highest paying locum jobs in the world?

[lgher]

if you were unattached, and flexible with dates and location, does anyone know where the highest paying anesthesia locums in the world are?

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[EtherBunny]

if you were unattached, and flexible with dates and location, does anyone know where the highest paying anesthesia locums in the world are?

One of my buddies from residency does some locums in Antarctica, anesthetizing polar bears. He says the inhalational inductions are a bit rough though... But whatever, he gets paid $100,000 for the first 15 minutes. I think he makes $10,000,000 there every winter. However, he told me that it's getting harder and harder to do the gig, because the damn polar bears keep biting off parts of his limbs...the things we do for money!!

 

[RedAnesthesia]

Can I get his contact information? I could really use that type of money.


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[Gas Company]

One of my buddies from residency does some locums in Antarctica, anesthetizing polar bears. He says the inhalational inductions are a bit rough though... But whatever, he gets paid $100,000 for the first 15 minutes. I think he makes $10,000,000 there every winter. However, he told me that it's getting harder and harder to do the gig, because the damn polar bears keep biting off parts of his limbs...the things we do for money!!

Did your buddy do a a hyperbearics fellowship?

 

[bashwell]

One of my buddies from residency does some locums in Antarctica, anesthetizing polar bears. He says the inhalational inductions are a bit rough though... But whatever, he gets paid $100,000 for the first 15 minutes. I think he makes $10,000,000 there every winter. However, he told me that it's getting harder and harder to do the gig, because the damn polar bears keep biting off parts of his limbs...the things we do for money!!

Funny. 🙂

Just a nitpick though -- polar bears in Arctic, not Antarctica.

 

[Apollyon]

Funny. 🙂

Just a nitpick though -- polar bears in Arctic, not Antarctica.

I was going to say the same thing!

 

[RxBoy]

if you were unattached, and flexible with dates and location, does anyone know where the highest paying anesthesia locums in the world are?

Had a buddy named conrad who was braggin about this locum gig he got in Santa Barbara..

Apparently was pulling in 7 figures. Havent heard from him in a while. I believe the medical facility was called Neverland ranch.

 

[IlDestriero]

The new hospitals in the Middle East have been offering experienced people a lot of money for a 4 year commitment.


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[aneftp]

After reading this thread. I think we should start an alternative thread called "lowest offered locums per hour positioned you've ever been offered!"

Seriously that would be a interesting and more realistic thread in our current time and era of tight job market.

I know for fact that some heavily populated desirable places low ball like crazy.

$90/hr for MD up in the northeast (specifically PA area and they had have takers) MDs need jobs and don't want to leave the area for extended time cause of family commitment.

$75/hr for CRNA in the DC metro area for CRNA (I told my CRNA friend she was crazy to work for pay but she's a part timer/prn/mommy CRNA type but she gets bored from time to time (her husband is cable industry executive) so money isn't an issue for her to work. Yes. Pretty wealthy people do get bored and want to work from time to time.

She only did it for that pay for a short period of time.

My good friend low ball a few new grad crnas in Florida for $65/hr at surgery center back in 2013 and got takers.

Granted these weren't long term locums rates. Short term 1 week assignments. But shows u how low people will work for.

And these are good people. Nothing fishy in their history. No felonies. No murders. No killing people on this OR table.

Some Job. markets are saturated.

Me personally. Lowest locums rates I was offered was $100/hr min 4 hours (politely declined). Most of my locums rate are $175/hr. $200/hr if I am using my own malpractice and local travel.

Highest rate was guaranteed $2700/8 hour in the mountain west state. Back in hey days of 2005-2007. Didn't realize at the time commercial insurance payers paid the highest per unit rate at that time out there. So they weren't losing any money off me even at that rate.

I used to have 9 medical licenses states. And single at the time. So I could be flexible with location. But cut down to 4 states now. Just expensive to maintain all the medical licenses.

 

[caligas]

After reading this thread. I think we should start an alternative thread called "lowest offered locums per hour positioned you've ever been offered!"

Seriously that would be a interesting and more realistic thread in our current time and era of tight job market.

I know for fact that some heavily populated desirable places low ball like crazy.

$90/hr for MD up in the northeast (specifically PA area and they had have takers) MDs need jobs and don't want to leave the area for extended time cause of family commitment.

$75/hr for CRNA in the DC metro area for CRNA (I told my CRNA friend she was crazy to work for pay but she's a part timer/prn/mommy CRNA type but she gets bored from time to time (her husband is cable industry executive) so money isn't an issue for her to work. Yes. Pretty wealthy people do get bored and want to work from time to time.

She only did it for that pay for a short period of time.

My good friend low ball a few new grad crnas in Florida for $65/hr at surgery center back in 2013 and got takers.

Granted these weren't long term locums rates. Short term 1 week assignments. But shows u how low people will work for.

And these are good people. Nothing fishy in their history. No felonies. No murders. No killing people on this OR table.

Some Job. markets are saturated.

Me personally. Lowest locums rates I was offered was $100/hr min 4 hours (politely declined). Most of my locums rate are $175/hr. $200/hr if I am using my own malpractice and local travel.

Highest rate was guaranteed $2700/8 hour in the mountain west state. Back in hey days of 2005-2007. Didn't realize at the time commercial insurance payers paid the highest per unit rate at that time out there. So they weren't losing any money off me even at that rate.

I used to have 9 medical licenses states. And single at the time. So I could be flexible with location. But cut down to 4 states now. Just expensive to maintain all the medical licenses.

Good info.

What do you think about locums as a late career way to work just a few months per year. Can you target nice places like Hawaii, Montana?

 

[criticalelement]

Good info.

What do you think about locums as a late career way to work just a few months per year. Can you target nice places like Hawaii, Montana?

That is a great idea. Locums works perfect for someone who just wants to work a few months per year.

 

[deleted162650]

Good info.

What do you think about locums as a late career way to work just a few months per year. Can you target nice places like Hawaii, Montana?

Sure you could do that. You would be even better off though getting to know a few of the groups in the desired areas and work out a regular part time deal with them directly. The times you want to be in HI or MT are exactly the times they want to leave on vaca and need coverage. My group has a guy that works .5 FTE. He comes over from HI when we are tight. His dad invented the Alexis retractor or something so money isn't a big concern for him.

 

[EtherBunny]

Funny. 🙂

Just a nitpick though -- polar bears in Arctic, not Antarctica.

Nobody makes me bleed my own blood!