Your health system’s goals for a quality contingent staffing program may have you asking yourself some key questions about your current process.
1. Does your current process allow for the widest choice of quality temporary staff?
If you rely on a go-to agency, it may be time to consider a wider pool of staffing partners. Then by remaining vendor neutral, your organization can benefit from the submission of multiple candidates. This allows for choices, the ability to compare for quality and compliance, and leaves the ultimate hiring decision to you.
2. Is there a better way to Manage Documents and stay compliant?
Going paperless for management, storage, and verification of credentials can provide you with greater efficiency and easy access to staff profiles. And, electronic verification, tracking and reporting offers reduced risk with Joint Commission adherence.
3. How can we monitor our success or challenges, in order to make good decisions about changes in our process?
A VMS tool such as ShiftWise offers electronic reporting based on all activity within the system. Reporting can be generated about all aspects of your staffing program including Spend, Fill Rates, Un-met Needs, Cancelations, Agency activity.
4. How can we become more efficient and reduce the time and hours spent in the staffing process?
A one-stop VMS tool for your staffing program provides a single place to manage the entire process. You’ll streamline with features such as; Greatly reduced need for phone calls and emails, Single creation of an order in one location, Instant notification of your needs to all your contracted agencies, Consolidated Invoicing process, Electronic document management, and Staff member evaluations.
5. What if we’ve gotten a directive to reduce agency spend?
Expanding your internal pool will give you the opportunity to use your own resources and reduce agency spend. Then, by offering electronic access to your internal staff, they will have the ability to view and book themselves to open shifts. A VMS tool such as ShiftWise can be customized to reflect your specific needs, including offering mobile access for your internal staff.
With the right tool in place, customized to the needs of your organization, your temporary staffing process can move closer to achieving all of its goals.
