Tuesday, June 1st, 2021 in General.
A locum tenens agency can help you find a fantastic job and negotiate an excellent salary and benefits. Still, it can be challenging to know if a particular opportunity is right for your career goals and personal situation. Before you act, there are critical questions you should ask your consultant first, so you’re in the Read more…
Thursday, May 20th, 2021 in General.
Locum tenens physicians and advanced practice providers constitute a significant part of the healthcare industry. They play an essential role in filling staffing shortages, providing coverage for vacations and illnesses, and relieving chronic staff burnout. Hospitals and clinics often need locums physicians and advanced practice providers to assist with patient care, but the credentialing for Read more…
Monday, April 12th, 2021 in General.
Physicians are highly-trained experts who dedicate their careers to helping others. These professionals are in extreme demand that continues to outpace supply. By 2032, there will be a predicted shortage of around 122,000 physicians, according to findings from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Although these figures reflect what may seem a distant point in Read more…
Monday, April 5th, 2021 in General.
If you’re considering working locum tenens, why not try it out with a weekend or a single week assignment? The benefits are substantial, and what’s to lose? If you enjoy it as much as we think you will, it’s going to open up your world, especially if you follow our tips for a successful locums Read more…
Thursday, March 25th, 2021 in General.
Locum tenens physicians, PAs, and nurse practitioners provide an essential staffing service for healthcare organizations. Working as a locum means you can enjoy freedom and travel, choose roles that suit you, enhance your skills, and earn a competitive salary. The compensation varies, but locum tenens assignments may pay even higher hourly rates than full-time equivalents. Read more…
Thursday, February 25th, 2021 in General.
If you are a physician looking for ways to grow and develop your career, then the Interstate Medical License Compact is something with which you need to be familiar. As a physician, you typically start with one active state license when you begin your career. If you find work as a locum tenens provider in Read more…
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2021 in General.
What makes working locum tenens so enticing? Well, an alarming 42% of physicians report that they feel burnout, according to the 2020 survey of America’s physicians. With over a billion patient encounters to manage every year, perhaps it’s no great surprise. Physician burnout is a worrying trend that is entrenched in the healthcare industry and Read more…
Friday, August 14th, 2020 in General.
This week, you’ve heard from a Surgical Critical Care Physician, a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner, and today, you’ll hear what it is like working through a pandemic as a Nurse Anesthetist. Nurse Anesthetists have many specific skills that are valuable to the healthcare team working within an ICU. Amory Balucating, CRNA, was deployed to Long Read more…
Thursday, August 13th, 2020 in General.
On Tuesday, we introduced you to Dr. James Feeney, a Surgical Critical Care physician who worked in New Jersey during the worst of the pandemic. In addition to the emergency need for Critical Care physicians, Critical Care Nurse Practitioners were also required to support the response to COVID-19. Kara Roberts, MSN, APN-C, ACNP-BC, CCRN, spent Read more…
Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 in General.
In March 2020, hospitals in the tri-state area were facing the worst coronavirus outbreak in the United States. Healthcare organizations were in desperate need of qualified Critical Care physicians to support their COVID-19 response, and many facilities partnered with Integrity Locums to search for locum tenens physicians who were able and willing to help. Dr. Read more…