?
No. You describe the role and approve a shortlist. Expa does the searching, the outreach, the follow-up and the screening, then books interviews with the candidates you approve. It takes about ten minutes of your time.
How fast will I see candidates?
A slate of interested, contactable physicians within 48 hours of starting, often within 24. Time to hire from there depends on your interview process.
How much does Expa cost?
You can start free. For ongoing hiring, Expa pilots start at $6,000 for three months and cover all your open roles, with no per-placement fees. For comparison, a contingency agency placing a single physician typically charges 15% to 22% of first-year salary.
Start hiring physicians in about ten minutes
Describe the role, approve a shortlist, take the interviews.
Hiring across multiple sites or six or more roles?
Managed sourcing for multi-site groups, health systems and staffing agencies. Pilots from $6,000 for three months, covering all your open roles.