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Locum Tenens Internist

Adult outpatients with chronic and complex medical conditions.

What these providers cover

Adult outpatients with chronic and complex medical conditions.

What the shift actually looks like

Sixteen to twenty-two adult outpatients with heavy chronic disease management and coordination burden.

Credentials and certifications

Typically required
MD/DO board certified or eligible; state license; DEA
Typical workload
Typically 16–22 patients per day

What to specify when you send the req

Panel complexity, procedures, and whether the role includes any inpatient responsibility.

Why this role is hard to fill

Clarify inpatient responsibility explicitly. Assumed rounding duties are a common source of dispute.

What candidates ask before accepting

Answering these in the req itself shortens the process considerably, because they are the questions that otherwise surface at offer stage and cause declines: Patients per day, whether any inpatient responsibility exists, panel complexity and support staffing.

Contract or permanent?

Locums stabilises the schedule so a permanent search can run on merit rather than desperation. Hiring a permanent physician while critically short-staffed is how facilities end up with a bad twelve-month hire. Locum-to-perm is common and low risk.

Licensure

Physicians and advanced practice providers are licensed in all 50 states. The Interstate Medical Licensure Compact is widely described as portability and is not — it is an expedited route to obtaining several separate state licenses, each still issued and regulated independently. The physician assistant compact has been enacted but is not yet issuing privileges. Privileging, which runs on your medical staff committee calendar, is usually the binding constraint rather than licensure.

How we work this req

Every candidate is spoken to before you see them, with licensure for your state, certifications and unit-specific competency confirmed before submittal. We screen to the credential the unit actually needs rather than the title on the posting. Rates sit inside the ranges on our published cost breakdown.

Common questions

What certifications does a Internal Medicine provider need?

MD/DO board certified or eligible; state license; DEA.

What is the typical typical workload in Internal Medicine?

Typically 16–22 patients per day.

Why is Internal Medicine hard to fill?

Clarify inpatient responsibility explicitly. Assumed rounding duties are a common source of dispute.

What do candidates ask before accepting a Internal Medicine assignment?

Patients per day, whether any inpatient responsibility exists, panel complexity and support staffing.

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Need Internal Medicine coverage?

Tell us the ratio, the equipment and the start date, and we will tell you the realistic fill window.