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Healthcare Employees

Staffing Registry, Travel, and Contract-to-Hire Nurses and Allied Professionals

In an environment faced with funding gaps and workforce shortages, healthcare facilities of all sizes occasionally need assistance with short or long term healthcare staffing. We can supplement your temporary healthcare staffing needs during census fluctuations, openings of new units/offices or difficult to fill scheduling situations and work to achieve nurse retention and optimal outcomes with every candidate we place. We offer an effective mix of supplemental healthcare staffing and full-time staff to accommodate your needs. Wellspring Nurse Source understands that hospitals, medical offices and nurses/mid-level providers are held accountable for patient care and Wellspring Nurse Source is held accountable for staffing those who care.

The Benefits Of Staffing With Contractor Or Contract-To-Hire Nurses/Mid-Level Providers

REDUCED RISK

Bottom line – the hiring and firing of employees increases your risk potential. There is an ever increasing number of lawsuits against discriminatory hiring and wrongful termination. These risks don’t exist when it comes to contractors. Workflow change? Not “the right fit?” You can release contractors at will and eliminate the trauma and expense that can accompany firings and layoffs of employees. Using contractors greatly reduces employer liability with the benefit of better cost control.

COST EFFECTIVE

Upfront, it seems a contractor will cost you more than an employee will – but that is not the case. With contractors, you only pay for the hours they work. With employees you have to pay for a number of benefits that you don’t have to pay when you hire a contractor including healthcare, employer sponsored benefits, Social Security, Medicare taxes, state unemployment, and workers compensation insurance. The cost of these benefits has been increasing every year, and as of 2015 they are increasing your payroll expenses an average of over 30%. With all of the increased costs, the employee is likely to cost you more.

NEED FOR SPEED

Impending staff shortage? Urgent need? You don’t have time for a long recruiting cycle for that just right employee. When you hire a contractor, you can move through the entire hiring process much faster, sometimes within a matter of days. You can also tap into an extensive talent pool so filling a position “yesterday” doesn’t seem quite as impossible.

STAFFING FLEXIBILITY

Not certain how long you’ll need someone in that position? Have a limited budget? A contractor is your best bet. Hiring a contractor offers flexibility in meeting the changing work demands. You have the ability to hire for an increased workload taking advantage of the opportunity while it’s there, and you are able to scale back down when it’s not.

GREATER EFFICIENCY

When you hire a new employee you spend time, money and productivity to train them. If the person does not work out, it’s a significant loss of the time and money that you just spent. When you hire a contractor, you are hiring someone with the skills specific to your needs. Contractors bring specialized expertise to the job, allowing for immediate productivity and eliminating the time and cost of training. They simply get the job done.

SHIFTING DEMOGRAPHICS

There is no exact number, but experts estimate that 20-30% of our workforce consists of contractors now and is expected to hit 40-50% by 2020. Generation Y workers are entering the workforce at an increasing rate, and their values are very different than prior generations. They see their career path as much more flexible and require more autonomy. Working as contractors and freelancers is highly attractive for many of the high caliber Generation Y individuals, and the top talent pools will be in the contract space. If you are limiting your hiring to employees only, you are greatly reducing your access to top talent.