Locum tenens are being increasingly used in hospitals, ambulatory care centers, urgent care clinics, primary care clinics, and long-term acute care centers, and the trend shows no signs of reversing.

There is little hard evidence to support the widely held perception that locum doctors present a greater risk of causing harm to patients, according to new research published by the Journal of the ...

Temporary employment while searching for a full-time job or between full-time jobs (17%); Temporary employment between residency/fellowship and a full-time job (13%); Ability to control my own ...

Working arrangements for locum doctors pose significant patient safety challenges for the NHS in England, although there are opportunities to be grasped too, finds qualitative research involving a ...

Gives doctors instant access to medical locum jobs searches while on the move JCJ Locums, a market leading medical recruitment agency and part of HCL plc, has launched a free iPhone application (app) ...

More doctors are working locum tenens, taking a temporary job in hospitals, group practices and clinics. They choose locum tenens work for a variety of reasons: good pay, the freedom to live in a new ...

If a doctor goes on maternity leave, takes a leave of absence, or just schedules a long vacation, you’re losing revenue—unless you have someone to fill in. Locum tenens physicians have become the ...

For decades, locum tenens firms have acted as matchmakers between physicians and health care facilities in need of additional support. According to the American Medical Association, at any given time, ...

UNDERSTAFFED A&E departments spent more than £83m on locum doctors last year, marking a 60 per cent rise over the last three years. The figures, obtained by the Labour Party under the Freedom of ...

Several firms specialize in placing locum tenens doctors in assignments outside the United States. For example, Global Medical Staffing, a locum firm based in Salt Lake City, has placed American ...

There is little hard evidence to support the widely held perception that locum doctors present a greater risk of causing harm to patients. There is little hard evidence to support the widely held ...