This question has become a hot topic in the pharmacy and optometry locum worlds and was discussed at a recent event hosted by the Company Chemists’ Association at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society premises on 13th February 2019. HMRC had been invited to make a presentation to CCA members and other interested parties regarding IR35 and […]
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A New Vision For Locum Carers
At the mention of the word ‘locum’, there’s perhaps a tendency for people outside the healthcare industry to think of doctors – the kind of healthcare professionals who are most commonly featured in entertainment media. Inside healthcare, however, the picture of locum activity looks a lot broader, and the in-demand locum pharmacist sits firmly in […]
Finding The Best Place to Advertise Jobs Online
Faced with a staffing vacancy, many companies will see little option but to use an Internet job board. But how effective are these enormous complexes of corporate posturing and candidate data? How do they draw in such big audiences? And are there any ways for a recruiter, in a specialist market, to cut down the […]
5 Myths That Prevent Optometrists Becoming Locums
Given that locum work bypasses the intricacies of permanent recruitment and offers an uncomplicated route into active service, it’s fair to assume that most optometrists have at some stage considered it. But equally, given that the great majority of optoms do end up in static employment, it’s also fair to assume that most subsequently talk […]
3 Common Ways Locum Pharmacists Lose Agency Bookings
Healthcare locums provide vital cover when a regular member of staff is absent. Broadly, there’s very substantial demand for locums here in the UK. But statistically, a high proportion of locums lose bookings for reasons they can very easily avoid. In this post, we’re going to look at three of the most common reasons […]
Inside Vision: Recruiting Permanent Optometrists
Last autumn, Team Locum introduced its new Permanent Optometry Division, which is already generating a buzz in time-honoured Team Locum fashion. Why such interest, so soon? Well, as we mentioned in the introductory post, Team Locum is a well established brand, with a wide-ranging list of contacts. Furthermore, the division is being driven forward by […]
Newly Qualified Pharmacists in Locum Work
[Note: for an updated/condensed version of this article, head here to our 2018 post] One of the ways in which newly qualified pharmacists can quickly gain a wealth of experience, is through locum work. We looked, in our Career Advancement For Pharmacists post, at how locum work can help a less experienced pharmacist to […]
Locums and the Silent Complaint
When we get poor service, we complain, right?… Actually, most of us don’t. Statistics suggest that only around 4% of us raise our dissatisfactions with business providers who have not met our expectations. And the rest of us?… Apparently, a staggering 96% of us tootle off to find a new provider, without uttering a word… […]
Should a Locum Agency Be Run By Healthcare Professionals?
More than ever in entrepreneurial circles, it seems, there’s a belief that anything is possible. Business is, after all, a world bursting with self-fulfilling prophecy. Proclaim it; live it. As one Derek Trotter would have said: “He who dares, wins“. But is setting up and running a healthcare locum agency really that simple? Is it […]
Locum Science: Beating The Laws of Supply and Demand
The dynamics of supply and demand lie behind the fluctuations in almost any type of market. The supply:demand ratio is perhaps most commonly associated with the control of price or pay, but it can also affect the nature of the demand, or simply leave the least competitive forces unable to operate in the market at […]