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Demand For Locum Tenens Staff Increases

  • By Locums, Inc
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  • 06 Feb, 2019
Did You Know 94% Of Healthcare Facility Managers Used Locum Tenens During The Last 12 Months? Temporary staffing in the healthcare industry has been around since the 1970s. Forty years later and it has become the ideal solution for managing today’s healthcare environment. The ability for healthcare facility managers to hire physicians, nurses or other

Did You Know 94% Of Healthcare Facility Managers Used Locum Tenens During The Last 12 Months?

Temporary staffing in the healthcare industry has been around since the 1970s. Forty years later and it has become the ideal solution for managing today’s healthcare environment.
The ability for healthcare facility managers to hire physicians, nurses or other medical professionals for a day, a week or even a few months has allowed both healthcare facilities and medical staff to be more flexible as the market and society changes.
It also has allowed medical professionals to either pick up extra shifts, or to indulge in their desire to travel and work; with statistics showing that unlike previous generations, modern locum tenens physicians are more speciality-based rather than generalists, enabling them to find work more easily.

47% Of Healthcare Facility Managers Actively Seek Locum Tenens Physicians

The number of healthcare facility managers actively looking for locum tenens physicians has been steadily rising since the turn of the century. 47% is the highest recorded number of healthcare facilities looking for locum tenens ever.
Primary care is where we are seeing the biggest increase. Locum tenens physicians who have a speciality in primary care have seen a 43.5% increase in demand. To put this in perspective, the number was 28% in 2012 and 35% in 2014.
The second highest area in demand is physicians who practice hospital inpatient medicine (known as hospitalists). The demand for hospitalists is followed by behavioural health providers and emergency medicine.

Demand For Locum Tenens NPs And PAs Continues To Accelerate

Currently, 26% of healthcare facility managers used a locum tenens NP or PA in the last 12 months. The figures from previous years were:
  • 9.5% in 2012
  • 19.5% in 2013
  • 25% in 2014

Why Are So Many Healthcare Facilities Using Locum Tenens Staff?

According to the same 2017 survey the above numbers have come from: the two biggest reasons healthcare facilities employ locum tenens staff are:
  1. Using locum tenens staff while looking to add permanent staff
75% of healthcare facilities use locum tenens staff while they’re looking to fill permanent positions. This number is up from 68% in 2014.
  1. Using locum tenens staff to fill in for providers who have left
74% say of healthcare facilities have used locum tenens staff to manage staff turnover. This number is up from 64% in 2014.
A third reason is when physicians go on vacation, with most—if not all—contracts stipulating vacation time for physicians. Instead of healthcare facilities ceasing to offer certain services, or not being able to maintain their current patient base, they hire locum tenens staff to maintain services and retain patients.

Are Locum Tenens Staff Worth The Cost?

Locum tenens staff allow healthcare facilities to continue operating at full capacity when staff are sick, on leave or have quit. Locum tenens staff also enable healthcare facilities to handle an increase in demand without having to commit to a full-time contract right away.
If you would like to know more about how locum tenens staff could help you, contact a member of our team today at 855-562-8648.

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