HealthTrust Workforce Solutions wishes all of our clinical and corporate team members a happy Customer Service Week! Serving our customers - whether they are healthcare professionals, staffing partners, facility clients or patients - is at the heart of what we do.

Our list of travel nursing contracts in Denver is a mile-high!

We have new travel nursing contracts in the ICU, ER, NICU, OR, MedSurg and Tele throughout the Denver metro area-  just in time for the season! 

Travel nurses will enjoy everything that the area has to offer from outdoor activities like skiing, hiking and fishing, to a thriving and diverse cultural scene. 

The latest BLS Economic Situation reported that the U.S. economy created 136,000 new jobs in September and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% reaching a 50-year low.  Healthcare contributed more than a quarter last month’s job growth, adding 38,800 jobs to the economy. The bulk of new healthcare jobs were within ambulatory care (28,700), with hospitals adding 8,100 jobs.

Each Friday we will be sharing a new trivia question. The first person to correctly answer the question in the "Comments" section will receive HWS swag and other prizes!  

Last week we asked, "According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, how many jobs has the healthcare sector added in the past 12 months? (as of August 2019)".

We're pleased to name Donna McCudden (Trustaff) as our winner with her correct guess of 392,000! 

This week's question:  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics September 2019 Employment Situation Update, what is the current unemployment rate?

We are pleased to share our Q2 2019 HWS Staffing Partner Excellence Spotlight, featuring performance leaders from among our top 20 strategic staffing partners. Congratulations to our top performers and thank you to all of our valued program participants. We appreciate your partnership and the important role you and your clinicians play in the delivery of quality patient care.

Each Friday we will be sharing a new trivia question. The first person to correctly answer the question in the "Comments" section will receive HWS swag and other prizes! 

And now, for our first question: 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, how many jobs has the healthcare sector added in the past 12 months? (as of August 2019) 

Benefits of being an HWS MSP Strategic Partner:

• Exclusive visibility and access to the largest variety of jobs at hundreds of facilities across the country
• Improved billing accuracy through electronic time management, consolidated invoicing, prompt payment that occurs at the same time HWS invoices client and billing resolution assistance
• Centralized credentialing so that when your employees are credentialed, they are credentialed across our entire system network
• Contractor expiring credential reminders
• Dedicated Program Management Teams
• Strategic and tactical program participation sessions to review performance and best practices
• Performance scorecards to measure submittal rate, time to submit, offer rate, acceptance rate, cancellation rate, submit to hire, etc.
• Online training and technology resources
• Best-in-class, streamlined and standardized processes

• Centralized credentialing so that when your employees are credentialed, they are credentialed across our entire system network
• Contractor expiring credential reminders
• Dedicated Program Management Teams
• Strategic and tactical program participation sessions to review performance and best practices
• Performance scorecards to measure submittal rate, time to submit, offer rate, acceptance rate, cancellation rate, submit to hire, etc.
• Online training and technology resources
• Best-in-class, streamlined and standardized processes

The American Staffing Association designates September 16-22 as National Staffing Employee Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of the 17 million individuals who use staffing agencies to find their next contract or temporary position. On behalf of the HealthTrust Workforce Solutions organization, we would like to personally thank all the clinicians, interim leaders, and other professionals who entrust their careers to HealthTrust.

Eddie Parizek is an Assistant Vice President for HealthTrust Workforce Solutions’ MSP program. He and his team of 52 Program Managers, Program Professionals, Onboarding Specialists and more represent our HCA Healthcare facility clients to our staffing partners and to our in-house travel recruitment team. 

Eddie joined the HealthTrust team in November 1998 as a per diem staffer in our West Florida office. His mother worked for HCA Healthcare’s West Florida division at the time and had heard about an opportunity in a local staffing office that she thought he would enjoy. With his 21-year work anniversary coming up in November, it’s clear that this career move was the right one for him.

The latest BLS Economic Situation reported that the U.S. economy created 130,000 new jobs in August and payroll wages have increased by 3.2% over the past 12 months. The healthcare sector continues to boost the Jobs Report, contributing 23,900 jobs and accounting for 18% of all job creation last month.