Tag Archive for: Vendor Management Service

Why Travel Nurses Should Control Their Travel Nursing Submission Profiles

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As a travel nurse, gaining control over your Submission Profile is a great way to gain control over your travel nursing career. A Submission Profile is the set of documents that an agency is required to submit to a hospital in order for the agency’s candidate to be considered for an open job. The standard Submission Profile includes a resume, a job application, a skills checklist, and references. Hospitals will almost never accept a candidate for consideration without an up-to-date Submission Profile. Read more

When, Why, and How to Determine Travel Nursing Company – Hospital Relationships

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We discussed the two main categories of hospital-travel nursing company relationships in Part 1 and Part 2 of this series. Remember, agencies can have a direct relationship with a hospital whereby their representatives have direct communication with the hospital’s representatives. Or, agencies can go through a middleman commonly referred to as a Vendor Management System whereby every agency that does business with the hospital must go through the same middleman. Or, the hospital can utilize a Managed Service Provider which is a healthcare staffing company that holds an exclusive contract with the hospital and sub-contracts out to other agencies. Read more

Securing a Travel Nursing Job : What Happens When Your Profile is Submitted?

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There are two common methods for submitting a candidate’s submission profile to a hospital for a travel nursing job. These methods are driven by the type of relationship that the agency has with hospital in question. Remember, the two main relationship types are direct relationships and Vendor Management System relationships. Each method is going to play out in different ways for the travel nurse, but the ultimate goal is to land a travel nursing interview.

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Travel Nursing Companies – Their relationships with hospitals matter, Part 2

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In our last blog post, we discussed how a travel nursing company’s “Direct Relationship” with a facility works and its potential ramifications for the travel nurse. In this post, we’ll discuss the “Vendor Management Service” relationship and the potential ramifications. Read more

Travel Nursing Companies – Their relationships with hospitals matter, Part 1

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It’s useful for travel nurses to be informed about hospital-agency relationships. Remember, a travel nursing company can only work with a hospital if it has a contract to do so. These contracts exist under several different arrangements. Each arrangement results in different outcomes for the hospital, the agency, and the travel nurse. There are essentially two relationship categories, Direct Relationships and Vendor Management Service relationships. Read more

Travel Nursing Companies – Does size matter for the Travel Nurse?

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In our previous post, we discussed how to differentiate travel nursing companies by their size. In this post, we’re going to discuss how the size of a travel nursing company can potentially affect the service travel nurses receive from them. Read more