Sumo Medical Staffing

There’s more to “asking for a locum” than making sure they can fill in the particular coverage gaps you’re now experiencing. Instead, we’ve found that when the locums’ cultural alignment to your staff and patients: ·??????Patient referrals increase. ·??????Staff retention improves. ·??????Patient satisfaction scores rise ·??????And even tension among departments/administrators drops! Your healthcare facility deserves high-quality locum professionals, the kind who enhance your culture, raise care standards and energize your permanent staff. Ready to transform your locum tenens staffing approach? #CulturalFit #LocumRecruiters #LocumStaffing

3 questions to ask if you’re thinking of bringing on locum tenens healthcare professionals on to your hospital or medical facility: 1.????Would your permanent staff thank you for doing so? More than likely… YES!!!! In fact, a recent survey found that about 42 percent of healthcare facilities that use locums do so to help reduce burnout in their permanent team members. (See link in first comment.) 2.????Wouldn’t your facility benefit if our locums helped bring new/fresh ideas/perspectives to your facility? Our locums cross-pollinate ideas with our clients’ permanent staff all the time. 3.????Could you reduce the number of permanent staff quits if you brought in locums? YES!!! ?Fifty-six (56) percent of healthcare administrators surveyed in 2023 said they do so to reduce staff burnout. (See link in first comment.) Change your facility’s culture for the better while solving your staffing gaps: Call us! #HospitalLocums #HospitalStaffing #LocumTenensRecruiters

You may wonder if locum tenens pros struggle to provide consistent levels of patient care. No need to worry: Forty-seven (47) percent of locums surveyed for their work in 2024 said doing so is more satisfying than working in a permanent position. (See link in first comment.) Eighty-six (86) percent said that have a “better schedule” was either “most” or “moderately” important in influencing their choice to work as a locum. Eighty (80) percent of those surveyed also said that “addressing feelings of burnout” was “most” or “moderately” important reason for working locum. Locum tenens work is of great value to healthcare facilities and their healthcare professionals. Looking at the statistics above, it’s DEFINITELY of great value to the locums themselves. Give us a call to learn how you can make a locum tenens pro very happy…?? #LocumTenensStaffing #HospitalRecruiters #MedicalRecruiters

Here’s what we ask our locum tenens staffing clients to ensure we can help them maximize their permanent physicians’ happiness while reducing burnout rates: We ask our clients how often our locums share lunch breaks with their permanent colleagues. We ask if we can see how well our locums do with their EMR documentation work and patient interactions compared to their facility’s full-time staff. And then we work to ensure our locums match these parameters as much as possible. Results? Not only are we proud that we help our clients reduce their permanent team members’ burnout rates, but we’re also finding that our locums report greater satisfaction with their assignments. #WinWin #LocumTenensRecruiters #HealthcareStaffing

Using locum tenens professionals at your hospital/medical facility is far more than filling random gaps in scheduling. Nope. It’s how your employees feel on their Sunday morning rounds when your perm hospitalist knows he finally has some real backup if his children get sick. It’s also that moment when you director of your emergency department stops obsessively worrying about next month’s schedule. As well as when your anesthesiologist knows without a doubt that she can attend her daughter’s graduation without guilt. And let’s not forget: it’s also about how your neurologist doesn’t have to check his phone every 10 minutes during his vacation. Staffing with locums is more than just a terrific scheduling solution. It’s also ensuring life-changing moments for your permanent staff. Finally, at 3 a.m., knowing there’s reliable patient coverage is far more than “staffing metrics.” It’s human dignity, because you’re treating your healthcare pros like people – with families, personal lives, worries, hopes, dreams, etc.?– first. Locum tenens staffing support: it’s peace of mind in scrubs. #LocumTenensRecruiter #HealthcareStaffing #LocumTenens

Do you think your weekend hospitalist coverage is set? You may want to rethink that: while many hospitals and healthcare facilities scramble when they find they have last-minute staffing gaps (and/or burned-out healthcare pros), the best-performing hospitals leverage strategic locum coverage to make sure they provide uninterrupted patient care. Try this strategic approach; ·??????Plan your coverage three months out. ·??????Provide your permanent staff with predictable schedules. ·??????Maintain quality metrics (even on weekends and holidays). ·??????Keep your permanent healthcare teams energized. How can you do so? Talk to us about booking summer/holiday placements NOW!

You have a big problem if you rely only on your rural healthcare facility’s permanent staff in your emergency department: your doctors and other healthcare pros are burning out from too much holiday/weekend coverage when patient numbers keep increasing. ? This isn’t about the headache of scheduling: it’s about how sustainable your ED can be as well as the mental and physical health of your permanent staff because if your team members are always maxed out on coverage, the quality of your patient care undoubtedly suffers. ? Yet many hospitals – rural, suburban and urban – resist bringing in locums, seeing them as “backup” rather than a strategic staffing answer. ? But what if locums were used as more than stopgaps? Instead, what if you used them deliberately to prevent burnout/maintain quality of care? Everyone wins: your permanent staff get some breathing room/respite and your patients enjoy consistent emergency care coverage. ? Could it be time to rethink how you use locums? ? ?#PhysicianStaffing #LocumTenens #HealthcareStaffing

Two tips to follow to help you get the “best locums” from a locums recruiting company: 1)?????List your reporting preferences regarding quality metrics: the best locum staffing companies will adjust their own documentation to match. 2)?????Let the locum company know about your patient demographics’ unique needs. Since cultural alignment is often is as important as locums’ clinical skills, this will help ensure your patients receive the kind of care they expect. Skip the “standard” list of requirements: details such as these help ensure the locum recruiters send you exceptional talent based on YOUR unique needs. #LocumsRecruiters #HealthcareStaffing #LocumTenensStaffing

Three terrific “insider” tips we want to give you to help you find a terrific locum tenens staffing company 1)?????Ask about its locums’ EMR scores. This is because the better locum recruiters test and rank their locums on multiple platforms, not just their particular healthcare expertise. 2)?????Ask for its “same-facility return rate.” This will tell you how often the staffing company’s locums get invited back by facilities at which they worked. 3)?????Ask if they provide “cultural” briefings to their locums. The top locum agencies prep their locums for each facility’s ways of communicating and “ways of doing.” The usual “quality” metrics don’t tell the full story. Asking for the above focuses on the “lesser-known” indicators of a locum recruiting company’s quality. We look forward to YOUR questions about US! #LocumTenensRecruiters #LocumTenensStaffing #MedicalRecruiters

Three “'If you do this, then this will happen” outcomes you could enjoy when you use locum tenens: 1)?????If you pair locums with professionals in different subspecialties, then you’ve just created natural cross-training opportunities for your permanent team members. 2)?????If you rotate locums throughout several departments, then you’ll see inconsistencies in processes/procedures that your permanent staff may have “normalized.” 3)?????If you bring locums in during quality meetings, then you likely will gain terrific “outsider” perspectives on your compliance strategies. Ready to get the FULL benefit from locum tenens professionals for your hospital/medical facility? Let’s talk! #LocumTenensStaffing #LocumRecruiters #LocumTenens