Streamlining staff is always a smart approach – but it can also be challenging, as everything from changing patient needs and volumes to unexpected nurse absences can wreak havoc to even your best-laid plans. Partnering with a nurse staffing agency can significantly alleviate this stress, enabling you to maintain the highest possible standards of care without overwhelming your internal team or breaking your budget.
Save Time and Money
Your staffing agency partnership can save you valuable time and money in numerous ways, including:
• Reducing your administrative burden: Your agency will handle all recruitment advertising, paperwork, initial interviews, background checks, final interview scheduling, and candidate communication. This frees up your staff to focus on core patient care competencies and key business tasks.
• Reducing time to hire: As agencies leverage their vast candidate networks, they can find you the specialized, certified staff you need quickly, minimizing or eliminating costly staffing gaps.
• Providing access to the latest technology: The best nurse staffing agencies leverage technology for enhanced data analytics, advanced scheduling, and digital staff onboarding.
Reduce Overtime
With ready access to a flexible pool of nurses, working with an agency, you can flex your staff up and down as needed without having to pay excessive overtime – or risking burnout on the part of your existing team members.
• Reducing overtime helps maintain critical work-life balance for nurses. It helps improve job satisfaction and retention.
Maintain Quality Care – and Your Competitive Edge
Research shows that nursing staff shortages have reached an all-time high as the demand for quality patient care continues to grow. For instance, analysis from one recent study reports that 42 of 50 states will be falling short of their nursing talent needs by 2030. And by 2031, it is projected that the number of nurses entering the workforce will fall far short of estimated job openings.
In addition to high demand versus low supply, causes of this nursing shortage include a growing number of nurses retiring and increasing needs for advanced patient care skillsets. Using advanced AI tools and data analytics and tapping into their robust candidate networks, nurse staffing agencies can help you to easily source talent that aligns with your patient care needs, mission, vision, and organizational culture.
PRN Consultants for Your Nurse Staffing Solutions
To fill your critical nurse openings and achieve the staffing balance you need despite whatever challenges the market throws your way, contact PRN Consultants, today. For more than 45 years, we’ve served the Delaware Valley as a nurse-founded and family-owned business, offering a full range of flexible staffing options to meet your unique and evolving needs.
