In healthcare, one key indicator of success is strong patient relationships. In our conversations with experienced locum tenens professionals, we ask how they build patient relationships and establish bedside manner over short-term interactions. One thing we’ve learned is that specialty matters. Emergency medicine clinicians, in particular, possess skills to provide […]
Recent Posts
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4 Reasons Locum Tenens Is a Great Option for Emergency Medicine Clinicians
Claire Cavanaugh | 25 October, 2018
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Real Locum Stories: On Location With Heather D., PA [VIDEO]
Happy National PA Week 2018! Here at Barton Associates, we’d like to thank the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) for sponsoring this exciting week of appreciation. We’d also like to acknowledge the talented PAs who provide great care at a variety of practice settings and locations across the country. […]
Claire Cavanaugh | 5 October, 2018
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Locum Tenens for New Grads
For healthcare providers at all career stages, locum tenens is the ideal path to diverse experience and work-life balance. Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or a new graduate, going locum isn’t just a possibility, but a lucrative career choice. Is locum tenens right for you? Here’s what you need to […]
Claire Cavanaugh | 24 September, 2018
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Straight Talk: Salaries for Psychiatric NPs
For nurse practitioners, psychiatry has long been known for its higher-than-average salaries. While psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) salary ranges by geographic location and years of experience, psychiatry remains one of the top-paying specialities across the nurse practitioner profession. As I mentioned in my Clinician1 article, negotiating your salary is […]
Dr. Melissa de Capua DNP PMHNP | 2 August, 2018
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4 Tips for Finding PA Jobs As a New Graduate
The time is upon you: Either you’re wrapping up physician assistant (PA) school ready to start hunting or newly graduated and still looking. Either way, your student loan payments will begin soon, and it’s time for those first paying PA jobs. Now, I know it’s been some time since I […]
Sean Conroy, PA-C | 19 July, 2018
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7 Tips for Finding Physician Jobs After Residency
After several grueling years of schooling and training, you’re finally done. Whether the dream started in your childhood or later in life, this is who you always dreamed of being: You are now officially an attending physician. While it should be a great relief to have the most difficult years […]
Dr. Linda Girgis, MD, FAAFP | 12 July, 2018
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5 Interview Questions Facilities Should Ask Every Locum
In some ways, interviewing a locum is a lot like interviewing any other potential employee. In others, the process is considerably different. Because locums are found via an agency and they’ll only be with your facility for a set period (as opposed to the semipermanence of a traditional hire), the […]
Evan Wade | 10 July, 2018
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Tips for Telemedicine Care: Prepping Your Virtual Exam Room
Telemedicine is changing the way providers deliver care to their patients. While it requires little additional training on the provider side, the environment in which you conduct telemedicine visits requires a bit more thought. Your virtual exam room is more than the background of a video conference. As the healthcare […]
Evan Wade | 28 June, 2018
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4 Tips to Finding Psychiatry Jobs
Ready for something new? In 2014, I sure was! Although I loved working on a consultation-liaison psychiatry team in Pennsylvania, I itched for something different. Within a few months, I was packed and moving across the country to explore psychiatry jobs for nurse practitioners on the west coast. While your […]
Dr. Melissa de Capua DNP PMHNP | 21 June, 2018
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Busting 5 Locum Tenens Staffing Myths
With the staffing shortage reaching historic levels, it makes sense that healthcare facilities have increasingly turned to locum tenens agencies: With their pools of ready-to-work medical professionals, locum companies offer incalculable relief when short-term staffing gaps arise. More than 90 percent of U.S.-based healthcare organizations have utilized a locum tenens […]
Evan Wade | 12 June, 2018
