It's no secret that medical and healthcare recruiters and hiring managers have an increasingly challenging time to recruit talent. Whether it is the healthcare talent shortage or lack of time to source, vet and recruit the very best talent, there are a number of reasons why partnering with a healthcare staffing agency is vital for the growth and health of your team. Today, we're tackling five reasons you need need a healthcare staffing agency for your hiring and recruiting!
1. Your team is chronically understaffed
Many medical and healthcare organizations are continually understaffed from burn out, high turnover or other reasons. Perhaps your team is navigating leaves due to maternity leave, family medical leave (FMLA), and other short-term gaps. When you have a staffing shortage, it’s hard enough to juggle the everyday activities of running your organization without having to add the additional effort of looking for qualified workers. Partnering with a healthcare staffing agency is a great solution to fill in both short term or temporary needs as well as finding valued healthcare staff for permanent roles.
2. The candidates you have are not matching your needs
Typically, finding applicants isn’t a problem; rather it’s finding a wide range qualified candidates who have the right experience, expertise, and qualifications that is a common issue for many healthcare recruiters. When you partner with a healthcare staffing agency, you are matched with recruiters who take the time to understand your hiring needs and has a vast pool of candidates on and off the market that may not learn about your job otherwise. Healthcare recruiters can help find candidates that fill the skills gap that so many organizations are struggling with.
3. Onboarding and payroll are taken care of
When working with a healthcare staffing agency you have the advantage of letting the agency shoulder much of the work. In addition to recruiting top talent for your team and hiring needs, healthcare staffing agencies also take care of the onboarding and payrolling of the temporary candidate while they are working for you. Because the candidate is technically the agency's employee, they have the responsibility to onboard, pay and even in some cases offer benefits such as health, dental, and more for the life span of their assignment!
4. Hire volume staff with ease
Perhaps you are looking to hire many candidates to fill a need for a project or new initiative. Working with a healthcare staffing agency gives you the ability to hire exactly the amount of people when you need and for how long you need. Short-term or long-term projects are a breeze to fill with staffing agencies. Or if you have anticipated growth for your company in the near future, it can be extremely beneficial to work with a staffing agency to ensure you are getting the top talent and individuals for your team in a reasonable timeframe.
5. Reach an extensive candidate network
Partnering with a healthcare and medical staffing agency can double or triple your reach in an instant. It is the job of agencies and their recruiters to grow their relationships and network with viable medical and healthcare professionals across the nation. Working with an agency gives you the ability to dip into their national scale of a network and gain candidates within the healthcare industry that you may not find otherwise. Not only do staffing agencies have experience in cases of emergencies and disaster relief, but they also provide temporary medical professionals and healthcare workers to understaffed facilities and organizations quickly and efficiently.
Whether you are an in house recruiter or single hiring manager, having the option to partner with a staffing agency for your medical and healthcare staffing needs is extremely helpful. Whether it's a situation where you've exhausted your networks and reach, or if you need the additional manpower to help recruit in volume or for those hard to find healthcare positions, a healthcare staffing agency is a great partnership. To learn more about the resource Scion Medical can be for your recruiting and hiring team is click here.