Sumo Medical Staffing

The first few months of a healthcare facility’s transition to becoming a “green” hospital can be brutal: energy costs can increase at first, staff may strongly resist and patient satisfaction can take a big hit. Locums can help medical facilities’ sustainability efforts in surprising ways. Locum tenens professionals can help you by: ·      Growing your telemedicine capabilities, thus cutting down on unnecessary travel. ·      Optimizing staff schedules: your facility can create more efficient staffing patterns, reducing unnecessary commutes (and their carbon emissions). ·      Matching staffing levels precisely with patient needs, thus minimizing energy waste from overstaffing. ·      Introducing waste reduction ideas learned at other healthcare settings. Why not fill staffing gaps with terrific locum professionals AND inject new, green perspectives into your facility? #LocumTenensStaffing #GreenHospitals #LocumTenensRecruiter

Multilingual locum tenens professionals can become FAR more than temporary fixes/band-aids to your healthcare staffing worries. They can instead help revitalize your staff when they suggest how best to communicate with non-native English speakers and your staff embraces that suggestion! Locums aren’t about filling gaps in your facility’s schedule. They can be the impetus for your regular staff to try a new treatment protocol that the locum learned on their last assignment. Transforming your facility isn’t about “outsiders” disrupting “the way things always have been done.” Instead, locums can be a part of the path your organization follows as it takes on new perspectives, helping to create an adaptive, dynamic environment benefiting staff and patients alike. #LocumTenensStaffing #LocumTenensRecruiting #LocumRecruiter

·      If medical staff burnout means increased turnover, then your hospital/healthcare facility loses institutional knowledge. ·      If overworked/stressed physicians, nurses and other healthcare pros take more sick days, then your schedulers are living a nightmare. ·      If overly tired doctors make more billing errors, your revenue cycle is disrupted. But… If you use locum tenens healthcare professionals strategically you create a buffer against burnout’s hidden costs. #LocumTenensRecruiting #LocumTenens #PreventBurnout

Have you ever thought about how locum tenens can help prevent the hidden costs of healthcare professionals burnout?   If burnout increases medical errors, then your patient-safety costs increase.   If overworked healthcare pros quit, then your recruiting costs can rise.   If team members’ morale plunges, their productivity no doubt soon follows.   If patient satisfaction falls, reimbursements may decrease.   But…   Investing in locum tenens professionals, you build a resilient, flexible workforce.   Staff burnout impacts your facility’s financial health beyond the obvious. Implementing a strategic locum tenens program helps reduce team member stress, improve their work-life balance and maintains high-quality patient care.   #LocumTenensStaffing #LocumTenensRecruiting #PhysicianBurnout

What if you could find a way to not only keep your hospital’s staff numbers at optimal levels, but also help “train” newly-minted/newly-hired healthcare pros in the ins and outs of healthcare services today? Locum tenens pros can become that intergenerational bridge. Here’s how: Consider creating “wisdom” exchanges. Organize roundtables where younger permanent staff and locums share tips and insights. For example, a locum nurse might offer tips for managing stress, while a younger staffer shares the “latest and greatest” in new technology. Think about starting a “legacy” activity in which you ask each locum to document a unique skill or experience they learned or have lived through before they leave their assignment with you. This is a great way to build a multi-generational “knowledge bank” for everyone. #KnowledgeTransfer #LocumTenensRecruiter

Have you ever considered how locum tenens healthcare professionals can help make your medical facility/hospital greener? Here’s how locums can help lower your carbon footprint while filling essential gaps in your medical staffing needs. Let’s discuss optimizing travel: look for regional locum tenens recruiting companies. A Maryland-based pediatrician filling in at a Bowie clinic beats bringing in a locum living in Georgia. Embrace telehealth…and let locum man the video. Specialties such as radiology or psychology can easily filled with remote locums. A California-based radiologist can read scans for a rural hospital in Oklahoma without leaving home. Consider implementing a “green locum” program. Encourage public transport use, bike-sharing options, etc. for out-of-town locums (as well as permanent team members). Making these types of changes can mean you’re not “just filling empty shifts.” Instead, it can mean you’re helping nurture a healthier planet. #LocumTenensStaffing #HealthcareStaffing #MedicalRecruiters

Looking to improve your hospital’s or medical facility’s cultural competence? Locum tenens pros can become your “diversity accelerator.” Start by asking your locum tenens recruiting partner to find you locums from varied backgrounds. Ask for professionals who speak at least two languages and/or have experience in diverse patient communities. Remember: that Spanish-speaking pediatrician could be the ticket to transforming your care for Latino families. Then, set up cultural exchange sessions between locums and permanent staff. Pair up locums and regular employees at lunch-and-learn sessions. Then watch as your employees gain insights into caring for patients from different cultures. Start a “cultural best practices” initiative. Encourage permanent staff to try one culturally sensitive patient-care approach they learned from a locum. They could, for example, learn a better way to explain certain procedures to non-English speakers, or create a more inclusive patient intake form. Using locums in this way means you’re doing more than “filling shifts.” You’re also creating a more culturally competent medical team. #CulturalCompetence #HealthcareDiversity #LocumTenensRecruiting

Is your healthcare facility stuck in a rut? Have you thought of bringing on locum tenens professionals to help your permanent staff? Locums can become something akin to “cultural defibrillators,” bringing new perspectives to your facility. Here’s how to leverage this: • Create a “fresh eyes” report. Ask each locum to discuss where they see inefficient or outdate practices at your facility. Perhaps, for example, a locum cardiologist might see a way to streamline your cath lab workflow, saving precious minutes. • Also consider knowledge-sharing sessions with full-time staff. Pair locums with permanent employees for lunch-and-learns. Doing so means, for example, that an ER nurse picks up cutting-edge triage techniques via a locum who has worked in level 1 trauma centers. • Try a “best practice” challenge. Encourage all team members to try a new idea offered by a locum. Track results and celebrate improvements. Using locums as “change agents” can mean you’re not “just” filling shifts: you’re injecting innovation into your facility’s DNA. #LocumTenensImpact #HealthcareInnovation

If you’d like to expand your hospital’s/healthcare facility’s services but are leery of the risks, locum tenens professionals can be your “market research.” Here’s how to leverage them as a “testing the waters” tool. • Identify one or two new service lines. For example, if you’re thinking of adding a pediatric endocrinology clinic, you can bring in a locum endocrinologist for a three- to six-month trial. • Track key metrics such as patient volume, satisfaction scores and, of course, revenue generated compared to costs. This should give you a better picture of how viable a new service could be. • Also, gauge your permanent staff members’ response to the new clinic. Are they excited about it? If not and/or if the clinic was poorly accepted, you’ve learned a valuable lesson without a long-term commitment of staff and funds. Using locums to test new service offerings minimizes your financial risk while maximizing insight/information. If the service thrives, you could see it as a strong case for adding it permanently. Have you ever used locum pros try “try out” new services? If so, what are your thoughts on doing so? #HealthcareServices #LocumTenensStaffing

When an emergency occurs, we often wish we’d been prepared YESTERDAY! Your hospital can be, with the help of locum tenens professionals. Here’s how you can leverage them effectively: 1) Create a rapid-response roster of positions you likely will need filled PDQ. Partner with a locum recruiting company to pre-credential a pool of emergency-ready healthcare pros so that when a crisis hits, you’ll have reinforcements at the ready. 2) Integrate locums into your facility’s disaster drills. Do this before the emergency. For example, bring in a locum ER physician for your upcoming mass casualty/emergency simulation. Locums will bring new/fresh perspectives to your crisis protocols. Finally, consider using locums to keep normal operations normal during a crisis. When your staff are pulled into emergency triage, locums can keep scheduled appointments/surgeries/patient care on track. Think seriously about building a locum-focused disaster plan today: your community will be counting on you to provide high-level care during disasters. #MedicalDisasterPreparedness #LocumTenensStaffing