LocumLife - November 2008 - (Page 11) Photo: Getty Images/Angelo Cavalli/Digital Vision notes, “and in return, we offer opportunities that fit their lifestyle and afford flexibility.” To find medical personnel to staff its ships, the cruise line conducts all of its own recruiting, interviewing, and credentialing in-house. “All 22 cruise ships in our fleet are available to nurses and locum tenens physicians,” explains Dr. Bradberry. “Our smaller vessels are staffed with one physician and three nurses and the larger ships with two physicians and four nurses. “Currently, we have physicians from the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, the U.K., South Africa, Canada, and a few Eastern European countries. The overwhelming majority of our physicians are from countries where English is the first language and the medical training is very similar to ours. Most contract durations are 4 to 6 months, with an option for renewal.” All physicians enjoy senior officer rank and serve as the medical department head. “On our vessels, doctor’s hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., and then again from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Salary for full-time and locum tenens staff ranges from approximately $8,000 www.LocumLife.com to $12,000 per month. Transportation to and from home, room and board, uniforms, liability insurance, on-board medical equipment and supplies, and healthcare coverage are all provided at no cost to the physician.” Dr. “My advice is to Bradberry adds, “Medical personnel are encouraged to take sign on for several part in official social functions months and allow aboard the ship and also enjoy excursions on shore for their the ship to become own mental health, happiness, home.” and job satisfaction.” —John Bradberry, MD AN ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT “I practice locum tenens because of curiosity and my interest in adventure and doing different things,” explains Ronald J. Ross, MD, double board-certified in internal and emergency medicine with 27 years of experience. In private practice as a general internist from 1981 to 1993, he then took on a permanent NOVEMBER 2008 LocumLife 11 http://www.LocumLife.com
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