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Specialists for an empowered experience
With a specialized team, you have expert support at every step, at all career phases, and across the entire process. Emergency medicine physicians look to Weatherby for best-in-class service for:
Malpractice insurance, including tail insurance
Competitive compensation and job availability
Credentialing and licensing assistance fees
Planned and paid-for housing and travel
Work with experts in emergency medicine
Discover a better way to practice medicine with locums. We can make it happen.
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"I started doing locums while I had my full-time job to supplement my income and pay my student debt off faster. Eventually I realized I had full flexibility, and I was getting paid more doing locums than I was at my full-time job. I could work the same amount and make a lot more money or work less and make the same amount of money as I was at my full-time job."
Dr. Ali Chaudhary, emergency medicine physicianRead more
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It’s important to get the right help for locums, and nobody does locums better than we do. We ranked high across eight agencies, looking at 10 satisfaction factors:
#1 in friendly and responsive consultants
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#2 in competitive compensation
#2 in job availability
*CHG Healthcare locum tenens awareness and perception survey, 2022
Live life on your terms
Dr. Jim Mock, an emergency medicine physician based in South Carolina, says one of the benefits of working with Weatherby is the company’s streamlined financial processes.
“When you work with a big company like Weatherby, there are a lot of personal benefits,” says Dr. Mock. “At the end of the year when it becomes tax time, I only have one source of revenue, so all of my tax reporting is very streamlined.”
Explore the benefits of locums
Like Dr. Mock and other emergency medicine physicians who choose locums, you can achieve work-life balance and more.
Earn more money working locums vs permanent (on average, locums pay higher per hour)
Choose when you want an assignment and have more control over your schedule
Travel to different places and have freedom and flexibility for the lifestyle you want
Make a great impact serving communities where cardiologists are in high demand
Your FAQ about emergency medicine
The salary of an emergency medicine physician can vary based on location, experience, and employer.
Review the median annual salary data for emergency medicine physicians from Medscape here.
Around 55% of emergency medicine physicians take on extra work to supplement their income—well above the rate of physicians in general, which is 36%. Of those who pursue side hustles, three areas are nearly tied as popular outlets for additional work and income:
Additional hours at their primary job as a physician (12%)
Medical moonlighting, including locum tenens (11%)
Other medical-related work (11%)
Resource: Weatherby salary report
According to the Medscape 2023 Physician Compensation Report, self-employed physicians—which includes locum tenens physicians—earn nearly 10% more than their employed counterparts. A Hanover Research study, conducted in partnership with CHG Healthcare, found that locum tenens physicians earn an average of $32.45 more per hour than full-time physicians in permanent positions. Learn about general locum tenens amounts for emergency medicine physicians at Locumstory.Resource: Weatherby Healthcare
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