One in ten hospitalists is working as locum tenens, and many do so in addition to their full-time job, according to a new study by recruitment firm Locum Leaders and Today's Hospitalist magazine, ...

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.

The primary reason for using locum tenens clinicians remains filling open staff positions temporarily, but healthcare ...

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 ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many hospitals and health systems turned to locum tenens physicians and advanced practitioners to help meet the increased demand for patient care. Locums positions allow ...

Locum employment is often seen as a short-term solution. Since workers can set their schedule based on their desires or preferred outcomes, it could be seen as a high turnover way to maintain staffing ...

Dublin, Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Locum Tenens Staffing Market by Type, by End-user, and by Region" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global locum tenens ...

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 ...

From the benefits of homeworking arrangements for parents to concerns over a reduction in locum rates, OT explores locum ...

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More than half of freelance doctors have struggled to find work in the last year, a survey suggests. A poll of more than 500 locum GPs in England, who charge up to £850 a day, revealed that 55 per ...

Internist Geeta Arora, MD, a hospitalist based in New York who is licensed to practice in six states, was drawn to a locum tenens career because "I wanted the opportunity to be present with people in ...