New on the Onward Healthcare Blog – Saving Money On The Road

When you’re traveling between assignments, moving into new places, and getting comfortable in your new facility, the last thing you want to worry about is breaking the bank on the road. With these useful and easy Thrifty Travel Savings Tips about Saving Money On The Road, you’ll be saving money like a pro, no matter where you assignments take you, or how you get there!

New Resource Article – Questions to Ask Your Travel Recruiter: Part 1

For those who are brand new to Travel Nursing and aren’t sure where to start, or even what questions to ask, this handy Healthcare Traveler Tips article is the perfect career resource. Part 1 of Questions to Ask Your Travel Recruiter offers the top 10 must-ask questions that you should cover with your Travel Recruiter as you set off on your exciting career as a travel nurse.

New Travel Nursing Insider – Top 5 Travel Nursing Specialties

The latest episode of the Travel Nursing Insider brings you insight from Onward Healthcare’s Director of Travel Nursing, Lindsay Francis, and Senior Recruiter, Suzanne Johnson, about the top 5 specialties in travel nursing. Tune into this episode for great tips on how you can leverage this demand to land awesome assignments all over the country.

Marketing Director, Steve Dobrowski

Our newest episode of Travel Nursing Insider from Onward Healthcare explores the best ways to work a job fair or exhibit hall at a nursing conference with Job Fair Tips for Travel Nurses.

Getting the most out of  nursing job fairs and conferences is important to the success of your travel nursing career, so Onward Healthcare Marketing Director Steve Dobrowski (pictured) joined host Peter Clayton to share his advice and tips for networking success at your next event.

Steve highlights value of mapping out a game plan before the conference or job fair so you arrive with resume in hand and a list of companies and people you want to connect with. Once you’re there, making the best impression is important, even if you don’t have a formal interview scheduled. Arriving prepared will help you appear more professional, organized and approachable to everyone you meet.

Peter and Steve wrap up this great episode with helpful tips on organizing all your conference takeaways, solidifying the connections from the show and what shows Onward Healthcare will be participating in over the coming months.

To listen to the show, visit the Travel Nursing Insider home page or click the link below to find it on iTunes.

A travel therapy podcast dedicated to helping rehab professionals with the job search process.

Onward Healthcare is thrilled to announce the launch of Travel Therapy Career Cast, a brand new podcast just for travel therapists!  Travel Therapy Career Cast follows in the footsteps of Onward Healthcare’s award winning Travel Nursing Insider podcast, and is a part of our ongoing efforts to inform and educate the rehab / therapy community of the benefits of a travel career.

In the inaugural episode, “Travel Therapy 101“, Onward Healthcare’s national director of recruitment services, Heather Markelz, describes what it’s like to work with a healthcare staffing company. More specifically, Heather talks about the steps involved in a starting a travel therapy career, what a typical assignment entails, as well as why many therapists choose to travel.

Future episodes of Travel Therapy Career Cast will touch on topics ranging from choosing the travel therapy job that’s right for you, tips for the interview process, career facts vs. fiction, and much more!

You’ll find all the Travel Therapy Career Cast episodes available on the Onward Healthcare Travel Therapy Podcast page and free through the iTunes store by searching keywords “Travel Therapy Career Cast.”

Travel nurse recruiter, Suzanne Johnson

In the latest edition of Travel Nursing Insider, we continue to debunk some of the most common misconceptions about travel nursing careers with Fact vs. Fiction, Part 2. Onward Healthcare travel nursing recruiters Suzanne Johnson (pictured) and Lindsay Francis join host Peter Clayton for more insightful discussion on what to believe and what to ignore when it comes to hearsay about travel nursing careers.

Some of the myths addressed in this episode include how “assignment hopping” can affect your resume and whether or not you really have a choice in the location of your assignments. Lindsay and Suzanne also cover trends in seasonal travel nursing needs and how to handle an emergency that might take you away from an assignment, which makes this episode a wonderful resource of all travel nurses regardless of experience level. To listen to the show, visit the Travel Nursing Insider home page or download the episode from the TNI podcast page on iTunes.

Travel Nurse Recruiter, Lindsay Francis

In our brand new episode of Travel Nursing Insider, we tackle the most common misconceptions about working as a traveling nurse so you can tell the difference between fact and fiction. Travel nursing recruiters Lindsay Francis (pictured) and Suzanne Johnson  dive into the reality behind common travel nursing myths including career stability, cost of living and the length of assignments.

They also discuss how permanent and temporary employees tend to get along, plus whether or not there’s an age limit for travel nurses. Whether you’re considering a career in travel nursing or you’ve been in the industry for years, this episode is definitely worth a listen. To listen to the show, visit the Travel Nursing Insider home page or download the episode from the TNI podcast page on iTunes.

With this in mind, Onward Healthcare is proud to introduce a brand new Healthcare Traveler Resources Page on our main website. This is a one stop source for helpful information designed to ensure you have everything you need for each of your assignments. Here is a summary of all the valuable information and resources you’ll find:

• Links to the Onward Healthcare blog and Travel Nursing Insider podcast; the two best sources of news and info for your travel nursing, occupational therapy and physical therapy careers.
• A list of all the compliance forms needed for each travel assignment with Onward Healthcare.
• Convenient links to download the Onward Healthcare timesheet and the traveler expense statement forms.
• A handy list of nursing licensure and rehab licensure timeframes for all 50 states including links to the all state boards for nurses and rehab professionals.
• Information about our free private traveler housing option as well as our new “Traveler Housing Concierge Plan” that allows you to increase your base pay through subsidy, while still utilizing the services of the Onward Healthcare housing department.
• A link to the Packing Checklist for Healthcare Travelers that offers a list a thourough list of items to take with you on your next travel assignment.
• Our collections of 101 Travel Nursing Links and 51 Physical Therapy Links that spotlight the best informational sites, blogs and social media networks to keep you informed and connected on every assignment.

We think you’ll find everything you need on our new Resources Page to ease the transition process from one new travel nursing job to the next. If you’d like to see additions to the page, please let us know; we’d love to hear your suggestions!

Marketing Director, Steve Dobrowski

In the tenth episode of our Travel Nursing Insider podcast, marketing director Steve Dobrowski (pictured), discusses the effect that social media sites have had on the travel nursing industry. He gives his first hand account of which sites are most prevalent amongst the travel nursing community and how nurses can utilize them to stay connected to family and friends while on assignment, as well as get the latest news and offerings from a variety of different travel nursing agencies. Finally, he touches upon how social media has revolutionized the job search process for travel RNs and where they should go to look for the latest and greatest travel nursing assignments. To listen to the show, visit the Travel Nursing Insider home page or click the link below to find it on iTunes.

Lindsay Francis, Travel Nurse Recruitment Manager

In this month’s episode of Travel Nursing Insider, Sera Cullen, director of travel nursing, and Lindsay Francis (pictured), travel nurse recruitment manager, offer tips and advice on how to select the travel nursing job that is right for you. The two delve into the typical questions they hear from most first time travel RNs and offer up answers. They then break down the differences between big city and small town hospitals and what travelers can expect from each. Finally they offer some advice on how to secure the location you truly desire. To listen to the show, visit the Travel Nursing Insider home page or click the link below to find it on iTunes.

Marla Pelle, Director of Quality Management

In our latest episode of Travel Nursing Insider, Deb Shea, vice-president of travel nursing, and Marla Pelle (pictured), director of quality management break down the compliance and credentialing process for a travel nurse. They start by explaining the requirements set forth by the Joint Commission, as well as the role the federal government and registries play in the process. Then they describe the different nursing files that are required, which the separate into three different buckets – personnel, medical and payroll. Finally, they close out the show by giving RNs some inside info on how to best manage your compliance info so you can move fluidly from one assignment to the next.  To listen to the show, visit the Travel Nursing Insider home page or click the link below to find the TNI podcast page on iTunes.

Sera C., Travel Nurse Director

In the 7th episode of the award winning podcast series Travel Nursing Insider, travel nurse director Sera C. (pictured) explains how the travel nurse renewal process works when on assignment. Sera advises when you should begin thinking about your next travel nursing job and the different requirements involved in extending an assignment verses changing facilities. Finally she gives her insight as to how the compliance and benefits process works when changing assignments, as well as how to go about scheduling vacation time. To listen to the podcast, visit iTunes via the image link below or visit the Travel Nursing Insider website.