| The reasons why a medical facility, hospital, practice or | | | | certainly work for. When they choose to have time |
| clinic may have temporary job openings are vast and | | | | away from their job, they seek out another family |
| varied. Many times a family physician who has served | | | | physician that will undertake the patient list. Many times, |
| the community for many years, takes time off, and | | | | there are physicians who only work as locum tenens, |
| deservedly so. Sometimes, a physician will take | | | | preferring to travel the country and indeed the world, |
| maternity or sick leave. When this occurs, the practise | | | | and fill positions without being tied down to any one |
| is left with a physicians position to fill and they will often | | | | particular job place. |
| look to employ one or two physicians to fill that spot | | | | Many of the private locum tenens agencies keep huge |
| on a temporary or full time basis. If we think of it from | | | | databases with many employers listed, with their |
| the medical facilities point of view, they will lose | | | | requests to fill a position for an agreed amount of time. |
| patients and vital income if they are a doctor short for | | | | The length of tenure varies greatly, it can be as little as |
| any length of time and need to have the vacancy filled. | | | | a week all the way through to over a year. Just as |
| Who do they look to when finding a replacement for | | | | the length of tenure is variable, so is the destination and |
| their family physician jobs? A locum tenens agency of | | | | location of the position. Many times, a physician will be |
| course. | | | | offered more money and more bonuses for working in |
| There are many family physician jobs available via a | | | | the less popular destinations. These can be the far |
| locum tenens agency because it allows for physicians | | | | north and far south of the country as well as the very |
| to still enjoy the quality of life and relaxation that they | | | | remote communities. |