Why would a surgeon choose to do locums work?
For those locum tenens surgeons who have chosen to do surgery locums full-time, it is usually to get away from the hassles associated with running a surgery practice in this era of rising costs and declining reimbursement. Those who have a full-time private practice, academic or military obligations accept locum tenens assignments to supplement their current income. In some cases, locum tenens surgeons are semi-retired who no longer want to maintain an office and full-time hospital commitments, yet still want to stay active in the practice of surgery. This is true of locum tenens general surgeons, orthopaedic locums as well as locum tenens neurosurgeons. Some locum tenens trauma surgeons whether they be general surgeons, orthopedic surgeons or neurosurgeons will take on locums work outside their current practice because they enjoy the change of pace and challenges associated with covering trauma in a busy trauma center. Today’s surgeons are much more mobile than in the past and may wor
