Optimizing Staff Utilization: Effective Scheduling and Deployment of Internal Resources

Challenges in Healthcare Recruitment During COVID-19. During COVID- 19, nearly all hospitals and healthcare systems saw an increased demand for labor and supplies, which led to an increase in operating expenses and a significant decline in revenue. The Cares Act was therefore passed to include several provisions designed to ease the financial burden on hospitals and healthcare facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a competitive job market, it pays to stand out! We have nine selling points you can use to show candidates what's so great about working for your hospital or clinic. We love helping hiring managers win the hearts of talented Advanced Practice Providers.

A CNS, CRNA, NP, and PA labor shortage can be anticipated for late 2021 and 2022. We have seen the largest jump in recognition of the value of Advanced Practice Providers due to the roles they filled during COVID surges. Hospital Human Resource, Talent, and Recruitment will find this difficult to believe, but the excess of healthcare providers, especially CNS, CRNAs, NPs, and PAs, is going to disappear.

The COVID-19 pandemic took hospitals and healthcare systems for an unexpected turn - pushing both the facilities and the staff - financially, emotionally, physically, and mentally. During recent years, the mental health needs of healthcare professionals have been gaining attention as a major public health concern and threat to quality care delivery.

Employee recognition programs are one of the mainspring of setting up a successful employee culture. Employee recognition and engagement theories are based on the idea that your employees need more than an annual "thank you for sticking around. Every year there are dedicated days, weeks, and months to appropriately recognize the contributions of healthcare professionals around the world.

At DirectShifts we work with hundreds of Advanced Practice Provider (APP) leads and physicians to add Nurse Practitioners (NPs), Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and Physician Assistants (PAs) who are collectively referred to as Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) to build their teams. Through these interactions, we have found 3 keys to success when building an APP service or practice. When hiring managers decide to start an APP service, it helps to start by writing a description of the job as part of building a business case.