Integrity Locums • 26th June 2025

Working Locums While Raising a Family - Integrity Locums

Thousands of physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) successfully balance locum careers while raising a family and with rich personal lives. From pediatricians who never miss a school play to emergency medicine physicians who coach Little League, today’s locum marketplace offers flexibility that can enhance relationships, not strain them.

The key lies in strategic planning and intentional choices.

Integrity Locums • 20th June 2025

The Locum Tenens Path to Professional Freedom - Integrity Locums

Locum tenens work offers something increasingly rare in modern healthcare: genuine command over your clinical career. Rather than accepting whatever terms an employer dictates, you become a selective medical professional choosing roles that align with your values and goals. This shift from reactive employment to strategic career design transforms how you work and deliver healthcare to patients.

Integrity Locums • 13th June 2025

Jumpstart Your Career with Locum Tenens - Integrity Locums

Fresh out of residency? The standard advice is simple: secure a permanent job and put down roots immediately. Build stability, establish patient relationships, and settle into a single practice or hospital. This has been the conventional wisdom for decades. But what if this approach limits your potential instead of maximizing it?

Integrity Locums • 29th May 2025

From Locum to Leader: How Temporary Roles Build Lasting Influence - Integrity Locums

Do you think locum tenens work is a detour from the leadership track? Think again. A stint as a “traveling doctor” might be the most direct route to the C-suite.
While permanently employed physicians witness one approach to healthcare administration, locum clinicians experience varied governance models, operational systems, and leadership styles across multiple organizations. This concentrated exposure is creating a cohort of physician leaders with broader perspectives.

Integrity Locums • 23rd May 2025

Beat Clinician Burnout: Boundaries, Balance, and Self-Advocacy - Integrity Locums

“It’s just 3 months,” you tell yourself as you accept another problematic assignment with red flags waving so vigorously, they could generate electricity. This compromised mentality — enduring unsustainable conditions because they’re temporary — is the silent career killer for many talented locum clinicians.
The burnout math is simple: 12 weeks of toxic environments multiplied across multiple assignments equals one exhausted provider.

Integrity Locums • 14th May 2025

4 Tips For Rapid Integration Into New Teams - Integrity Locums

When you start a new position, the clock starts ticking the moment you walk through the door. New EHRs. Unfamiliar faces. Different protocols. Hidden hierarchies. As a locum clinician, you have hours — not days or weeks — to decipher the clinical ecosystem you’ve just entered while simultaneously proving your value to a team that may view temporary doctors and APPs with inherent skepticism.

Integrity Locums • 29th April 2025

How to Stay Credentialing-Ready as a Locum Tenens Clinician - Integrity Locums

As a locum tenens physician or advanced practice provider (APP), you’ve chosen a career path that offers flexibility, diverse clinical experiences, and often, higher compensation. But there’s one potential roadblock that can derail even the most promising assignment opportunities: credentialing delays.

For the ambitious clinician who values efficiency and career momentum, nothing is more frustrating than watching a perfect assignment slip away because of paperwork!

Integrity Locums • 17th April 2025

Three Financial Benefits of Being a 1099 Locums Clinician - Integrity Locums

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When physicians and advanced practice providers consider locum tenens work, they often focus on the flexibility of schedules and diversity of practice settings. The financial advantages of working as a 1099 independent contractor, however, frequently outshine the scheduling flexibility, potentially transforming your immediate compensation and long-term wealth-building strategy.
 
Before exploring these advantages, it’s essential to understand the distinction between wo...

Integrity Locums • 20th March 2025

How Locum Tenens Can Help Your Facility Combat Physician Burnout - Integrity Locums

Physician burnout has become a major healthcare crisis. Long hours, administrative burdens, and staffing shortages place immense pressure on medical professionals. Research suggests that up to 6 in 10 physicians report symptoms of burnout, including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced job satisfaction. This negative state affects individual well-being, leading to higher turnover rates, lower patient satisfaction, and increased medical errors.

Integrity Locums • 19th March 2025

Embracing Telemedicine: New Horizons for Locum Tenens Doctors - Integrity Locums

What if your reach as a clinician wasn’t limited by geography? Imagine treating patients across state lines, managing complex cases from your home office, and eliminating the exhausting cycle of travel that often comes with locum work. That future isn’t coming — it’s already here!

Telemedicine has revolutionized healthcare, and locum tenens clinicians are in the perfect position to take advantage of this shift.

Integrity Locums • 10th March 2025

The Benefits of a Fully Credentialed Locum Tenens Pool - Integrity Locums

In healthcare, staffing challenges are inevitable — unexpected physician absences, seasonal patient surges, and last-minute vacancies. These gaps in coverage can quickly disrupt patient care, strain permanent staff, and reduce operational efficiency. While locum tenens doctors and APPs offer a practical solution, the traditional credentialing process can create costly delays and leave hospitals scrambling to fill critical roles.

Integrity Locums • 28th February 2025

Locum Tenens and Continuing Medical Education - Integrity Locums

Balancing clinical schedules, administrative duties, and personal responsibilities can make finding time for continuing medical education (CME) feel all but impossible. Yet, staying board-certified and keeping up with medical advancements are crucial for delivering high-quality patient care. CME ensures that you stay current with the latest research, technology, and best practices.

Integrity Locums • 28th February 2025

A Guide to Managing Multiple Licenses as a Locum Tenens Clinician - Integrity Locums

Flexibility is one of your greatest assets as a locum tenens clinician. The ability to work in multiple states expands your career opportunities, increases your earning potential, and gives you the freedom to choose assignments aligned with your lifestyle. Managing numerous state licenses can be challenging, however, as each state has different requirements, renewal processes, and timelines.

Integrity Locums • 14th February 2025

3 Strategies for Gaining Patient Trust as a Locum Tenens Clinician - Integrity Locums

Patient trust is the foundation of quality healthcare. It affects everything from treatment adherence to overall satisfaction, and for a locum tenens clinician, quickly building trust is essential. Since you may only be with patients briefly, earning their confidence early on can determine how well they engage with their care plan and their willingness to return to the practice.

Integrity Locums • 20th January 2025

How Locum Tenens Can Bridge Career Gaps - Integrity Locums

For many clinicians, returning to a career after career gaps you love but wondering if you’ll ever regain the same confidence and expertise you once had can feel like sailing uncharted seas. Questions about skill retention, industry changes, and the ability to keep up in a demanding environment often weigh heavily. These doubts don’t have to define your re-entry journey.

Integrity Locums • 13th January 2025

How to Use Locum Tenens to Level Up Your Career in 2025 - Integrity Locums

What if 2025 could be the year you finally take control of your career and your life? Forget the half-hearted resolutions that fade by February — it’s time to shake things up and rethink your entire approach. Locum tenens could be the bold move that turns your aspirations into tangible achievements.

The new year is your chance to pause, reflect, and strategize for the future. As a physician or APP, it’s the perfect moment to reassess your career trajectory.

Integrity Locums • 6th January 2025

Your Guide to Locum Tenens DEA Licensing - Integrity Locums

The federal government Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) enforces drug laws and regulates drug use and distribution in the United States.
Anyone who wishes to administer, prescribe, or dispense controlled substances, including Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), Physician Assistants (PAs), and physicians, must hold DEA registration.
Although state medical boards don’t control this aspect of licensing, you must be registered in order to practice.

Integrity Locums • 12th December 2024

Transform Your Finances with Locum Tenens - Integrity Locums

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Financial independence represents the ultimate freedom — the ability to work on your own terms, pursue passions without monetary stress, and secure a future that aligns with your dreams. Unfortunately, this goal often feels elusive for healthcare professionals like physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs).
Years of schooling, mounting student loan debt, and the demanding schedules of conventional healthcare roles can create financial and emotional strain. But...

Integrity Locums • 26th November 2024

A Comprehensive Guide to the Locum Tenens Job Search Process - Integrity Locums

What’s the biggest mistake you can make when starting your locum tenens journey? Rushing into the first opportunity you find! While the demand for locum tenens is booming, not every assignment will align with your goals, lifestyle, or clinical expertise. Without a clear strategy, you risk ending up in a role that leaves you more frustrated than fulfilled.

A thoughtful, organized approach to the locum tenens job search is critical.

Integrity Locums • 25th November 2024

Work-Life Balance with Locum Tenens: 4 Tips for the Holidays - Integrity Locums

Managing work and personal life during the holidays can be challenging, especially for locum tenens providers working away from family or familiar traditions. With thoughtful planning and intentional strategies, however, you can enjoy the rewards of holiday assignments while preserving your well-being and celebrating the season.
Here are our top tips for locum tenens work-life balance for the holidays and beyond.

Integrity Locums • 5th November 2024

Charting Your Unique Path in Medicine - Integrity Locums

Some professionals view locum tenens work as a stopgap or temporary role, but it’s so much more than that. Used strategically, it’s a powerful tool for career evolution. For physicians and APPs looking to build a dynamic, well-rounded career, locum tenens offers the flexibility, autonomy, and opportunities traditional roles might not provide.

Integrity Locums • 25th October 2024

How Locum Tenens Can Safeguard Your Facility from Staffing Shortages - Integrity Locums

Staffing challenges consistently rank as one of the most critical and complex issues facing hospitals and clinics of all sizes, regardless of their location or patient base.

Whether it’s unexpected absences, employee PTO and FLMA, seasonal fluctuations in patient volume, or the ongoing struggle to fill specialized positions, gaps in staffing can lead to operational disruptions, reduced quality of care, and staff burnout.

Integrity Locums • 23rd October 2024

How Locum Tenens Can Fast-Track Your Medical Career - Integrity Locums

You’re ambitious. You’ve spent years training and learning. You’ve perfected your skills and mastered your specialty. Now, you’re ready for something more. You’re looking for a new challenge and a strategy to build your medical career for longevity.

Have you considered locum tenens? Short-term roles offer a unique avenue for career growth that’s often underestimated.

Integrity Locums • 1st October 2024

How Locum Tenens Enhance Staffing Flexibility - Integrity Locums

The future of healthcare is as unpredictable as it is promising. With the rapid pace of innovation, shifting patient demographics, and the ever-present threat of public health emergencies, healthcare facilities must be prepared for whatever comes next.

For those managing facilities, one of the most pressing issues is ensuring that staffing levels can meet the demands of the growing patient populations with a declining amount of physicians.