bananapeppers Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Debating if I should do some local tenum's around the state for extra money. Seems like ED is a big demand. Does anyone here have any experiences dealing with recruiters/local tenum? Anyone know how the recruiters get paid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatswain2PA Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Locums agencies/recruiters get paid by the hospital for getting you to sign up (sometimes tens of thousands of $$$), or they may be an agency that takes a chunk of your pay (They get $100 an hour, and forward you $75 an hour). Better yet, especially for very rural hospitals, reach out directly to the hospital CEO or Medical Staff Director and see if they need any locums coverage. But DON'T undercut yourself, as a locums provider you are responsible for travel, malpractice, CME, retirement, medical/dental/vision insurance, etc....this is worth FAR more per hour than what most people make in "regular" jobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Febrifuge Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Dude. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locum%20tenens I'm sorry, but this seems like one of those cases where a person has only heard a term spoken out loud, but not seen it written down. Please accept this in the spirit of helping you to not get funny looks in a job application or interview situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted July 22, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 22, 2015 Feb- aren't those like DT's? "he stopped drinking alcohol cold turkey and got them locum tenums...." :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted July 22, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 22, 2015 Boat- most of the W. coast per diem positions tend to not be 1099, but high base hourly + malpractice. one of mine also covers my state license in that state as it is my only position in the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatswain2PA Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Seems like that's more of a part time job versus locum, but its all semantics at that point. I am starting one like that in a few months at a double coverage end with about 30k visits a year. They provide malpractice and its a W-2 job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted July 22, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 22, 2015 Seems like that's more of a part time job versus locum, but its all semantics at that point. I am starting one like that in a few months at a double coverage end with about 30k visits a year. They provide malpractice and its a W-2 job. all of the per diem and part time jobs I know of in CA/OR/WA are w-2 . your new job sounds like one of my rural jobs. double coverage/alternate charts/full scope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatswain2PA Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Not sure about the "full scope" part. I think it's alternating charts, but from my short time there during the interview it seems like the culture is still to give the sicker patients to the Doc. The PA I was talking with said she hadn't run a code there in 10 years because the Doc always takes them. I look forward to trying to change that culture a bit. I'll take my share of the sick patients and consult appropriately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted July 23, 2015 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2015 Not sure about the "full scope" part. I think it's alternating charts, but from my short time there during the interview it seems like the culture is still to give the sicker patients to the Doc. The PA I was talking with said she hadn't run a code there in 10 years because the Doc always takes them. I look forward to trying to change that culture a bit. I'll take my share of the sick patients and consult appropriately. that's how my rural double coverage job started out, but after seeing me LP pts,intubate, run trauma/stemis/cvas, etc when it's busy they let me pick up anything. we had a husband/wife code there at the same time. doc ran 1, I ran one. both lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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