 What's up you guys it's the down and welcome back to my channel So I know you've heard or many of you who've heard of Travel nurses and that's really a big thing for those individuals that really don't have too many commitments in one place And they're able to kind of pick up and move and travel because they get to experience just the world essentially You know they get to experience the nation they get to go from one place to another while still making pretty good money And I had the question posed to me Is there such a thing as a travel PA? So that is what we're going to get into right now What's up you guys welcome back? Okay, so yes I had a question posed to me and again if you haven't done so already you better go ahead and leave your comments in the Comment section below so that you're able to actually get your question answered in a video form or just even in the comment section Okay, so the question was posed to me I'm gonna put up the question on the screen for you all so that you can see that And then I want you all to also follow with me on the screen as I kind of go through the answering of this question So it was asked by Daniel Dix and it says hi. I like your videos. Thanks Daniel I'm thinking about becoming a physician assistant soon Can you do a video explaining if there's a if there is a such thing as a travel PA? I know there are many travel nurse assignments And I was wondering if there are travel PA assignments. Thanks Daniel All right, Daniel, that was a great question and the long and short of the answer is yes There is a such thing as a travel PA. However, it's not like what you would think I guess you would say it's more so that you're going in It's really essentially just like it would be for a travel nurse But what we go under is locum tenants and so what that means is that you'll have an assignment You go there just as if you were a travel nurse you stay there for two weeks or three Months or one month depending on however Like long they need to fill that particular position And then you feel you feel that they typically pay you a little bit more than they would pay their like actual Salary person because really and truly You're kind of filling a space you're holding that position for somebody that is maybe on maternity leave or just recently Got sick and are there on some type of like FM LA or a disability? But they're coming back to their position But the job still needs somebody to actually see patients and you know keep up with the load And so that's what locum tenants is and I just want to go through here. We go. All right So it says locum tenants PA salary and so I just really googled it Here it says locum tenants physician assistant salaries while salaries for locum tenants PA jobs vary based on location subspecialty Facility shift and need you'll typically earn $85 to $105 an hour and that's really really good money like honestly So you're making 105 at the max and obviously it like it said it varies based on specialty So there might be some tenant locum tenants jobs that you will actually get paid even more than that And it all depends on their need and your skill set So there's something here I wanted to go to the zip recruiter where it talks about locum tenants physician assistant salaries and it says Locum tenants it says the national average is $211,000 a year Now that obviously I guess is if you're only solely doing locum tenants stuff I don't know if they're coming in and bringing in like what you would do on your regular day job That really doesn't make sense, but that's a lot of money That's a whole lot of money So I mean if that is something that you're interested in Daniel I suggest that you get on that really start looking for that I know when I was at APA a couple years ago They had some locum tenants like I guess recruiters you could say that were there And you know I took their cards just in case I was interested in it and just to kind of check it out And see really and truly I knew like I had to kind of stay where I was because I just don't have the luxury to Kind of get up and move with little kids, but it's an option for some of you And then I just wanted to show you the like what locum tenants means, okay? So Let's see So it says Merriam Webster defines locum tenants as one filling an office for a time or temporarily taking the place of another So again, like I said, it's really you're just kind of holding that spot for somebody So there is such a thing as being a travel PA It's really locum tenants and obviously like locum tenants I don't know if you knew but they also work with physicians as well So there are a lot of locum tenants physicians. I knew some Physicians when I was doing my rotation At my heart at the current hospital that I work at They would actually go to do locum tenants positions in like Virginia for two weeks out of the month Which was I mean cool I think that that's beneficial to kind of see different hospital styles different working styles And if you're in a position to do that Then you should absolutely do it take every opportunity that you can like while you're able to to kind of experience life experience different Situations and I'm sure you'll you'll be fine. 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