1. Why Medical Staffing is a Great Solution

    If you start to think about many medical facilities, you will quickly realize that most are understaffed. This creates high tensions, dangerous situations, and high turnover. Doctors and medical professionals are already stressed enough trying to diagnose their patients, they also don’t want to work in an unpleasant environment. Medical facilities that utilize our medical staffing from Preferred…Read More

  2. Residents and Locum Tenens Work

    Locum tenens work has grown substantially in the past ten years   Locum Tenens work is an option that often goes unconsidered by many residents and doctors in training. However, here at Preferred Solutions, we feel that locum tenens work can have an enormous impact on the a residents future career plans. Locum jobs are becoming more and more popular, and the rising trend of locum jobs is not …Read More

  3. Salary Negotiation Tips

      Get the most out of your locum tenens salary.   One of the biggest benefits to becoming a locum tenens worker is the competitive pay scale. Locum workers tend to make more than physicians who serve a single practice, and have more of a say when negotiating their salary. At Preferred Solutions we do everything we can to support locum tenens workers and the medical facilities they serve.…Read More

  4. 4 Benefits of Rural Locum Tenens Work

    Rural Locum Tenens Work Here at Preferred Solutions, we want you to find the locum tenens position that best suits your needs. We understand that physicians often choose locum tenens work to see new places, experience new things, and broaden their work experience. While many urban areas are a great fit for locum tenens workers, rural areas come with an added set of benefits that their city counter…Read More

  5. The History of Locum Tenens

    Locum tenens refers to the practice of physicians either briefly filling in for another physician at a practice, or serving temporarily in whatever clinic in a certain region needs them. This practice has allowed thousands of physicians to serve millions of people who would normally not have easy access to a doctor. Although locum tenens is a common practice today, locum work was not always availa…Read More

  6. The Benefits of Working Locum Tenens

    Locum tenens is a Latin phrase that means” to hold the place of.” The practice was popularized in the 1970s with doctors from the the University of Utah being awarded federal grants to provide staffing for rural areas in the western United States. The results were so successful that the practice has continued ever since. At Preferred Solutions, we specialize in helping locum doctors find pract…Read More

  7. Protecting the Locum Doctor

    How Important is Insurance in a Locum Assignment? As a medical staffing agency specializing in locums,  we are often asked about locum tenens insurance coverage. Literally meaning “place holder” a locum tenens physician or nurse is one who accepts a temporary assignment in a clinic or office in place of a regular doctor. Doctor and dental offices often use locum tenens staff to cover incre…Read More