Hayes Locums

Hayes Locums

• Rank: 7
• Headquarters: Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Top staffing segment(s) served –  Locum tenens
• 2019 US staffing revenue – $152.3 million
• Compound annual growth rate – 47.7%
• Website: www.hayeslocums.com

People, culture and doing the right thing lie at the heart of growth for Hayes Locums.

These pillars of growth have resonated with the staff at Hayes Locums and gives them a sense of purpose, especially when they see how it affects the clients and patients who are receiving treatment, according to CEO John Hayes.

Founded in 2012, Hayes Locums specializes in matching physicians and advanced practitioners to locum tenens positions that fit their needs.

Hayes, along with COO Ryan Scharer and chief strategy officer Bobby Moses, launched the company with a focus on placing physicians and working with the hospitals in a manner that would be in the best interest of the doctors and clients. As for why the company has seen such rapid growth, Scharer says, “I think you can sum it up that we are very intentional in how we do business and both the physicians and clients appreciate the expertise, value and the intentionality that our consultants bring to the table, and it’s caused a growth in our business.”

Hayes adds that the investment the group has made into its selection process has also gone a long way toward helping the company grow. To continue growing, Hayes Locums plans to invest heavily in technology to provide its employees with the tools to enable them to be more efficient.

While the group isn’t new to making the list of Fastest-Growing US Staffing Firms, this year it was hit by challenges as it saw the Covid-19 pandemic significantly impact its business. With hospitals hit by the pandemic, many elective surgeries were postponed as facilities dealt with coronavirus patients, which in turn negatively affected temporary staffing.

Hayes predicts it will likely take six to nine months to get back to where they were. As it rebounds, the group is taking the opportunity to do things it was not able to do before, since it was growing so quickly prior to the pandemic. “We’re investing in technology, refining some of our business practices. Moving forward, we’re going to use how Covid-19 has affected us to streamline the business, so that as things rebound, we’re able to scale back to where we were and operate with more efficiency.”

As for what the industry will look like going forward, Scharer believes the need for physician staffing will be “immense.” As people return to hospitals for non-Covid-19 treatments, check-ups, procedures, and ailments that were not addressed due to the pandemic, there will be a heavy burden placed on the healthcare system that will require more time and effort from doctors and physicians.

“I think that doctors are going to be working a lot of hours and I think we might be seeing a lot of physician burnout as they’re experiencing large patient volumes of sick people,” Scharer says. “I think that the outlook for needing physicians is going to come back greater than it was before this pandemic hit.”