Things
to Check before Entering a Locum Agency
It
is a known fact that locum jobs are very attracting for their flexibility and
lucrative offers. Fresh medical graduates therefore try to grab a locum job at
the beginning of their career for the much needed experience to grow and to
highlight their resumes. This is better done by contacting a medical job
providing agency, as they provide you jobs faster, which in turn helps in
saving the jobless period after completing your studies. But before registering
with an agency of that sort, a few things should be found out.
Points to take Note of -
·
Check out whether the agency has a
proper list of the organizations it is providing staff to. You should check on
their online site to find out whether the agency has work experience and is
capable of contacting the hospitals to have the knowhow of the vacancies it
floats to give you offer timely. Giving you late information may let others
grab the job opportunity.
·
The agency you register with should be
having regular guidelines of the locum pay rates for the various posts. It
should have all the detailed information of the pay you will be getting in the
course of your job.
·
The agency should be capable of telling
you about the payment procedures. You should be able to discuss all the types
of procedures of payment and the dates of payments made.
·
Another factor to take note of is the
compliance redresssal policy of the agency. The company should handle the
compliances properly.
·
Find out from their site whether the
agency has been referred by anyone such as doctors or clients. Give some time
in going through the matter on the website.
·
Go to the home page of the company to
read between the lines to find out whether the agency is a genuine one or not.
Read all the company information thoroughly online.
·
The most important factor before
registering with the agency is to thoroughly go through the terms and
conditions mentioned by the agency.
Thus,
these are a few things to check out before registering with a locum job
providing agency. These agencies are doing a good job in the medical locum jobline, so register with them to get a good job.
