Primary Practice Opportunities of Virginia (PPOVA)
Recruitment Agreement

The Virginia Department of Health, Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy (OMHPHP) Recruitment and Retention Services assist communities by providing health professional referrals in part through our online recruitment website, Primary Practice Opportunities of Virginia (PPOVA) - www.ppova.org.

Our recruitment referral service is available at no cost to the candidate or the practice site. Your practice site name and contact information is private and not disclosed to candidates. This allows the Office of Health Policy and Planning (OHPP) to track candidate referrals and provide candidates with additional resources and information about incentive programs managed by OHPP. Please note that if you include the name of your practice site in your position description, it will be excluded from the information posted on the website.

Note: This is a referral source and the practice site is responsible for screening and verifying as appropriate the background and qualifications of candidates who are referred. In order to optimize our operations, if you are interested in listing an opportunity on our website, we ask that you comply with the following terms.

This agreement is between the Virginia Department of Health, Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy (OMHPHP) and ______________________________________________________ (Employer Name) to formalize the recruitment process for your listing to be posted on PPOVA.

  1. The Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy agrees to provide the following:
    1. Referrals of medical providers that have expressed a direct or indirect interest in your opportunity.
  2. The _______________________________________ (Name of Site) agrees to do the following:
    1. Contact all candidates referred from the posting on PPOVA within three (3) business days to discuss your practice opportunity and determine further interest.
    2. Receive permission from the candidate or Recruitment Manager prior to referring candidates to other communities, hospitals, physicians, or recruiting agencies.
    3. Respond to inquires from the Recruitment Manager within two (2) business days.
    4. Complete a Position Filled Notification form on www.ppova.org within two (2) weeks of decision.

Opportunity Information: (please type or print)

Name: ______________________________________ Address: ______________________________________
City/State/Zip: ______________________________________ Phone: ______________________________________

I have read and will comply with the terms of this agreement.

Signature: ______________________________________ Signature: ___________________________________
Name: ______________________________________ Name: ___________________________________
Title: ______________________________________ Title ___________________________________
Date ______________________________________ Date: ___________________________________

Please select one of the following options.
Accepting the terms of this agree allows you to proceed to posting an opportunity.

I accept the terms of this agreement          I do not accept the terms of this agreement

Note: Failure to respond to the aforementioned conditions will compromise the integrity of our database and adversely impact our services. Therefore, if your site does not comply with the terms of the agreement, we will not continue to list your opportunity on PPOVA.

Please print, sign, and fax a copy of this agreement to 804.864.7440, ATTN: PPOVA Recruitment.