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Christine Basile has been connecting with and supporting me since January of 2022. She is authentic, straightforward and has been a positive influence over these last few months.

I was contacted by Barton to help them with a client hospital in the state of Washington, Prosser Memorial Hospital, for the period including Christmas and New Year's. The request included both clinic and call coverage. When I arrived there, the hospital hadn't scheduled any clinic patients. However, whenever patients called with questions the nurses would call me and have me answer the questions. Or a few times, patients would call with problems and need to be seen, so I might have an add-on appointment. After the assignment was finished, the hospital said that there was no clinic on days that there were no scheduled patients and only paid me for the hours that I saw add-on appointments. Essentially, they had me covering their clinic on an hourly basis and "as needed" as if I was on call for their clinic. I told Barton that if they weren't paying me for clinic then they shouldn't have called me with questions from clinic patients and they should have told their clinic patients that their clinic patients were closed over the holidays. Whether the hospital schedules patients before I arrive on assignment is entirely out of my control. Barton actually agreed with me after I explained the situation. However, the hospital refused to pay me. There were no complaints about my performance on the assignment or disputes about the hours as I logged them. After four months, Barton simply told me that there was nothing they could do and closed the matter. At the end, Prosser Memorial Hospital paid me roughly one third of what I calculated I actually earned during this assignment. Not only was I not paid for clinic coverage, the hospital also didn't pay me some of my call/hospital coverage time. I never was told how they reached the sum they paid me, but it looked like they just paid me whatever they wanted. The reason for my low rating is that, even though the client hospital was the problem in this instance, I cannot recommend Barton for the following reasons. First, and most importantly, as I even told them, if a contractor cannot trust that they will be paid at the end of an assignment then there's no point in working for that company. I, as a contractor, will be held 100% to my end of the contract, but the other party will not, which is ridiculous. Secondly, they clearly value their client hospital relationship over the contractor. That may make sense for Barton, but it means that there's no point in working for them as a contractor. Thirdly, Barton knew this was going to be the resolution for the issue and kept on reassuring me they'd fix the problem. They drew things out for a third of a year. The only reason they eventually told me that the matter was closed was because they wanted me to take on another assignment (with a different client) and I told them that I wouldn't do so with an open issue.

The representative that actually did the recruiting and “matching” was very good and pleasant, and informative. Based on this aspect of the company, I would have awarded a 5 rating. The negotiations on the reimbursement ( which obviously are somewhat dictated by the client) could be much better. It was only after the fact that I learned Barton charges the client 100% of the fee- ie if the provider is paid $1000 a day then the client pays Barton $2000 a day. I realize this may be client specific but it is atrocious at this level.

Overall a good experience. Felt there was good follow through and guidance through every step of the process. Would recommend this company to anyone looking for locums work.

I have worked with different locum agencies and Barton is the best one I had the chance to work with. My recruiter Morgen is very professional. They gave me opportunities to work in many different areas in jobs that put me and my choices first. This company was not "pushy" about their approach. Even got me a California license to work for them, which took many months before I took an assignment with them. Pay here is better than the other agencies as well. So I would highly recommend Barton Associates.

This was my first locums experience and Barton did a great job of making it easy for me. They are timely in their responses and help with all credentialing, licensing, and accommodations. I greatly enjoyed my locums experience and would recommend it to others that are in the lull between permanent positions.

The staff especially Gabbi is excellent, intuitive and read the job situations well. I’ve always had a great locum experience with Barton

My recruiter Jorge was fantastic to work with. If I wouldn’t have signed a perm contract I would definitely continue to work with him and Barton.