| Many family doctors work in a small office, and usually | | | | is incredibly difficult for a hospital to cover for the |
| there aren't more than a handful of doctors working in | | | | absence of a cardiology surgeon on staff for two or |
| one location. It is not uncommon for a practice to have | | | | three weeks, and yet the hospital cannot afford to not |
| just one or two doctors. These family doctors build up | | | | have this position covered. With family practice jobs, |
| their patient base through hard work and many of their | | | | however, it may seem as though diagnosing a |
| patients are referred to them by other patients. Many | | | | stomach virus or doing well-checks is of vital concern, |
| times, a family doctor will become too busy and will | | | | but the position often needs to be filled so the doctor |
| have to close his office to new patients. As busy as | | | | can ensure that his or her patients are being cared for. |
| many of these doctors are, there are times when they | | | | Oftentimes, a doctor's office will schedule |
| simply need to take some time off for a vacation or | | | | appointments such as well-checks around his or her |
| another leave of absence. If there is just one other | | | | absence. However, sick appointments cannot wait a |
| doctor on staff, or even if there are a handful, it is | | | | few weeks or a month for the doctor to return. Nor |
| often difficult for these other doctors to cover for their | | | | can an already very busy partner in the office take on |
| partner's absence for an extended period of time. This | | | | additional patients for that extended period of time. |
| is why locum tenens are important to family practice | | | | There are a wide variety of locum tenens family |
| jobs. | | | | practice jobs available, and these can be found around |
| Oftentimes, you will find locum tenens jobs in hospitals | | | | the country. |
| and for specialty doctors and surgeons. For instance, it | | | | |