Recruiting and retaining nurses is an ongoing challenge in today’s healthcare industry. Hospitals, medical practices, and other facilities constantly face fluctuating patient volumes, seasonal demands, and planned and unexpected staff shortages.
This is where a partnership with a nurse staffing agency comes into play. Building such a partnership can be a smart strategic move to ensure top-quality care and patient outcomes, keep costs under control, and avoid burnout among your nursing staff members.
A Closer Look at Nurse Staffing Agency Advantages
Your nurse staffing agency supports your immediate and long-term success in numerous ways, including:
Staffing Flexibility
Nurse staffing agencies give you the ability to right size your nursing staff, depending on current business needs. They help you fill staffing gaps. scale your workforce and balance your staffing flexibility and stability.
Ready Access to Experienced, Credentialed Nurses
Working with a nurse staffing agency, you have access to specialized nursing roles that may otherwise be difficult to find. This includes nurses with the experience and credentials required to meet all your patient care needs. As a result, you achieve:
• Faster hiring: Agencies specialize in recruiting nurses and have established candidate networks. This expedites your hiring process and reduces your time to fill critical positions.
• A wider pool of qualified candidates: Through their rigorous vetting process, nurse staffing agencies ensure that you hire only nurses with the right qualifications, and experience to solidify your level of patient care excellence and marketplace competitiveness.
Avoiding Burnout
Nurse burnout poses a serious threat in an industry where doing one’s job can literally be a matter of life and death. Recent survey results show that nearly two-thirds of all nurses experience burnout, due to factors including mental and physical exhaustion.
By filling staff gaps and preventing your full-time nurses from overworking, your nurse staffing agency can help you minimize burnout and build a healthier, more supportive work environment for your entire team.
Cost Control
Nurse recruitment is a high business priority – one that requires significant investments of time and resources. Your staffing agency can handle many of the time-consuming aspects of nurse talent management, from advertising for and vetting candidates through screening and interview scheduling. And agencies handle payroll, benefits, and compliance for the nurses they place. This allows you and your full-time team to focus on core operations and priorities.
• Agencies offer a robust vetting process to ensure that you receive only the most qualified nurses to meet your specific needs. They source and manage the entire nurse staffing process, so you can allocate your resources more effectively and productively. And in the end, your patients benefit the most.
Excellence in the Delaware Valley
PRN Consultants, Inc., provides per diem, private duty, and contract nurses to hospitals, long-term care facilities, schools, and other healthcare providers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Connect with us today to find the skilled professionals you need to keep your organization fully staffed and ready to meet all your patient care needs.
