Recruitment Requirements Recruit Locum Tenens, at the request of a Hospital(s), by advertising, screening, interviewing, and conducting all other aspects of recruitment for finding and attracting potential resources necessary to meet the medical staffing needs of the Hospitals and who will hold the temporary place of or substitute for a Hospital employee. Ensure requests for recruitment are fulfilled (at least one (1) proposed candidate has been deemed acceptable to Hospital(s)) within fifteen (15) calendar days of the initial written request. Ensure the Hospital(s) is afforded the opportunity to interview any final candidates identified by the awarded Bidder. All costs associated with pre-engagement of any Locum Tenens shall be the responsibility of the awarded Bidder, including but not limited to travel and lodging for interviews. The Hospital(s) will have the right to accept or reject any offer by awarded Bidder for any proposed Locum Tenens. Pre-Engagement Requirements Facilitate contingent engagement offers and conducts criminal background checks and/or license verifications in accordance with the Department’s Rider D, including applicable out-of-State background checks and license verifications, prior to any announced start date of the intended candidate. Coordinate with the Hospital(s), the Locum Tenens’ actual start date. Provide written notification to the Hospital(s) confirming the approved start date. Work with the selected Locum Tenens to ensure they: Receive and pass a pre-engagement drug screening. Comply with immunization requires under 22 M.R.S.A. §802 and 10-144 C.M.R. Ch. 264 and the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005, including but not limited to: Ensuring Locum Tenens are not in a period of communicability of a communicable disease(s) ( mumps, varicella-zoster, rubella, rubeola, tuberculosis, COVID-19, or any other communicable disease as identified by the Hospital(s)). The awarded Bidder shall be responsible for the cost incurred in providing the documentation of the immune status of Locum Tenens. Ensure a signed letter of declination is provided to the Hospital(s) for Locum Tenens who decline the Hepatitis B vaccine. The Hospital(s) Infection Control Nurse will evaluate the information received and give clearance for the Locum Tenens to begin orientation. Submit Locum Tenens credentials to become privileged as a member of the Hospital(s), in accordance with the Hospital(s) bylaws, rules, and regulations. Ensure Locum Tenens expedite submission of credential in order to begin providing services in the required timeframe set forth by the Hospital(s). Pass a competency assessment approved by the Department. The Hospital(s) will provide the awarded Bidder with a list of competencies required for each Locum Tenens position. Information obtained from the required orientation and trainings and initial competency assessment shall be used in the credentialing process to ensure Locum Tenens are qualified to provide medical coverage. Ensure Locum Tenens comply with the Hospital(s) periodic competency assessments. Initial and periodic competency assessments shall include the time period on which the assessment is based, an assessment of the Locum Tenens clinical judgment and skills, specific instances of treatment outcomes, and evaluations of patient outcomes compared to those for similar medical staff employed by the Hospital(s). Sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Department prior to the start date of the Delivery Order, to include but not be limited to: Terms of the MOU; Compensation; Work hours; Termination; Knowledge and certification requirements; and Duties and deliverables. Provide written confirmation to the Hospital(s) verifying the selected Locum Tenens file is current and has been provided to the awarded Bidder’s Human Resource Department, including but not limited to: Application for Engagement; Documentation of current employment verification and background screening; Documentation of a current drug screen; Records of counseling and disciplinary action; Verification of a valid, in good standing Maine license to practice in the respective field from the appropriate licensing board; Applicable licensure must remain valid, in good standing throughout the term of the Locum Tenens tenure for providing medical coverage at the Hospital(s). Documentation of education and training (resume or curriculum vitae); Evidence of appropriate knowledge, experience, and competency related to the specific position responsibilities; Conduct a competency assessment and provide the results to the Hospital(s) for review and approval. An annual packet, which includes yearly evaluations, competency assessments, signed confidentiality statements, and mandatory policies sign-off. Provide a portion of or full documentation of the selected Locum Tenens file upon request of the Hospital(s).
