As a physician looking for extra work, how do locum tenens sites work?
I'll be taking a lengthy break from my full-time job as a physician at a hospital, and I'm considering locum tenens. I'm in the US, but I can go to any state (preferably east coast) if the pay's good enough.
Q1: How do locum tenens websites work? I see so many different options (locumtenens.com, CompHealth, plus many others I see here), but I don't know what the difference is between one and the other.
Q2: As the doctor looking for work, do I pay the locum tenens company so that I can work at hospital X or hospital Y? Do I pay an upfront fee to access these sites? Once I decide to work at hospital Z, will the locum site withhold an amount from my paycheck? If so, how much would this amount be? Is it per hour, is it a percentage, is it a fixed amount? What's the range?
Q3: I've also heard of job sites like indeed and monster. For jobs like engineering and accounting these websites don't usually charge the person applying for a job. Does that also apply to me as a doctor?
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