Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants are an integral part of team-based care. They work in concert with doctors and other staff members to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care while simultaneously helping to lower the costs of care. Last year, these advanced practitioners were sometimes handling 80% or more of the duties that primary care physicians typically perform.

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Many things about our healthcare system are changing, but we know that locum tenens physicians are needed more than ever. As the world continues to combat the coronavirus, locums providers play a critical role in response to virus outbreaks across the country and the need for immediate, high-quality patient care. Moreover, as physicians report record levels of burnout, locum fill-ins provide an opportunity to combat it. 

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The pandemic has flipped the previously hot physician job market to a market with more uncertainty, adding another layer of confusion to an already unpredictable time. What is easily forgotten, though, is that behind nearly every job for a doctor, a physician recruiter is rising to the challenge.

Whether you are a one-person recruiting show at a small facility, part of a team of many at a large healthcare facility, or somewhere in the middle, remember the profession of being a physician recruiter is still relatively young. It can be difficult to sketch out a specific long-term career path. Job descriptions for physician recruiters can vary a lot from one healthcare organization or recruiting firm to another, as well.

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