Happy Nurses Week!

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions is thankful for the excellent support that the organization continues to receive from our valued vendor partners. At this time, we wanted to provide an update regarding timekeeping expectations for clinicians.

HealthTrust Workforce Solutions is thankful for the excellent support that the organization continues to receive from our valued vendor partners. At this time, we wanted to provide you with an update regarding our current floating expectations for your clinicians who are working on a per diem basis. 

According to the "US Staffing Industry Forecast: April 2021 Update" report released this week by SIA, temporary staffing within the United States is set to grow by 11% this year to a combine total of $134.7 billion. The trend, if it holds, will surpass the pre-pandemic level in 2019.

The March 2021 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Hiring Situation Report revealed that payrolls surged in the final month of Q1 2021, with the economy adding 916,000 new jobs- the largest gains seen since September 2020. The unemployment rate inched down to 6.0% in March from 6.2% in February.  These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to COVID-19.  However, overall healthcare employment changed little last month and hospital employment has declined in each month of 2021 so far. Within healthcare, 11,500 new jobs were added in March, the majority of which were added in ambulatory care settings (15,300). These gains were offset by a loss of 600 jobs in hospital settings and 3,200 in nursing and residential care facilities. 

HealthTrust has developed an infographic with helpful information featuring recommendations from the CDC about what you should and should not do after you've received the COVID-19 vaccination.

Major economic gains were seen in February’s U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Hiring Situation Report, with the economy adding 379,000 new jobs last month as the pandemic’s winter wave recedes.  The unemployment rate inched down to 6.2% in February from 6.3% in January.  Payrolls remain 9.5 million short of pre-crisis levels. 

Within healthcare, 19,900 new jobs were added in February, with strong gains seen in ambulatory care settings (28,900). Other healthcare settings did not fare as well and continued to demonstrate job loss, with 2,200 hospital jobs and 6,800 nursing care facility jobs disappearing last month. Broader employment in health care and social assistance is down by 909,000 over the year.

Dear Valued Vendor Partners,