At HealthTrust, we believe in the value of cultivating our employees to help them achieve their career goals. Many times, this results in internal promotions based on matching our employees’ strengths and skillsets to positions that help them move through their personalized career paths.

We will be sharing stories of how our team members have been excelling in the staffing field, starting with members of Vice President Lisa Acevedo’s team. Pictured above are Lisa Acevedo, Jennifer Mailly, Jennifer Katz, and James Trapani.

Our West Florida team and their families participated in Feeding Tampa Bay’s Family Night! The team directly served the community by making fresh lemonade and packaging 2,174 pounds of potatoes. Overall, they packed 190 boxes of food and served 657 people!

April 24 – 28 is Patient Experience Week, an annual celebration of the people who touch the lives of patients across all areas of healthcare. 

As part of HCA, HealthTrust Workforce Solutions team members recognize that the work we do has an impact on the patient experience. From recruitment and program management to finance and human resources, we all share the same mission of caring for and improving human life. 

Tomorrow is Earth Day, a time to celebrate the environmental sustainability initiatives taking place around the globe. According to EarthDay.org, more than a billion people celebrate Earth Day every year, making it the largest secular observance in the world.

We at HealthTrust aim to improve the lives of our nurses through finding them the perfect job placements. In an effort to help healthcare organizations better understand the needs of nurses, we’ve put together a 10-minute anonymous survey to find out what nurses really want in a job. 

We are hosting an Open House at our corporate headquarters in South Florida on April 20! We are looking for hard-working, passionate individuals who are interested in exploring a career path in recruitment. No recruiting experience is necessary! 

MSP Program Manager Melda Peterkin is our second corporate HealthTrust Hero!

Melda’s role is to fill the travel nurse vacancies at HCA hospitals in North and West Florida. She accomplishes this through frequent communications with approved staffing vendors, HealthTrust's travel recruitment department, and the healthcare facilities she works on behalf of. 

In honor of National Pet Day, we asked our travel nurses for tips about traveling the country with their pets. Here are some of their responses:

Conveniently located in Fort Worth, Texas, Medical City Alliance offers world class healthcare with a personalized approach. As part of the Medical City Healthcare network of hospitals and specialists, patients are ensured access to leading medical specialists and advanced healthcare innovations across the network in areas such as ER, Maternity, robotic surgery, cardiology, and family health. 

With nearly 1.2 million nursing vacancies on the horizon, now is a great time to start — or enhance — your nursing career!