As the cold fall season brings us closer to the winter months, it’s time to start planning for holiday coverage at your organization.
Thanks to vacations and winter illnesses, many facilities find themselves without sufficient coverage from November through January. This can result in a decrease in revenue, burnout among regular staff, and — most importantly — interrupted care for patients. Luckily, there is a solution to get you through the holiday months: locum tenens staffing.
Here are just some of the ways locum tenens can help you this holiday season.
Avoid the Effects of Burnout
Appropriate staff levels will guarantee adequate patient-to-provider ratios during these seasonal swings, which is important for the emotional and mental state of healthcare providers.
With locum tenens staffing, you can ensure your organization has the personnel needed to combat cold and flu season, without creating stress for the rest of your team. Your regular employees will feel less burned out knowing they can take much-deserved vacations while knowing their patients are being cared for by qualified providers.
Continue Providing Uninterrupted Patient Care
Taking a proactive approach to staffing coverage during the holidays will help ensure that your patients are still experiencing the same quality of care.
The holidays are often the most stressful time of year for healthcare providers because of common holiday mishaps, such as car accidents in bad weather or patients who fall while hanging lights. Locum tenens staffing will ensure your facility is properly staffed for any and all worst-case scenarios.
Enjoy the Holidays Without Worrying About Coverage
The last six weeks of the year can be a difficult time for healthcare organizations. Partnering with a staffing agency such as Barton Associates is a great way to guarantee quality coverage without the headache.
If you need holiday locums coverage, there's still time. Our experts are here to help, and we have top locum tenens providers ready to accept your position on offer. Just let us know what we can do to make your holiday season run smoothly.
Want to learn more about locum tenens with Barton Associates? Fill out the form and one of our representatives will reach out to you!
About Barton Team
We're Barton Associates, the Locum Tenens Experts. We work with thousands of hospitals, medical practices, and organizations across the United States and its territories that need talented providers for short- and long-term engagements. Inspired by the pioneering, humanitarian work of Clara Barton, the Barton Team recruits physicians, PAs, NPs, dentists and CRNAs in a wide variety of specialties, so that we can quickly place them in locum tenens assignments nationwide.
More Content Like This
How to Avoid Most Common Staffing and Scheduling Pitfalls in Healthcare Management
Staffing and scheduling is an ongoing challenge for most healthcare organizations. In a perfect scenario, you would match the right employee on the right schedule in a way that he meets the needs of the patient, while minimizing costs and maximizing patient satisfaction. This seems to be a nearly im...
3 Ways Locum Tenens Helps Young Providers Run a Private Practice
In a May 2018 article, Dr. Linda Girgis spoke highly of locum tenens as a tool for young clinicians opening new practices. Considering the average medical professional’s tendency toward overwork — especially when they’re growing their own business on top of providing care — having the ability to tak...
Barton Associates: Industry Experts in IHS Facility Staffing
As a locum tenens staffing and recruiting company, part of our mission is to equip healthcare organizations with the resources necessary to improve the lives of their patients. What does this mean for your IHS (Indian Health Service) facility? Read on to learn more about our IHS staffing experience...
5 Simple Ways to Grow Your Locum Practice
Have you just started a new locum tenens position and want to build your patient panel? Perhaps you were hired to grow the medical organization’s practice and increase patient access. If so, here are five simple tips to help you do that....