HWS President & CEO Brendan Courtney was featured on Staffing Hub's podcast, The Staffing Show.

Each month, our Recruitment team recognizes a team member who exemplifies outstanding service while maintaining a positive attitude. Congratulations to Recruitment's Employees of the Month for April, May, and June 2018!

The July 2018 Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Report revealed that 157,000 jobs were created last month and the unemployment rate dipped to 3.9%. While overall job creation was slightly less robust than economists’ expectations, much of the miss was attributed to losses in the retail sector. Healthcare added a total of 16,700 jobs last month, with 6,800 in the hospital space and another 9,900 in ambulatory care settings. Over the course of the last year healthcare has grown by 286,000 jobs.

When it comes to nursing careers, there is no one-size-fits-all category. As circumstances change, the job that used to fit your lifestyle may not be the best fit anymore. That’s where HealthTrust Workforce Solutions can help.

“Life changes,” HWS CNO Shaun McCamant told HCA’s Clinical Excellence publication. “There are times when working per diem or being a travel nurse are the right answers for a nurse.”

When nurses join the HealthTrust Workforce Solutions team, they have access to the most sought-after positions at healthcare facilities across the country. As a fully-owned subsidiary of HCA, our nurses have unparalleled access to jobs at HCA and truly become members of the HCA family.

We would like to congratulate Tina Joynes on receiving the distinguished DAISY Award! 

Tina is a travel nurse working in the Telemetry/Progressive Care Unit who has been working with HealthTrust Workforce Solutions for almost 3 years. She was recently presented with the DAISY Award by our HCA Healthcare facility partner, Northeast Methodist Hospital, located in Live Oak, TX. 

Our permanent placement staffing partners recently came to our Sunrise corporate office for an afternoon of interactive discussions about how to best partner together to put more people to work throughout the healthcare industry. We would like to thank all of our partners who attended the event! 

At HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, we help nurses get noticed and find jobs matching their qualifications at hospitals across the country. We simplify the hiring process at the industry’s leading healthcare facilities and establish careers that last a lifetime.

The June 2018 Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Report revealed that 213,000 jobs were created last month, while the jobless rate rose to 4.0% largely because about 600,000 people entered the labor force. Economists polled by MarketWatch believe this indicates that the labor market is very healthy. Healthcare continued to be an economic driver of job creation, adding 25,200 new jobs in June, reaching a total of 309,000 over the course of the year.

According to the recent Nurse Insights Study by HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, 55% of registered nurses are content to stay with their current employer, but 23% plan to leave and 22% are undecided. That’s a 45% risk of nurse turnover, which can not only disrupt patient care but also carries a high financial price — to the tune of $78 million in potential replacement and training costs.

At HealthTrust Workforce Solutions (HWS), we are driven by our desire to connect amazing people with career opportunities that fulfill their passion. Not only does this mean finding career opportunities for nurses and other healthcare professionals, but also for people interested in corporate career opportunities. 

One of our most rewarding career paths at HWS is in the area of travel recruitment. Our travel recruiters are responsible for setting up nurses with travel assignments in cities across the country. As HWS is a fully-owned subsidiary of HCA Healthcare, our travel recruiters have unparalleled access to travel assignments at HCA facilities that nurses won't find anywhere else. Each travel assignment is about 13 weeks in length, so travel recruiters must help each nurse find a new assignment about four times per year, typically before the nurse's current assignment ends. 

"Travel recruiting allows you the opportunity to change lives," says Joi Crockett, Director of Travel for HWS. "You are assisting in placing high demand healthcare professionals in understaffed hospitals to care for critically ill patients."