Are you a urologist who wants more freedom, better pay, and fewer headaches?
Tired of hospital politics, 24/7 call, and being on the road just to make a living?
You’re not alone.
More urologists than ever are rethinking traditional employment and exploring urology locum tenens or part-time contract work. But while urology locums may promise flexibility, the reality often falls short: unpredictable travel, limited support, and unsustainable coverage expectations.
What if there were a better way?
Welcome to VirtuCare, where we’ve reinvented the “urology locums” model to give you real flexibility, consistent pay, and the ability to work smarter, not harder.
What Are Urology Locums?
“Urology locums” refers to urologists who work short-term or part-time assignments, often filling in at hospitals or clinics that lack full-time urology coverage. Traditionally, locum tenens positions are:
- Temporary
- Travel-heavy
- Often reactive (emergency coverage, call needs)
- Lacking continuity or team structure
These roles can be lucrative, but they also come with trade-offs: time away from home, minimal support, and a lack of professional fulfillment.
The demand is real; rural hospitals and community practices across the U.S. are desperate for urology coverage. However, for many physicians, the standard locums model is no longer sustainable.
Why Urologists Are Choosing Flexibility Over Full-Time Jobs
Urologists are among the most in-demand specialists in healthcare. But that demand has come with increasing burnout, administrative burden, and diminishing returns from traditional employment.
Here’s what many urologists want instead:
- More control over their schedule and patient volume
- No relocation, especially with school-age children or dual-career households
- Work-life balance after years of grinding through call weekends and RVU pressure
- Supplemental income to transition to retirement or scale back hours
- Higher purpose without the full-time burden
Whether you’re mid-career, scaling back, or building a portfolio lifestyle, locum-style work done the right way offers real freedom.
But not all “urology locums” jobs are created equal.
The Problem with Traditional Urology Locums
Let’s be honest: Traditional urology locums can be a logistical nightmare.
- Travel-heavy: You’re often flying out for a week or more at a time.
- 24/7 coverage expectations: Nights. Weekends. Emergencies. No sleep.
- No team structure: You’re parachuting into a system that doesn’t know you, and you don’t know them.
- Burnout risk: You’re reacting to problems, not practicing at your best.
Sure, the pay can be attractive, but is it worth it if you’re always on the road, covering call without backup, and losing precious time with your family?
Introducing the VirtuCare Model: A Smarter Way to Do Urology Locums
At VirtuCare, we believe you shouldn’t have to sacrifice your lifestyle to keep practicing urology.
We’ve reimagined locum work by blending telemedicine, outpatient care, and surgical procedures, all built around your schedule and your strengths.
Here’s how it works:
- Choose your schedule: 1 day a week. A few surgeries per month. Telehealth-only. You decide.
- No call. No travel (unless you want to): Stay close to home. Sleep in your own bed.
- Work from home via secure teleurology visits.
- Perform procedures in high-functioning outpatient clinics, not burned-out ERs.
- Operate at the top of your license: You focus on what matters most: surgery, complex care, diagnostics. Not button clicking, pointless meetings, and answering inboxes.
We don’t just send you in to cover gaps.
We build real systems, clinics with trained teams, vetted processes, and full integration, so you can practice urology the way it was meant to be.
How We Support You with a Team-Based Model
At VirtuCare, we know great urologists need great teams.
That’s why we embed advanced practice providers (APPs) like nurse practitioners and physician assistants into every clinic.
They handle:
- Routine office visits like UTIs, hematuria, and BPH medication management
- Pre-op assessments and post-op follow-ups
- Documentation, coding, and ordering medications/labs/imaging.
- Triage and patient navigation
You’re not doing the scut work.
You’re doing what you were trained to do: procedures, diagnostics, and delivering high-value care.
It’s a smarter, more efficient way to practice and a better experience for the patient.
Pay and Lifestyle: Traditional Urology Locums vs. VirtuCare
Feature | Traditional Urology Locums | VirtuCare |
Travel Required | Frequent | Optional |
Call Coverage | 24/7 | None |
Team Integration | Minimal | Full APP Support |
Work Setting | Hospital inpatient, reactive | Outpatient, proactive |
Schedule | Unpredictable | Consistent |
Pay | Competitive | Often higher with less stress |
Location Flexibility | Travel-based | Remote + regional |
With VirtuCare, you’re not just “filling a gap.”
You’re part of a system designed to help you succeed with less time, more impact, and zero burnout.
Making a Difference Without Sacrificing Your Life
What sets VirtuCare apart isn’t just the schedule or the pay, it’s the mission.
We’re helping underserved communities build real urology programs, not patch jobs.
By working smarter, we’ve:
- Cut urology wait times from 6 months to 1-2 weeks
- Built $100K/month outpatient clinics in rural markets
- Reduced unnecessary ER visits and patient transfers
- Created new, sustainable jobs for PAs, NPs, and support staff
- Enabled physicians to reclaim their lives while still practicing
You get to make a difference without burning out and without moving your family.
Why More Urologists Are Joining VirtuCare
VirtuCare was started by Dr. Joe Pazona, a board-certified urologist in 2020. After practicing in rural communities for over 10 years, he saw the obstacles faced by patients and urologists to deliver exceptional, consistent urological care.
Dr. Pazona also saw that not everyone fits into the traditional W2, full-time, employment model. Urologists deserve the ability to…
- Work part-time, full-time, or in between
- Skip the hospital drama
- Keep your nights and weekends
- Build your ideal schedule
- Work from home via telemedicine
- Stay clinically sharp
- Earn great pay with low overhead
- Be part of a mission-driven team
- Actually enjoy practicing urology again
Ready to Reclaim Your Career?
The world of urology locums is evolving, and so should your options.
With VirtuCare, you can have the freedom of locum work without the chaos. You can practice smarter, earn more, and live the life you’ve worked so hard to build.
We’re currently expanding into new markets and looking for urologists who want more flexibility, more autonomy, and more purpose.
