Why Travel & Contract Staff Are Crucial Assets to Your Facility

Healthcare facilities are often struggling to balance restricting budgets, finding the right candidates for open positions, and providing excellent patient care. Hiring travel healthcare providers can help combat these issues. Here’s how your healthcare facility can benefit from hiring contract and travel healthcare staff.

Orientation and Onboarding

Travel staff don’t require the same level of onboarding and orientation that permanent staff require. Travelers join the team ready to hit the ground running with their healthcare experience. Generally, travel staff don’t attend the full orientation program that a new permanent hire would require, as they are only in the facility for a short 13-week assignment. After a quick onboarding process to get them up to speed on your facility’s processes, travel healthcare staff are ready to go! This means they can start giving patients quality care right out of the gate.

Employee Benefits

Travel healthcare staff will go through staffing agencies to help them secure a job in a facility. Since these travel providers are employees of the staffing agency and not your facility, they receive all of their benefits from the agency. Permanent staff will receive the benefits that the facility offers, which can be costly if tight on budget. Agencies like CoreMedical Group provide travel staff with industry leading benefits so travel healthcare staff can quickly attend to facility and patient needs.

Filling Difficult Positions and Staff Shortages

When hiring for a more specialized position or short-term role like seasonal help, travel staff are an excellent resource for healthcare facilities. Staffing agencies have the ability to find the best talent in those specialized areas and have staff available to work for the length of a season for support. When partnering with an agency, you will have a pool of talent waiting to be paired with your facility. Hiring for tough roles and extra support when there is a staffing shortage is simplified when agencies do the heavy lifting.

Conclusion

Travel healthcare staff can be an essential part of a thriving facility as they can adapt quickly to new environments, utilize less resources, and can fill spots where extra support is needed. If you are considering hiring travel staff, reach out to CoreMedical Group and we can ensure you have the best talent on your team. Find your dream staff below.