I'm one of the Co-Founders of BluePipes which provides professional networking and career management tools for healthcare professionals. I was formerly a Healthcare Recruiter and Recruitment Manager. I also have an extensive background in the financial services industry, a B.S in Finance and Risk Management and an MA in Government both from California State University Sacramento.
A travel nursing company must have a contract with a facility in order to send travel nurses to work there. Contract provisions differ from contract to contract. However, it is standard for the contracts to contain a common set of provisions. These provisions include things like the bill rate, solicitation clauses, liability insurance requirements, contract termination rules, shift […]
Travel nursing companies are at the center of the healthcare staffing industry. They act as the “middle men” between the healthcare provider and the travel nurse. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of healthcare staffing agencies that are engaged in travel nursing contracts or PRN in the United States. Unlike “middle men” in many other industries, […]
Supplemental healthcare staffing is when healthcare providers hire temporary workers to fill gaps due to temporarily high demand or general staffing shortages. It tends to be cyclical and typically accounts for 15% to 30% of the total healthcare workforce. In this article, we’ll provide an overview of the 4 main types of supplemental healthcare staffing: […]
Traveling healthcare professionals have been around in some form or another as long as there have been people with a passion and desire to care for the health and well being of others. However, this blog is focused on the modern supplemental healthcare staffing industry in the United States. Depending on how you define the beginning, […]
Travel nursing documentation is one of the biggest burdens that travel nurses have to contend with when landing a new travel nursing job. When I first started as a recruiter in 2006, it was standard to provide the facility with nothing more than copies of the nurse’s licenses, certifications, basic medical records, and a unit test. […]
Your travel nurse resume can possibly play a big role in landing travel nursing jobs, especially the best jobs. Despite the nursing shortage, the competition to land the best jobs is fierce. In today’s market, facilities often receive more than 50 submission profiles within 3 hours of making a job public. It’s not uncommon to see assignments closed for […]
Maintaining your professional references is extremely important when seeking travel nursing jobs. It will also be important when transitioning back to permanent employment. Every facility has its own requirements regarding references. For example, one common requirement for travel nursing jobs is: 2 supervisory clinical references covering 1 year of experience within the previous three years […]
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