You may not be looking for a new job, but if the right opportunity appeared tomorrow, would your resume, records, references, and professional information be ready?
Locum tenens isn’t just a temporary option between permanent jobs. For experienced APPs, it can offer a different way to stay in clinical practice while gaining more control over when, where, and how they work—but the flexibility comes with tradeoffs worth understanding before making the leap.
Ask a group of experienced nurse practitioners and physician assistants what they wish they had known earlier in their careers, and many will give a surprisingly similar answer: choosing a specialty is about much more than finding the highest-paying job.
Whether you’re working double shifts in a cardiac unit or balancing telehealth appointments between conference calls, planning your career trajectory probably lands somewhere between “not today” and “ha, good one.”
Successful advanced practice provider careers rarely happen by accident. Most nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and other advanced practice providers build rewarding careers through a series of intentional decisions made over time.
