| If you are freshly graduated and finding it hard to get | | | | contract for the locum position varies greatly, you may |
| your foot in the door as a specialist in your field, or you | | | | need to consider that you will change addresses many |
| really need a change of pace and feel the need to | | | | times during one year. If you choose to take on longer |
| travel with your profession, then perhaps looking into a | | | | assignments then you would obviously get to settle |
| locum assignment may be of benefit to you? Locum | | | | into a position better. However, if the location was not |
| tenens is Latin for temporary job. This term and indeed | | | | what you were hoping it would be, you would still need |
| undertaking is usually reserved for professions such as | | | | to carry out and fulfil your contracted time. |
| medicine or law and are very popular as a way to | | | | Some positive aspects to a locum assignment is that |
| spread your wings and gain experience in assignments | | | | you can potentially travel the world and be paid to do |
| both locally, nationally and essentially anywhere in the | | | | so. Many of the locum positions will offer a varying mix |
| world. | | | | of bonuses and inclusions if you undertake their |
| There are a number of things to consider if you are | | | | assignment. Depending on where you will be stationed, |
| thinking about taking on a locum assignment. For | | | | the perks of the trade are usually better the more |
| instance, you would need to consider that you would | | | | remote you are being posted. Some assignments will |
| only be a located in that area for a specific amount of | | | | offer flights to and from your home country as |
| time and building a rapport or relationship with your | | | | another incentive to undertake the position. |
| patients is often difficult. Because the period of | | | | |