Healthcare facilities are experiencing staffing shortages and burnout among permanent staff due to the evolving healthcare landscape. This has led to an increased demand for locum tenens to provide short-term support. Annashae is stepping up to meet this demand with a commitment to supporting healthcare...
1. Introduction The field of locum tenens offers a unique and lucrative opportunity for physicians to practice medicine on a temporary basis. While there are a wide variety of roles available, some specialties stand out as particularly high-paying and in demand according to recent surveys. Anesthesiology,...
With the shortage of doctors continuing, the hiring process for hospitals, clinics and practices is taking longer than ever – yet patients still need uninterrupted care. That’s why most healthcare facilities are filling the gaps with traveling (locum tenens) physicians. In fact, nearly 90% of healthcare...
With today’s shortages of experienced physicians, many hospitals and clinics across the country are dealing with acute staff crunches. It’s a buyer’s market, and in most cases, hospitals and other healthcare employers are paying top dollar to acquire the best talent. So if you’ve been around...
You have been a physician in private practice for some time now. Your career choice has brought you much satisfaction along the way, but you want to explore other opportunities. A friend of yours asked you if you have considered a locum tenens position. Here are...
It can be challenging to downshift from a packed physician schedule to retirement. But guess what? No one says you must stop working entirely. Isn’t that the point of retiring—you get to do what you want? For many physicians, that means continuing to work—where and when...
By its nature, locum tenens work fills a need. Whether a locum tenens physician is: filling in for vacationing doctors holding a spot until a permanent physician can be found for a role traveling to help in underserved communities rotating in give permanent staff time off...
The term “locum tenens” refers to a physician or advanced practice provider who fills in for another clinician temporarily. Locum tenens means “to hold the place of,” and many physicians work locum jobs to make extra money, enjoy a flexible schedule, or travel the country. Salaries...
The locum tenens lifestyle can be an attractive option for doctors at all stages of their careers. Newly graduated residents can hone their skills, travel, and gain exposure to various practice settings to help them decide what kind of role best suits them. Doctors in an established...