Cardiologist-only recruiting
Cardiology Locums After Fellowship
Start the licensing clock 4–5 months before June 30—or you will have an income gap
Direct answer: New cardiology attendings can use locums as a first-year sample if licensing and privileging start 4–5 months before graduation. Independent locum contracts require completed fellowship; first assignments should match documented general, interventional, or EP scope.
Cardiology fellowship trains you to practice—not to license, privilege, and negotiate a first attending year. Locums can be a structured sample of markets while you finish boards, but independent attending contracts generally require completed fellowship. Locum Career Hub recruits MD/DO cardiologists only and maps first-block scope to your logs—not a generic new-grad job board.
Who should read this
- General cardiology fellows comparing locums-first vs permanent offers
- Interventional fellows who want STEMI volume and independent PCI logs written before they travel
- EP fellows choosing ablation-lab weeks vs device-clinic first blocks
- Board-eligible cardiologists who need a realistic July–October start plan
Match by cardiology subspecialty
Locum Career Hub recruits MD/DO cardiologists only—general, interventional, and electrophysiology first.
- General CardiologyInpatient consults, clinic blocks, nuclear/TEE, 7-on/7-off or 2-weeks/month outpatient.Open General Cardiology jobs →
- Interventional CardiologyCath lab and STEMI vs diagnostic-only PCI. Weekend moonlighting or full locums.Open Interventional Cardiology jobs →
- ElectrophysiologyAblation weeks, device clinic, or 2-day lab coverage without STEMI.Open Electrophysiology jobs →
What you can expect
- General, interventional, and EP first blocks matched to documented training scope
- Credentialing timelines that start before graduation—not the week after
- Clear talk about board-eligible vs board-certified hospital rules
Treat locums and permanent jobs as parallel tracks
Competitive cardiology job searches often start 18–12 months before graduation. Locums licensing is shorter but still slow: state license, CAQH, facility credentialing, and privileging stack. Waiting until July is how new attendings lose August and September income.
Tell a cardiology recruiter your earliest start date, states you will license, and whether you want general consults, STEMI, or EP lab work. Two or three serious conversations beat seven agencies.
Match the first block to your logs
General cardiology first blocks are usually consult, clinic, and imaging—not cath-lab operator work. Interventional first blocks should state STEMI vs diagnostic-only PCI. EP first blocks should separate ablation days from device clinic and remote monitoring.
If a site needs privileges you have not documented, it is not a “stretch assignment.” It is a delay.
FAQs
- Can I do locums during cardiology fellowship?
- Independent attending locum contracts generally require completed fellowship. Moonlighting rules inside a training program are separate and program-specific.
- When should a June graduate start locums paperwork?
- About 4–5 months before graduation. Credentialing commonly takes 90–180 days. IMLC can shorten some licenses but does not skip hospital privileging.
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