For health care workers just starting out in their career, looking for adventure while they work in their field, or for those who may look for health care facilities in various locations, being a locum tenens is a viable option. Here is a list of the Benefits of Working Locum Tenens.
What Is a Locum Tenens?
Locum tenens is a Latin phrase that loosely translates “to hold a place” meaning temporary work. A locum tenens is a health care provider working as an independent contractor on a short-term basis. The locum tenens may fill in for another provider who is on vacation or work in a facility that’s temporarily understaffed.
Who Is Eligible To Be a Locum Tenens?
Those who are licensed and have the credentials to work in the health care field are eligible to work as a locum tenens including:
- Family Medicine.
- Anesthesiology.
- Nurse practitioner.
- Psychiatry.
- Critical Care.
- Surgery.
- Pediatrics.
- Urgent Care.
- Neurology.
- Physician Assistant.
What Are the Benefits of Being a Locum Tenens?
For some health care workers, there are numerous benefits of being a locum tenens including:
Freedom and Flexibility
A locum tenens has the ability to choose their own schedule, giving them the choice of when and where they work based on availability. A locum tenens can choose to work only on the weekends, for one or two weeks, while traveling, or just to pick up some extra money for the holidays. Working with a locum tenens recruiting company can help both a health care facility and the locum tenens find the perfect placement.
Increased Income Potential
Even though the locum tenens don’t work full time, they still earn a good income. Many locum tenens get bonuses for being on call or for overtime work. It’s important to note that being a locum tenens is contract or temporary work that comes with no benefits, so they must provide their own health insurance, etc.
Travel and Work
Many locum tenens enjoy the freedom of being able to travel to favorite or new destinations and pick up temporary work. Many times the health care facility will help pay for travel expenses as well as giving the locum tenens a per diem for food and housing helping to offset the cost of travel.
Flexible Benefits
While a locum tenens don’t have the same benefits that their full-time counterparts have, they are able to choose the insurance company and retirement benefits that they want.
Explore New Workplace Opportunities
If the health care worker is considering moving to another area or location, working as a locum tenens is a great way to explore several health care facilities. They can work for a short time at each one to see which may be a good fit for a more permanent position.
The Talent Society helps facilities and locum tenens in all specialties connect. The recruiting team at The Talent Society verifies that all of their locum tenens have the proper credentials and licenses for their field while conducting stringent background checks. In addition, the team at The Talent Society ensures that the locum tenens is placed in a facility that matches their skills and experience.
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