Demystifying healthcare staffing
By Jeff on Oct 16, 2009 in Demystifying healthcare staffing, Featured, Hospital Management, Hospital Staffing
Over the next several weeks we are going to be bringing you a new series that tackles some of the common questions about temporary healthcare staffing.
On the schedule right now are the following questions:
- How can hospitals make sure they are staffed appropriately in a nursing shortage?
- Why should I use one company over another to meet my healthcare staffing needs?
- How do healthcare staffing companies recruit healthcare professionals?
- How do healthcare staffing companies screen healthcare professionals?
- How quickly can healthcare staffing companies find healthcare professionals for my hospital?
- What is the first step I should to take if my hospital has staffing needs?
- When should my hospital consider temporary staffing?
- Why would a healthcare professional want to work on a temporary basis?
- Can a hospital extend a temporary assignment? Or turn it into a permanent hire?
- Whose responsibility is it to provide a temporary healthcare professional with living accommodations?
- Whose responsibility is it to provide for a temporary healthcare professional’s liability insurance?
- What types of nurse staffing do healthcare staffing companies provide?
- What special skills or competencies do healthcare staffing companies require for travel nurses?
- What about Vendor Management Services (VMS)?
- Do healthcare staffing companies provide staffing for ambulatory surgery centers?
- Do healthcare staffing companies help recruit permanent staff too?
- Do healthcare staffing companies only provide temporary staffing to hospitals?
- Can healthcare staffing companies provide staffing for home health needs?
- What should I look for in a healthcare staffing company?
- Isn’t temporary staff expensive?
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Thanks for the information its really good post. Not easy to find it easily. Looking for more good posts in future
I agree, its challenging when selecting medical staffing agencies, but one of your questions regarding how medical staffing agencies recruit is far from simple? I have noticed when running my company http://www.vismedical.com that many nurses are recruited directly from the hospital they work from. Its not uncommon for a nurse that has been working the night shift to be eager and want to work in a different hospital for day shift. The challenge facing hospitals is not as much internal as it is external.
Nice article ,
but i completely agree with Roy vera aswell ,he made a good Point : )
Good Good ,Thanks : )
It is always tricky to choose from temp and permanent hiring–relationship building is very important, all the successful companies tell us that