Healthcare Executive & Physician Search · Tacoma, WA

Search built from the operator's side of the desk.

Dotson Search Partners & Advisors places the executives and physicians who run healthcare organizations — led by a founder who spent nearly three decades running them. Every consultant on our team brings 25 or more years of healthcare industry experience.

~30 yrsHealthcare operating leadership
$110MP&L managed as CEO
160+Providers led across networks
MS · MBA · FACMPECredentialed practice executive
The difference

Most firms send résumés. We send people we can evaluate.

Jason W. Dotson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dotson Search Partners & Advisors
Jason W. Dotson MS, MBA, FACMPE
Founder & Chief Executive Officer

We've held the roles we fill, built the teams you're building, and answered to the same boards and P&Ls you do.

Jason Dotson spent nearly thirty years as a healthcare operator before he started placing them — chief executive of a multi-site specialty platform, president of an 83-clinic physician network, and vice president over a ten-location system.

That experience runs well beyond staffing. He has secured Certificates of Need for ambulatory surgery centers — both new facilities and operating room expansions — led ground-up construction projects, and guided mergers, acquisitions, and the integration work that follows. He has also managed the full arc of physician transitions, onboarding new recruits and offboarding established providers.

Less visibly, he has shaped organizations from within — authoring the mission, vision, and values at his most recent company and building its first employee recognition program around them, lifting both employee and physician engagement.

That depth is shared across the firm. Every consultant on our team brings 25 or more years of healthcare industry experience, so the judgment applied to each search is grounded in real operating history, not theory.

That vantage point changes the search. We know what the job actually demands day to day, we can tell real competence from a polished interview, and we protect your time by advancing only candidates who can do the work — clinically, operationally, and culturally.

The result is a shorter, stronger slate and placements that hold. Fewer names, better fits, less risk to your organization.

MS · MBA · FACMPE — Fellow, American College of Medical Practice Executives · Past President, Washington State Healthcare Leaders Association

Operating record

The credential behind the search.

Before founding the firm, Jason ran the kinds of organizations our clients lead. This is the operating history that informs every search and advisory engagement.

Chief Executive Officer
Private Equity–Backed Specialty Platform — Multi-site physician group
$110MP&L ownership
10Clinic locations
1 ASCAmbulatory surgery center
3Clinical research centers
President, Physician Network
Multi-Hospital Health System — Employed physician network
83Clinics
160+Providers
Vice President, Clinics
Regional Health System — Hospital & multi-site clinics
10Locations
400+Staff led
What we do

Four ways we help healthcare organizations put the right people in the right roles — and set them up to succeed.

01 / RETAINED & CONTINGENCY

Executive Search

Retained and contingency search for leadership roles where fit, discretion, and staying power matter more than speed.

  • C-suite, VP, and director roles
  • Practice and service-line leadership
  • Confidential and succession searches
02 / CLINICAL

Physician & Clinical Recruitment

Physicians, advanced practice clinicians, and the hard-to-fill clinical and technical roles that sit open for months.

  • Specialty & primary care physicians
  • Advanced practice & allied health
  • Hard-to-fill imaging, lab & technical roles
  • Physician groups, ASCs & community health
03 / CONSULTING

Practice Management Consulting

Operator-level help with the problems that don't fit a job description — feasibility, growth, integration, and running a practice well.

  • ASC feasibility, pro formas & CON strategy
  • M&A integration & new practice startups
  • Compensation design & org structure
  • Access, productivity & performance improvement
04 / INTERIM

Interim Leadership

Seasoned leadership on short notice — director level through the C-suite — to hold the line while you run the permanent search.

  • Director, VP & C-suite coverage
  • Clinic, practice & ASC operations
  • Stabilization through transition
Partner network

A vetted bench of partners — not a referral list.

Running a practice takes more than the right people. When a client needs capability we don't provide ourselves, we introduce a partner we've already put through our own diligence. We are continuously vetting vendor partners to become part of our preferred vendor list, so this network will keep growing.

Three diverse healthcare business partners reviewing documents together in a modern office
Partners we introduce have already been through our own diligence.
01

Healthcare IT & Security

Managed IT, infrastructure, and security built for clinical environments — where downtime interrupts patient care and compliance isn't optional.

Managed servicesSecurity & complianceInfrastructure
02

Facility Design & Construction

Clinic, ASC, and medical office projects — from feasibility and space planning through construction and buildout in occupied, operating facilities.

Clinic & ASC buildoutSpace planningExpansion
03

Facility Preventative Maintenance & Compliance

Proactive facility maintenance, inspections, and repair for medical clinics and ASCs across the Pacific Northwest — keeping buildings compliant, safe, and fully operational for OSHA, AAAHC, and other accrediting bodies. Scheduled preventive maintenance programs, compliance inspections, reliable repair solutions, and 24/7 on-call support. Visit partner site

Preventive maintenanceCompliance inspectionsRepair solutions24/7 on-call support
04

Revenue Cycle & Coding

Coding, documentation, and revenue cycle support that protects reimbursement and holds up under audit.

Coding & documentationRevenue cycleAudit readiness
05

Executive Coaching & Leadership Development

One-on-one and team coaching for healthcare leaders — from physicians stepping into management to executives navigating their first 90 days. We partner with experienced coaches who have held the seat and know what the job actually asks.

New & emerging leadersPhysicians moving into leadershipFirst 90 days & transition supportTeam & board coaching
06

Workforce Health Access Partner

Virtual care and prescriptions at zero cost to employees, funded by the employer on a fixed PEPM basis. Resolves routine encounters outside the health plan and off the loss ratio, with a 50-state network, free Rx home delivery, and a 2–4 week rollout that requires no IT integration or open-enrollment window.

Zero-cost virtual careFree Rx home delivery50-state networkNo IT integration

How a partner earns a place here

We've sat on the buying side of every one of these categories. Partners are evaluated the way we'd evaluate a vendor for our own organization — and we introduce them only when the fit is real. If we don't have the right partner for what you need, we'll tell you that instead.

Operator-tested Healthcare-specific Reference-checked Introduced only when it fits

Interested in becoming a partner?

Tell us about your company and services. We review every submission and reach out if there's a fit.

How we work

A disciplined process, run by someone who's done the job.

Founder meeting with two healthcare professionals at a conference table
Every engagement starts at the table with the people who own the outcome.
STEP 01

Scope

We start with the reality of the role — the work, the team, the organization, and what success actually looks like six and twelve months in. No generic job spec.

STEP 02

Search

Targeted outreach and real vetting, with an operator's eye for competence and fit. You see a short, considered slate — not a stack of forwarded résumés.

STEP 03

Placement & beyond

We stay engaged through offer, onboarding, and the first stretch on the job, so the placement holds and both sides feel it was the right call.

Accountable after the hire Every engagement includes structured follow-up — a quick pulse check early, a 90-day check-in, and a relationship review — so we catch issues while they're still fixable and measure whether the placement is working.
Who we serve

Built for the settings we've run.

01

Health Systems

Regional and multi-site systems hiring operational and clinical leadership.

02

Physician Groups

Independent and employed groups building out providers and management.

03

Specialty & ASC

Specialty groups and ambulatory surgery centers — a lane we've operated firsthand.

04

FQHC & Community

Community health centers recruiting mission-aligned clinicians and leaders.

Confidential searches

Searches we run on behalf of clients.

Most of our engagements are confidential and never posted publicly. If you are a physician, executive, or clinical leader exploring your next step, share your background with us and we'll reach out when a role matches your profile.

No public openings at the moment.We run confidential searches year-round. Share your background below and we'll reach out when the right role opens.
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For candidates

Join our network.

Diverse group of physician and healthcare executive leaders in a modern medical center
We represent clinicians and leaders long before the right role opens.

We recruit for leadership and physician roles across the Pacific Northwest and beyond — many of which never reach a public job board.

Send your background and we'll keep it on file. When a role fits, you'll hear from us directly.

Your information is used only to evaluate you for current and future searches. We never share a résumé with a client without your permission.

Step 1 of 6

What kind of role are you looking for?

This tells us which of our searches to match you against.

Tell us about your background.

A few specifics help us match you accurately.

What type of engagement are you open to?

Many of our searches are interim or interim-to-permanent.

Timing and location.

Availability shapes which searches make sense for you.

How do we reach you?

Jason follows up personally — usually within one business day.

Anything else we should see?

A résumé helps, but isn't required to start a conversation.

PDF or Word · up to 8 MB

Insights

Perspective from the search table.

Blog posts and conversations on healthcare leadership, physician recruitment, and building teams that stay. Our consultants each bring 25+ years in the industry — this is where that experience gets shared.

First blog posts publishing soon.

We are preparing our opening pieces on retained and contingency search, physician retention, and leadership transitions in ambulatory care. Send us a topic you would like covered — or tell us where the hiring is hardest right now.

Suggest a topic

Suggest a topic

Tell us what you would like us to cover and we will put it in the queue.

Be a guest on the podcast

Share a little about you and what you would want to talk about.

Start a conversation

Tell us about the role.

Whether you're filling a single leadership seat, recruiting physicians, or working through a harder organizational question, the first conversation is straightforward: what you need, and whether we're the right firm to help.

Share a few details and Jason will follow up directly — usually within one business day.

Direct: j@dotsonsearchpartners.com

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