locums
Temporary medical replacements
Locums is the plural of locum, a person who temporarily fills in for someone else in a professional role, especially in medicine.
A locum doctor or locum tenens covers for a physician who is on leave, and the practice has become common enough that locums now work as traveling professionals who move from assignment to assignment.
The clinic hired locums to cover the summer vacation schedule.
Replacement for another
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- coverProtect by overlaying
relief · stopgap · provisional · interim · acting · backup · reserve · pro tem
Licensed medical doctor
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- hospitalistDoctor treating admitted patients
- anesthesiologistDoctor administering surgical sedation
- radiologistDoctor analyzing medical images
psychiatrist · pediatrician · clinician · surgeon · pharmacist · dentist · GP · nurse practitioner
Allocated work or duty
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- gigShort-term paid work
- stintFixed work period
engagement · agency · recruitment · booking · posting · shift · rotation · credentialing
Plan of timed events
- availabilityState of being obtainable
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- mobilityCapacity for movement
- travelMovement between locations
variety · independence · work-life balance · choice · freedom · adaptability · self-directed · portfolio career
substitute
Replacement for another
- fill-inTemporary substitute person
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- replacementWhat takes another's place
cover · relief · stopgap · provisional · interim · acting · backup · reserve · pro tem · caretaker
physician
Licensed medical doctor
- doctorLicensed medical healer
- hospitalistDoctor treating admitted patients
- anesthesiologistDoctor administering surgical sedation
radiologist · psychiatrist · pediatrician · clinician · surgeon · pharmacist · dentist · GP · nurse practitioner · pathologist
assignment
Allocated work or duty
stint · engagement · agency · recruitment · booking · posting · shift · rotation · credentialing · onboarding
schedule
Plan of timed events
- availabilityState of being obtainable
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- mobilityCapacity for movement
travel · variety · independence · work-life balance · choice · freedom · adaptability · self-directed · portfolio career
locumspermanent staff
Non-temporary workforce
full-time staff · salaried employees · attending physicians · incumbents