The holidays are here again, a time of family, fun, and good cheer. For most nurses and clinicians, though, it’s business as usual — and usually even busier. At HealthTrust, we know how hard you’re working this holiday season. And here are 7 ways we appreciate nurses and healthcare workers like you all year 'round.
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Why We Appreciate Nurses & Clinicians
As everyone knows, the holidays are about more than food, gifts, and parties. While many Americans deck the halls and prepare to celebrate a new year, most nurses, therapists, techs, and other healthcare professionals are buckling in for the busy season, when illnesses and accidents tend to increase.
As if that wasn’t enough, many nurses and clinicians today are working longer hours and shifts than normal because of staffing shortages and surges in patient utilization, especially in the emergency room and acute-care centers.
All of this adds up to make the holidays challenging for some. But it’s also a great reason to show how we appreciate nurses and healthcare professionals like you — and why we know it's important to do so, not just now, but throughout the year.
7 Ways We Appreciate Nurses & Healthcare Workers during the Holiday Season (and All Year)
#1: Offering New Ways to Find Inspiration
For most people, the holidays are a chance to take a break from their hectic day-to-day lives and spend some quality time with loved ones. Healthcare workers who don’t get that opportunity, though, can easily feel alone and a little down.
Those looking for a little extra motivation can find it in our recent list of six ways to find inspiration during the holiday season. From discovering new sources of gratitude to setting your sights on the future, you can see them all here.
#2: Helping Employers Stay Safely Staffed
Just as in most other businesses, there’s a lot of absenteeism in healthcare during the holidays. And that can mean even longer hours and more demanding shifts for essential workers.
At HealthTrust, we're proud to help fight this trend by providing employers with the workers they need to stay fully (and safely) staffed during busy times. This kind of ongoing support keeps staffing ratios high, which has been shown to lead to higher job satisfaction for nurses and other essential workers. And that's a huge benefit not just during the holidays, but throughout the entire year.
#3: Offering More Flexible Schedules
Not all nursing and healthcare careers require holiday shifts. Those who work flexible jobs like per diem can usually choose what shifts they're available for, and can reserve the holidays for family or travel.
This also goes for other times of the year, too, giving professionals like you a unique opportunity to continue earning a paycheck while you go back to school, care for a family member, or meet another goal or obligation.
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#4: Offering Easier Access to Better Jobs
If you're looking for a new job, you may be unsure where to begin. There are so many job boards out there, it's hard to know which ones have the best jobs — especially since most of them are just re-posting jobs that were first published somewhere else.
Simple to use and fully transparent in the details it offers for each job — including the pay — the new HealthTrust jobsite gives you access to jobs you won’t find anywhere else. And when you apply directly, you'll get priority access to those jobs, and sometimes priority pay, too. You can learn more here.
#5: Sharing Inspiration & Opportunity on Social Media
Not only do we offer exclusive jobs, but we also use social media to help you find them! Every day, our LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Facebook, and Instagram pages show appreciation by making nursing and healthcare jobs a little easier to find, while spreading some holiday cheer in the process. Join us today for great career opportunities and the chance to build your professional community!
#6: Supporting Those who Support Nurses & Clinicians
One of the ways we support nurses and clinicians is by making sure their careers are in good hands. And the best way to do that is to make sure our recruitment team is the best in the business, offering the expertise and friendliness needed to guide you to your best possible career path.
And as the recap of our recent HealthTrust holiday party shows, we make it a priority to do just that, providing incentives and rewards to the recruitment team whose job it is to connect professionals like you with the best opportunities. You can read all about it here.
#7: Offering Plenty of Lifestyle Tips & Career Resources
Here at HealthTrust, we’re all about offering great resources for your career and your personal life, too. And at our Engage blog, you'll find plenty of both!
For instance, in the past few weeks we've offered up some great content like a holiday gift guide and a huge list of discounts for nurses and healthcare workers. You'll also find the Job Release, your source for the hottest per diem or travel jobs every month, hand-picked exclusively for the HealthTrust community.
> Stay in the loop! Check out the HealthTrust Engage blog here.
Nurses & Clinicians, We Appreciate You!
Whether you're on a HealthTrust assignment or not, we appreciate each and every nurse, aide, clinician, and other healthcare professional working during this holiday season. So, once again, happy holidays! And remember, when it’s time to refresh your career, you’ll find the best opportunities at the HealthTrust jobsite.
