Congrats to the Onward Healthcare, Livingston, NJ Office on their award!

We are proud to announce that the Onward Healthcare, Livingston, NJ office has been selected for the 2010 Best of Business Award in the Healthcare Staffing category by the Small Business Commerce Association.

The SBCA Award Program recognizes the top 5% of small businesses throughout the country. Using statistical research and consumer feedback, the SBCA identifies companies that it believes have demonstrated what makes small businesses a vital part of the American economy.

“We are extremely pleased to be recognized within our community,” stated Kim McCabe, branch manager for Onward Healthcare’s Livingston office.  “At Onward Healthcare, we pride ourselves in providing the New Jersey market with the best-of-the-best healthcare professionals are excited to be recognized by the SBCA.”

Congratulations to the entire team of the Livingston, NJ Onward Healthcare office on being recognized for providing outstanding service and exemplifying what makes small businesses great!

We are thrilled to be recognized by the 123 healthcare and Internet judges who reviewed nearly 1,300 entries based on a proprietary multi-point standard of Internet excellence.  We take great pride in being honored along side other organizations who hold efficiency, innovation and customer service as highly as we do.

The real recognition belongs to our internal marketing team who worked tirelessly to improve our website over the years and most recently, completed an impressive site redesign focused on a more attractive interface and simpler usability for visitors. For their dedication and vision, this award belongs to them and we thank them wholeheartedly!

Last but not least, we’d also like to congratulate all the winners in this year’s competition for demonstrating excellence through their online healthcare presence. Our industry is experiencing significant change these days so it’s crucial we all provide the best service, insight and examples for others as possible.

Jamela B., DPT – Travel physical therapist currently in Pennsylvania on her 3rd assignment.

“Jamela has been working for us since November ’09 when she came to us as a new grad looking for a travel physical therapy assignment in California. We successfully placed her in a facility in Salinas and they loved her. They extended her offer which she accepted, and offered again after that but her wish was to experience the travel lifestyle. We discussed several possibilities and she ended up choosing Texas for her next location, followed by Pennsylvania where she is now. Working out of the Cherry Hill (NJ) office, I’m extremely excited to meet her in person while she is in the area. The best things about Jamela are her enthusiasm, professionalism and open mindedness. She is such a sincere and lovely person, which comes across in all dealings with her!”

Submitted by: Claire T., Allied Health Recruiter, Cherry Hill, NJ

Adegoke A., RN – ER nurse on assignment in New York.

“Adegoke has been working with the All Care division of Onward Healthcare since 1999 and has completed over 36 travel assignments and local contracts in the NYC and Long Island area for over 10 major healthcare facilities. His skills are superb, he is very reliable and his attendance is almost perfect. Adegoke consistently shows eagerness to obtain his next assignment and is deeply committed to delivering quality patient care at each facility he goes to!”

Submitted by: Catalina V., Travel Nurse Recruiter, Melville, NY

Lynn F., DPT – Travel physical therapist currently in New York on her 6th assignment.

“Lynn has not only excelled at each assignment through her performance, professionalism, and hard work ethic, but has been one of the most loyal travelers I’ve had the pleasure of working with.  Lynn has has demonstrated her allegiance to Onward through a countless stream of referrals over the two years she has worked with us.  In addition, this past month she accompanied me on a visit to her Alma mater, Daemen College, to speak to their graduating class about a career as a travel physical therapist and her enjoyment working for Onward Healthcare. I could not ask for more out of a candidate then we get from Lynn!”

Submitted by: Adam P., Senior Allied Recruiter, Wilton

Tim D., RN – ER nurse currently in Oklahoma on his 8th assignment.

“Tim is the ideal travel nursing candidate in every which way you could ask for. He is responsive, flexible and a very hard worker.  He continues to impress at each assignment he travels to and consistently warrants top notch evaluations from each hospital he works at. Moreover, Tim is simply a pleasure to work with as a recruiter and always puts a smile on my face when we talk!”

Submitted by: Debbie R., Travel Nurse Recruiter, Wilton

Katherine P., RN – PACU Nurse currently on assignment in Arizona

“Katherine’s strong communications skills make her a pleasure to work with, both for our team and her nurse manager and colleagues. Katherine continually exhibits strong commitment to the traveling nurse profession, which shined brightly last month. Katherine had a family emergency that would’ve caused most nurses to walk from their assignment, however due to the strong relationship she had developed with her nurse manager, she arranged for 5 days off, traveled home to attend the situation, and then proceeded back to finish her assignment.  She explained to us that she made a commitment to the hospital and it was her duty to honor it. Katherine’s dedication was truly noble!”

Submitted by: Andrea Z., Travel Nurse Director, Florida

Mary Ann H., PT – Travel physical therapy assistant currently on assignment in Massachusetts

“Mary Ann has been a first rate employee and a great humanitarian since she started with us as a travel physical therapist over a year ago. In addition to being a committed employee, she devotes her spare time to charity work and clinic building in third world countries. Her professionalism and quality of work is so impressive that her manager continually seeks us out to renew her at least one to two months in advance. With all of her attributes she remains humble and without a sense of entitlement and an absolute joy to work with!”

Submitted by: Barbara J., Senior Allied Recruiter, Wilton

Kathleen K., PTA – Travel physical therapy assistant currently on assignment in North Carolina

“Kathleen is an excellent therapist, wonderful person, and all around exemplary traveler. Kathleen has that special kind of personality where her on-going cheerful optimism is contagious to all those around her. After working with Kathleen for almost 3 years, what I appreciate most is her dedication and loyalty to both her company and her job. Both Onward Healthcare and every facility Kathleen is placed with are truly lucky to have her working on their team.”

Submitted by: Gillian D., Senior Travel Allied Recruiter, Wilton

Adegoke A., RN – ICU/ER Nurse currently on assignment in New York

“Adegoke has been with All Care / Onward Healthcare since 1999. His loyalty and dedication have constantly shined during that time. He has completed a number of travel nursing assignments and local positions in the NYC and Long Island area with over ten major healthcare facilities in his ten years of service. His skills are superb, his attendance and reliability are almost perfect, and his eagerness to obtain his next assignment is always intense. Most of all, Adegoke is committed to delivering quality patient care everywhere he goes, which show from the great feedback we get from his managers and colleagues.”

Submitted by: Catalina V., Nurse Recruiter, Melville

Desiree J., RN – PICU Travel Nurse currently on assignment in Arizona

“In my 6+ years in the travel nursing industry, Desiree is truly is one of the best travelers I have ever worked with. She came to me as a first time traveler in November of 2007 and has been working with Onward Healthcare ever since. She is one of the best nurses I’ve ever dealt with in regards to having her compliance in order for each assignment and she carries that sense of responsibility and work ethic to the hospital as well. Desiree consistently gets awesome references from every facility she works with and gets an awesome one from me as well!”

Submitted by: Stacy B., Travel Nurse Director, Encinitas

Maria J., Occupational Therapist – Travel OT currently on assignment in Michigan

“Maria has been with us for almost a year now and has been an absolute joy to work with! When she first contracted with us, she dealt with long commutes at two different facilities, but chose to stay with us due to her great sense of loyalty. Maria is an absolute team player and it consistently shows from the feedback from her managers. Maria has gotten rave reviews and extension offers at each facility she’s been with. We’re extremely glad she has continued to work with Onward!”

Submitted by: Darius F., Travel Allied Recruiter

The Travel Nursing Insider has been downloaded by over 500 travel RNs. Visit iTunes to see what everyone's listening to!

Onward Healthcare is excited to announce that our official podcast, Travel Nursing Insider, was named as one of the Top 50 Travel Nursing Blogs by the independently run “A Hearty Blog” website. Travel Nursing Insider was launched in December of 2009 and has had over 500 downloads on iTunes to date. The first five episodes featured members of Onward’s senior recruitment staff walking an RN through the job search, application, interview and acceptance process for a travel nursing job. Future episodes will begin to focus on topics such as what to expect from the orientation process, tips for getting settled in a new city, and how to maximize your travel nursing pay.

We’d like to thank all of the travel RNs who have subscribed to Travel Nursing Insider thus far, and encourage others to down the travel nursing podcast on iTunes.  Episodes 1-5 are extremely useful for nurses looking into a travel nurse job for the first time.  Each episode runs about 12 minutes in length and can be listened to on the Onward Healthcare podcast page or on iTunes.

We are excited to announce our first two winners for January 2010:

Kenny D., RN – ER Travel Nurse currently on assignment in Nebraska

“Kenny is on his second assignment with Onward and has been one of the best traveler’s I’ve had the pleasure of working with! He is currently working in Nebraska and the staff has nothing but great things to say about him.  Every nurse that has worked with him speaks very highly of him and states that he works well will all members throughout the hospital.  He never had a complaint about his assignment or Onward, and is nothing but a great traveler to work with!”

Submitted by: Erika L., Travel Nurse Recruiter

Nadine P., Physical Therapist – Travel PT currently on assignment in California

“Nadine is a remarkable PT and a dedicated employee. We are very fortunate to have her represent our company. She has been asked to return to every facility we have placed her in and rehab companies have actually opened up positions specifically for her. She is wonderful and I appreciate all of her hard work!

Submitted by: Barbara J., Travel Allied Recruiter

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