The Locums Company

The Locums Company, also known as TLC, is a locum tenens staffing and recruiting firm based in Morganton, North Carolina. It places physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and psychologists in clinics, hospitals and other healthcare facilities around the United States. It says it has been arranging locum tenens coverage for over 20 years.

The company covers temporary openings in private practices and also helps fill permanent medical positions, noting that many facilities use locum tenens to evaluate physicians for permanent roles. It handles the process from initial contact through approval and can arrange travel if required. It carries out a credential review of candidates and supplies malpractice insurance for its locums staff. It says its recruitment specialists stay in touch with placed physicians and their facilities before, during and after every assignment, and that it is on call 24 hours a day.