by Admin
17. March 2010 04:19
Mike Beckman | Director of Recruiting
(877) 456-2867 x4232 | mbeckman@deltalocums.com
What would you do if your car suddenly accelerated out of control? Most drivers have no idea what they would do in this situation.
What you should do if you car suddenly accelerates out of control:
- Put your car into neutral
- Next, press the brake pedal hard
- Pull over and shut car off
You should never:
- Pump the brakes
- Shut the car off or take the key out of the ignition while driving--you can lose your power steering and braking
In the event that you are injured in an accident, Delta Locum Tenens supplies Emergency Room physicians across the country to help treat your injuries.
by Admin
9. March 2010 08:23
Delta
Locum Tenens announced today that it has been named to Inavero’s
inaugural Best of Staffing™ list. Best of Staffing, presented in
partnership with CareerBuilder, is the nation’s only client
satisfaction award that recognizes exceptional client service in the
staffing and recruiting industry. The 2010 Best of Staffing winners are
truly set apart from the rest of the industry through their
extraordinary level of client satisfaction.
“We’re
very excited to have Delta Locum Tenens make the inaugural Best of
Staffing list based on our customer feedback. It highlights our
commitment to continually improve our customers’ experience with us as
we work together to build long-term partnerships,” said Marc Bowles,
chief marketing officer of The Delta Companies.
Staffing
firms competing to make the Best of Staffing list underwent a rigorous
client survey process followed by careful analysis of responses to
determine satisfaction levels. Delta Locum Tenens received satisfaction
ratings of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 to 10 from over 69 percent of their
clients, significantly higher than the industry’s average of 55
percent. Best of Staffing participants secured their place on the list
by exceeding the national staffing industry benchmark for client
satisfaction by more than 22 percent.
“This is a time when clients of staffing firms can and should demand
excellence from their recruiting partners,” Eric Gregg, managing
partner of Inavero said. “The $86 billion staffing and recruiting
industry currently puts more than 2.5 million people to work daily and
has become a fundamental component of overall U.S. employment.
Inavero’s Best of Staffing program presents an opportunity for firms to
differentiate themselves from the rest of the industry, recognizes
excellence, and also provides invaluable information about how to
continue to meet and exceed client expectations.”
Inavero’s complete Best of Staffing list can be viewed at www.bestofstaffing.com. For more information about Inavero, visit www.inavero.com. To learn more about Delta Locum Tenens, visit www.deltalocums.com.
About Inavero
Inavero
designs and manages satisfaction surveys for a global list of clients
in more than 15 countries, with 5 different languages represented.
Inavero’s custom created technology platform gathers and reports
staffing firm client and candidate satisfaction information through
quick online surveys. Satisfaction feedback from more than 100,000
accounting, legal, and staffing firm clients and job candidates is
analyzed by Inavero’s team. Inavero’s client feedback system protects
more than $4.3 billion in professional service firm annual revenue.
Visit Inavero on the Web at: www.inavero.com.
About Delta Locum Tenens
Delta
Locum Tenens is the temporary physician business unit of The Delta
Companies, a recognized leader in healthcare staffing since 1997. The
Delta Companies offer permanent and temporary staffing solutions
nationwide for physicians and allied healthcare professionals through
four companies: Delta Physician Placement, Delta Healthcare Placement,
Delta Locum Tenens and Delta Flex Travelers.
by Admin
9. March 2010 05:58
Ashleigh Kent | Recruiting Consultant
(877) 456-2867 x4279 | akent@deltalocums.com
Physicians entering into the locums world for the first time tend to have many questions and reservations. Rightly so, making any major change in career and lifestyle would warrant some concerns. One of the highlights of my job is showing the major advantages of being independently contracted and being free to travel to different locations throughout the country.
The latest example of these advantages occurred with a new neurologist that applied to our company. She was looking for an opportunity to work half-time but still afford the same lifestyle. I told her this was definitely possible and the assignment that would allow the lifestyle she wanted would be in Nebraska. Never visiting the state, or even the region, she was very reluctant. I explained that a huge benefit to locums was that she could try the facility for a short period of time. If she was unhappy for any reason, we could simply book her somewhere else the next time.
Upon submitting her and conducting a phone interview, we realized her mentor from residency that she lost touch with was the administrator at the facility! Six months later, she still loves traveling across the country for 2 weeks out of the month. She spends half the month with esteemed colleagues and has half the month to devote to family.
by Admin
11. February 2010 09:36
Rob Goin | Director of Marketing
(877) 456-2867 x4201 | rgoin@deltalocums.com
Hospital medicine tops the list of assignments again this quarter, with a 63% increase versus one year ago. Few primary care physicians make rounds today, so they’re turning inpatient care over to hospitalists. In addition, 28,000 or nearly a quarter of all internists have left primary care to become hospitalists due to Medicare/Medicaid cuts. Approximately 60% of all U.S. hospitals and all managed care organizations directly employ or use hospitalists through a locum tenens agency. Both the physician and facility benefit financially from a hospitalist program. In the last year, providers experienced a 6% increase in hourly rates. In addition, hospitalists working 26 weeks a year on a seven on/seven off schedule will generate $25,000-$35,000 more than in the same dynamic for a permanent position. The trend will continue in 2010, as estimated demand will call for an additional 10,000 hospitalists nationwide.
This article appeared in the Market Trends section of the Q4 2009
Physician Recruiting Standard. You can download The Standard at
www.TDCpeople.com/Standard.
by Admin
22. December 2009 05:53
Whitney Muir | Director of Risk Management
(877) 456-2867 x4228 | wmuir@deltalocums.com
The internal revenue service has announced the new mileage reimbursement rate for 2010. This year the mileage rate will be dropping from fifty five cents per mile in 2009, to fifty cents per mile for the 2010 year. The change in rate as stated by the IRS is due in part by lower transportation costs as compared to a year ago.
[ IRS Announces 2010 Standard Mileage Rates - irs.gov ]
by Admin
18. December 2009 10:09
Justin Roark | Senior Recruiting Consultant
(877) 456-2867 x4269 | (214) 442-4269 (direct) | (215) 243-7228 (fax)
Delta Locum Tenens | www.DeltaLocums.com
From my three years of experience in the world of physician staffing I have found the true value in looking for the “silver lining.” This poetic sentiment alludes that even the gloomiest outlook contains some hopeful or consoling aspect. The everyday routine for anyone involved in medical staffing can be found to be stressful, fast paced and mundane at times. I wanted to take the opportunity to share what fires my drive as a physician recruiter and allows me to find the reward required to not burn out.
This year I have had four of the locum tenens physicians that I represent find permanent placement through their locum’s assignments. As a locum tenens recruiter you often represent your same physicians for an extended period of time and develop a good understanding of and friendship with the providers you consistently work with. It is these connections that develop along the way that add a personal touch for both parties and a real sense of reward for the recruiter whenever they are able to make a difference in the life of our providers. One example of this that I would like to share dates back to a year and a half ago.
I first made contact with this particular physician when she had just completed her family medicine residency. She was torn in attending a hospitalist fellowship due to the location and downtrodden community. I was luckily from this region of the state and got her set up in a neighboring resort community that I had previously lived while in grad school. We maintained contact throughout the following year although she had never sent in her credentialing packet to sign up to work locums.
I was persistent and finally got her to fax in the paperwork required a month before she completed her fellowship. At this point she had informed me that she had a permanent opportunity lined up in Oregon but was not too excited to leave Texas. She discussed her difficulty in local interviews since she was a family medicine trained hospitalist and Oregon was her only option at the time. I was pleased to finally have to opportunity to get to work with her and started searching for some in state hospitalist locums while her Oregon license was being processed. I was able to get her accepted at a facility with an established hospitalist group for several shifts a month at a competitive hourly rate.
After working at the facility for her first round of shifts, I received an interesting phone call from her revealing they have offered her a permanent position. This contract allowed for much higher annual income, better benefits and the opportunity to remain close to family and friends here in Texas. The excitement in her voice and overall positive change in outlook said everything. The gratitude she expressed and the knowledge that I was able to make a difference and positively impact a provider’s life is everything I need to walk in the office door every morning.
With any situation in life it is often easy to fall in slums and let the stress of life become overwhelming. Focusing on the “silver lining” and positive aspects will always carry you through. I am a locum tenens physician recruiter and will jump at any opportunity to help a provider because you never know where that journey will end. The potential benefits for providers far exceed any excuses for not trying.
by Admin
13. October 2009 05:07
Sherri Carlton Bowles | Executive Vice President
(877) 456-2867 x4229 | scarlton@deltalocums.com
Recently one of our Senior Recruiters, Dave Brandner, told me a story about one of his docs that I have to share. He was at a pub in Dallas and saw an old travel chest with the name Hipskind on the top of it, the same name of one of his locums physicians. He had a meeting in Dallas about a month ago, and he and Dave made plans to go out and have a few cold ones. So, he picked him up at his hotel in Grapevine and drove him down to the Londoner in Uptown to show him the chest. He was pretty fascinated, and said he’d love to have the chest. On the ride home Dr. Hipskind was still talking about it.
The next day Dave called the Londoner, got the name of the owner, and asked him if he’d part ways with the chest. He said sure, but that Dave would need to pay for a replacement furniture piece. So, they came to agreement on price, picked it up the next day, packaged it, threw a 6-pack of Coors Lite in the chest and sent it off to Dr. Hipskind’s home in Illinois. He was very grateful, and insisted on repaying Dave the expenses associated with acquisition and shipping. He did accept the 6-pack as a gift, however.
Dave, thank you for going above and beyond to provide Dr. Hipskind with a memorable customer experience!
by Admin
26. June 2009 05:32
Dear Mrs. Sherri Bowles,
My wife and I felt very welcome and we acknowledge with much gratitude the warm comapny of all the people of Delta that were present at this event. The warm reception accorded us by everybody was so overwhelming, my wife was asking for us to move to Dallas!! See.. I was going to say "it doesn't take much" to make us move, but then it was "much'. We were surprised by all the amenities you provided us. It was a big surprise to us ..the front desk surprise at checkout at the Gaylord was not the beginning but the icing on the cake. You even went so far as to provide us with a great foursome at the golf outing..ha! We had fun. Jason, Mark, and David made a nice "walk on the park" on a hot Dallas afternoon so much fun and memorable....and for me especially , the heckling ladies on the front 9 par 3 hole were fantastic (shhh!!).
We knew we were very welcome even before we made the flight. Jason is a kind of person who has a knack for making you feel comfortable. I had that feeling about him from my professional relationship with him. That was the reason I signed up with Delta at that time. I had a recruiter from another company talking to me about that same time. I was going to join a fee for service practice in Ohio and I needed locum jobs for income while I waited for accounts receivable to materialize from my new practice. One day I got a call from Jason Ard about a reference for another physician. I had not yet filled any paperwork from the company I was talking to for locum positions. Jason spoke with me and my wife that same day he called me for the first time. My wife was impressed by his professionalism and so was I. He came off so calm and professional, I recruited him as my recruiter! True story!!
This has been a one of a kind experience for me in terms of professional relationships and I believe if you develop a model such as this (getting providers involved socially as well in campany events) with little tweaks here and there you would be peerless in this competitive space. You have the resources...the staff is great, professional and friendly; top to bottom. You create a sense of belonging and that is what you need from providers, not just as tools for extra cash here and there. That sense of belonging is what Miriam and I took away from Dallas; it was solidified. There is no question we are coming back to play next year. David already booked us.
We appreciate your thoughtfulness. Please extend our deepest appreciation to the staff. This was what I was going to say at the awards ceremony if I had time to say anything..had we stayed for it. So there you have it. Thanks again and see you next year.
Long live Delta Locums.
From Gus and Miriam Alifo
by Admin
10. June 2009 11:28
Sherri Carlton Bowles | Executive Vice President
(877) 456-2867 x4229 | scarlton@deltalocums.com
Did you know… Locum tenens is a
great way to get introduced to a new opportunity or practice setting?
Consider it as a working interview if you are looking for a permanent
change. It allows you the opportunity to actually see what it’s like to
work in that practice/facility. See how well you adapt to their ways of
doing things. See how well the staff gets along and interacts. Find
out if you fit in with their culture/environment.
Can you imagine
yourself working there long term? Spend time touring the community.
Is it a good fit for you and your family? Does the community provide
activities that meet your interests?
Consider locums opportunities not
just as an opportunity to supplement your income, but as an opportunity to find
the best practice that suits your needs on a long term basis.
by Admin
15. May 2009 06:22
Stephen Fish | Director of Marketing
(877) 456-2867 x4208 | sfish@deltalocums.com
There's an interesting article on the MSNBC page this week that actually contradicts articles that I’ve read and even
written about lately. While most parties agree that ER visits are up
across this country, some may argue that hospital admissions are up due to the
high fees associated with treatment. The article discusses that
individuals are refusing additional service in the hospital, going against
medical advice, based on the country’s current economic situation and the lack
of funds people are willing to spend.
Check it out and let me know
your thoughts. If a physician, please weigh in on the topic, I would love
to hear your story.
[ Too Broke for the ER, Patients Flee - MSNBC.com ]
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