ALPHARETTA, Ga., Jan. 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With nearly 91 million people in the United States living in areas where they can't easily find mental health services, LocumTenens.com is helping to improve access for patients by offering psychologist staffing on a locum tenens basis.

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LocumTenens.com, a full-service locum tenens staffing agency and leading industry job board, has a nearly 20-year history of staffing psychiatrists and psychiatric nurse practitioners onsite or via telemedicine.

"LocumTenens.com has been partnering with hospitals and mental health facilities for nearly 20 years to insure they have access to the qualified professionals they need to help their patients," said R. Shane Jackson, president of LocumTenens.com. "Providing psychologists on a locum tenens basis is yet another way our clients can elevate their services to the many patients who need more access to mental health care."

The LocumTenens.com Psychiatry team will offer personalized service and attention to psychologists seeking locum tenens assignments. Each LocumTenens.com associate will handle all the time-consuming details of working as an independent contractor, allowing the psychologist to focus on patient care. With one of the most stringent credentialing processes in the industry, only the highest-quality psychologists are placed in open positions. Psychologists wishing to search for jobs immediately are encouraged to create a profile on LocumTenens.com. If you need more information about LocumTenens.com's mental health services, please contact Kelly Glenn, division vice president of LocumTenens.com's Psychiatry division at kglenn@locumtenens.com or 678-992-1263.

About LocumTenens.com
Founded in 1995, LocumTenens.com is a full-service locum tenens staffing agency. LocumTenens.com operates the largest internet job board for the industry with direct access to thousands of jobs - in all specialties - posted directly by facilities and agencies nationwide. LocumTenens.com is part of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies. To learn more, visit www.locumtenens.com.

LocumTenens.com's agency recruiters specialize in emergency medicine, primary care, ob/gyn, anesthesia, neurology, psychiatry, psychology, radiology, urology, oncology, gastroenterology and most surgical subspecialties. We place physicians, CRNAs, NPs and PAs in hospitals, medical groups and community health centers across the United States.

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