Loco for Locums (Learn about Locum Tenens)
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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Best dentist I ever had was a locum. So sad when they left.
In the UK it's completely normal for doctors to do locums for a few years or work locum shifts in between shifts. There's so many locum positions open all over the place.
Travel doctors! Love them. Hello from a travel nurse!
I've worked with several locums md. Very interesting, in a good way.
Here in Australia locums have been playing a huge part for decades, (some were better than the usual doc! 😅).
The doctors all threatened to quit at my hospital over unsafe under staffing. The CEO told them to pound sand. Now we are nearly 100% locum docs. I wonder how much more we're shelling out to locums than to just hire two doctors.
You know, these CEO’s can’t ever seem to have a mindset where they want to help/respect the medical staff that they already have: also they double down because of their ego and then surprise pikachu face when they lose almost all the staff. Then hire temps and spend twice as much money. Idiots. Sad thing is, the medical staff are not asking for ridiculous demands like a spa to be built for their luxurious wait lounge with a catering service. They JUST want SAFE working conditions! Basic minimum…
Do you guys have unions? I think you guys need unions
This is a thing in Australia too. Sometimes you get great doctors, sometimes it is really frustrating, because you don't get any continuity of care.
25 years as a nurse in a small town pioneer hospital. I’ve known and enjoyed working with many a locum. A few rotten apples, but luckily not enough to ruin the bunch. It actually seems that my fellow townspeople get better, more objective care from them. Yay for locum tenens!
Excellent. Locums do a super job. I am for each doctor supporting one another taking god care of patients. Thank you so very much. Kindest regards from England.
Doctors get a fancy Latin term, nurses are just called travelers 🤣
I never mind your ads. I don't really care, because I am neither a medical practitioner nor American. But they are wellproduced, interesting and always about something important!
I worked with a Locum agency for awhile as a surgical scrub nurse. I could literally pick where I wanted to work!! It was so much fun! I even worked in the hospital in my town. When my contract was up, I applied for a permanent job and quit the agency!!! You get paid sooooooo well as a Locum💯💯
My hospital literally emails us asking for us to do locum shifts whenever there’s rota gaps (basically all the time)
Locums in our country : you get abused, only 2days sick leave per year if they renew you for the year, it’s usually in 1-3 month contracts and they keep telling you hey if you don’t perform you cud not be renewed. No vacation time. This lasted for 2 years until ppl started complaining about this evil contract and they hospital finally gave us a 1 year contract. We were not holding places for anyone, the hospital needed staff but didn’t want to give a proper contract with benefits. #awful
I had a friend they employed for 2 weeks and he wasn’t renewed, he wasn’t a bad dr, they just hate jrs at our hospital 🫤
@@kittycat1004 that’s awful. Glad it got better and hopeful it keeps going that way!
Although I am not a doctor I found the concept very interesting.
Isn’t this what the lovely Mama Doctor Jones technically does at a nomad doctor? Seems really cool and useful!
That’s what I wondered as well -love her youtube channel!
For any provider or health professional looking into locums please please please research the locum tenens agency that you work with! Not all agencies are created equally and some are absolutely better than others especially with your income!
I'm not a doctor but it's kind of heartwarming to me that there's initiatives like this. I know, it's a job so the paycheck plays a big part into it but just knowing that there's people who basically study their entire life to help people and will go wherever there's a big need for doctors is nice
Some loan programs also do this, so like once you graduate and get your license, you work in an area of need for a certain amount of time and then your loan is essentially repaid/forgiven. A lot of veterinary medicine loan programs do it, as well! It (can be) a great way to get out of student debt and also give a much needed service to those areas that are kinda otherwise screwed. Plus you basically automatically have a job right out the gate, and it puts a few years' experience on your CV/resumé so you don't end up in the 22-loop of needing experience to get experience.
@Doc Schmidt Sycamore Independent Physicians is another great locums company!
My sister is a PicU RN and did something similar with the traveling nurse program.
Mary coming to you on Richard's phone my cousin Dr Robin Potts has done that she enjoyed it immensely she learned a lot from the different perspectives people have in different areas. She also did feelings for doctors on vacation or sick leave she is now teaching interns.
For years our area neurosurgery group wouldn't have vacations if it wasn't for locums... and who wants a tired neurosurgeon in theatre right? 😉
"History of the Traveling Locums!"😉
I had a friend that did this serving as a doctor federal prison.
Sounds like a very interesting life experience.“ Bigger than life experience”. Makes me regret not pursuing medicine.
That definitely is awesome. I think you would be terrific in that.
My dad started as one and by the time he passed he had his own clinic and occasionally had to hire locums.
There is also locum PA’s.
"I didn't take Latin"🤣🤣🤣
Some of these even help pay off student loans.
We need you in Yakima WA.
I never heard of the locum doctors and dentists. Awesome! Ty!
The same sort of thing is in veterinary medicine, too. Generally referred to as relief veterinarians, since the use of Latin isn't as widespread
LOL!
I book locums all the time and I’m glad to have them or we’d be in big trouble!
Sounds like a temp agency for doctors.
Ya it seems that my docs office does both Nurse and Doc stay for a few months then there gone! Problem with that is the good ones don't want stay there. And Pediatrician too. Thats why my daughter doesn't have a doc because they don't stick around.
We only have like barley 3 Pediatrician.
These wigs always have me on the floor
Love Locums
It's like substitute teaching.
Come to my hospital we can’t keep GI docs even though you would be busy.
So like travel nursing, but for doctors, right?
Hey, something I already knew.
The doctor version of travel nurse
I'm planning to be a locum physician and I'm currently studying medicine rn✨
I’d love to be a traveling professional. But my particular license is state-specific. Too much work to get new licenses (2 months at the fastest id say) every, say, 6 months to cover maternity leaves.
So, literally just travel nursing but with doctors.
Exactly
"History of the Traveling Locums!"😉
So are you actually working with them, or are ads your only connection to them? Also congrats to you for getting 10k and growing likes on an ad, what most people claim to leave traditional television to escape!
So travel doctors like travel nurses?
Similar idea!
How about pharmacists?
I genuinely just thought locum was another word for Doctor 😂
And you can get loan repayment for each year.
What a coincidence! I have a loco job too. It's f'ing crazy all the time. ☹️
You mean a temp agency for drs?
I have a friend who does this she makes bank! And gets to travel to US.
Love!
Is this site open to PAs, too?
I looked it up- yes. NPs and PAs can do it too!
@@alicial1239 Awesome, thank you!!
Yes! The only nuance is that PAs/NPs need a year or two of experience out of training before they can take locum tenens jobs.
Doc Schmidt, might you know opportunities or med school opportunities for undocumented students??
Can nurses do something like that?
So it’s like a doctor temp?
Like a travel nurse?
And they make good money
How does someone not know what a locum is?
Also get paid ridiculous amounts and have a shit time on low staffed areas lol
I thought locums was standard thing to know. A previous doctors surgery (of mine) was 100% locums for 2 years before it closed. Locums are so expensive too. What a waste of money.
Now dont get me wrong cool vid but be honest how much did they pay you?
Any locum need a personal assistant? Cause I need work.
Saying something is unbiased sounds like a red flag
Ok but how does his coworker not know this term? I've been aware of this term since my teens, and none of my family/friends circle is in the medical field.
Am I too ADHD for the suspension of disbelief here?
I think it might depend on where you live? I’m not in the medical field, but in the part of the country I live in there’s a LOT of locum doctors because we’re chronically short on doctors of all types.
But the city I grew up in there aren’t any locums because it’s a major city with a couple medical schools so there’s lots of doctors, residents, and med students there. Patients from hundreds of miles away have to travel to that city for relatively routine procedures or to see specialists.
So living there I’d never heard of a locum, but once I moved to this town I was quickly introduced to the term.
If someone has only lived in big cities like that one, I could see them not knowing the word.
@@Annie_Annie__ I live in a big Canadian city. I don't _think_ that would make any difference in my general vocabulary.
I suspect that it's just a matter of my suspension of disbelief getting in the way of the message of this PSA/advert.
Is it free free for the patient or is it a sliding scale? Because I have sickle cell, and I no longer have insurance and I live in a very rual area in upstate New York. I need a hematologist and a primary care doctor and it’s been an absolute nightmare. Nobody is helping me, they just keep giving me phone numbers to people who end up being absolutely useless. I’m on eliqus and I can’t afford it I’ve already had 2 p.e’s because I’ve been unable to afford my scrips. Im sorry to vent all this here but I really need help and I’m at my wits end. Im tired of ending up in the er for things that should be followed by a hematologist or the very least primary care. I just need a doctor.🤦🏾♀️😢Any information will help I’d be truly grateful for anything.
Same thing as the usual- it's basically a physician staffing service. No benefits for patients other than having a doctor to see. They'll still collect at the window. Even rural areas sometimes have medical clinics- call your local United Way and ask if there are services providing no cost or low cost medical services in your area.
@@a.humanbeing8171 Thank you so much for the information. I appreciate it. :)
@@melanin_monroe1897 hasn't NY expanded Medicaid? In Michigan, my son gets medical transportation to a University that's 2 hours away- and the driver waits for him to be finished and takes him home (and swings by one pharmacy if he needs it). My brother has the same thing- he has at least one or two medical appointments in town every week and one or two to a University medical system 2.5 hours away. All covered by Medicaid. As far as eliquis, have you tried a patient assistance program? I've gotten $1500 medications with no copay. Usually the patience assistance programs won't help if you're on a government funded insurance like Medicaid or Medicare, though. Whatever doctor prescribed it for you should have information. If it was a hospital, contact the social work department- connecting patients with resources is literally their jobs. Should all those things fail, there are many alternatives to eliquis. They may not work for you or you may have issues with side effects or something, but if a doctor prescribes you something that you cannot afford or get through some program, he or she needs to find you something else. Docs have favorites, but this is an issue they deal with every day.
It's actually very surprising what is available. I used to manage an information and referral service in a United Way. Unless the client had used absolutely everyone already or had a pretty unique need, we usually managed to find them some help. Or if they needed money after all the agencies had run through their budgets for the month- that was tough, but many churches stepped in and helped out. (The client didn't need to belong to the church to receive help, but it certainly doesn't hurt.)
Don't give up- there's always a way. I have worked very hard to receive medical care- I had some medical issues before I had Covid in March 2020, but afterwards- whew! I am fortunate to have good medical insurance, but only if I stay in network. When I needed medical care from a University based medical system and received thousands of dollars in bills, I learned that their patient assistance program is absolutely phenomenal, but they don't exactly advertise it. Ask, ask, ask. If you call and get someone who doesn't seem to know much or who doesn't seem to care, call back- I can't tell you how many times the next person is incredibly helpful! It's very hard work being sick. There are a lot of people who can help you out, but you have to talk to them! My son hates talking to people, but I tell him that there's a very good chance that the information they need is sitting in someone's head right now! He's started asking more questions and is surprised by how well it works, lol.
@@a.humanbeing8171 They have however it’s been a complete mess. There’s some people trying to help me but navigating the system is horrible. I used to be on Coumadin but I started bleeding out which is why I was changed to eliqus. Those coupons are only good for people who are starting ani-coagulation therapy not for those already on it. I have other medications that I take as well but I need to be followed by someone. I hate going to the er but it’s literally the only way I can get the help I need. In any event I’ll figure it out, I always do. But I definitely appreciate your suggestions.
Is this, like, rare in the US? This is the weirdest thing to be so shocked by
It is somewhat. You have to take in account the size of the country when thinking about it. Not only is it big but the population is very spread out so doing this requires moving. In the United States it is hard to get long leases that you're not locked into for yearly periods. Hotels work for a few weeks but no one wants to do them for 9 months.
Most of America is set up for the ideal of having a house with a yard and any infrastructure outside of that ideal is often not well set up.
I thought locums were just normal?
90% of New Mexican doctors
so... basically interim but better paid
Can we just take a minute to say us nurses actually do know what locums are lol
Paid sponsor?
It says "Includes paid promotion" on the bottom left, hard to spot but it's there
Correct
Not my favorite content but this perfectly acceptable to me because it is clearly marked and I know what to expect.
I was as acceptable as possible for a paid sponser
Without this ad, I wouldn't have known this existed. So, as a med student, I appreciate this ad. Especially love the out of country positions. Would love to live outside the US again for a little while.
So sub doctors. But better taught and licensed than sub teachers.
Unfortunately, LOCUMS are crazy expensive for hospitals to employ. Don't get me wrong, they help when you need them, but it's way better for a hospital to employ a permanent Faculty member.
How did you not take Latin and you are a doctor or a nurse? Half the shit in the medical field is in Latin.
Sounds like you had a stuffed up nose 👃
Sellout
True artists only post their videos privately
Please make ads for Nord VPN etc.
This should be illegal
What should be illegal?