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We are thrilled to announce that Medical Talent has been recognized as one of the highest-ranked travel nursing companies by BluePipes! This prestigious recognition demonstrates our unwavering commitment to excellence and our dedication to both our healthcare professionals and client facilities.

Why Medical Talent?

At Medical Talent, we pride ourselves on providing exceptional service and support to our travel nurses and allied health professionals. Here’s why we’ve earned a top spot:

Exceptional Support for Healthcare Professionals

Our team is dedicated to offering unparalleled support to our travel healthcare professionals. From the initial job search to the completion of each assignment, we ensure that our travelers have everything they need to succeed and thrive in their careers.

Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Pay

We offer a wide range of benefits and competitive pay packages to our travel nursing professionals. Our goal is to ensure that our team members are well-compensated and have access to the best resources available.

Commitment to Quality and Excellence

Our high ranking by BluePipes reflects our consistent efforts to maintain the highest standards in the industry. We strive to provide quality placements that match the skills and preferences of our healthcare professionals with the needs of our client facilities.

Join the Medical Talent Family

We invite you to become part of the Medical Talent family, where we prioritize your career growth and job satisfaction. Whether you are a healthcare professional seeking exciting travel opportunities or a healthcare facility in need of top-tier staffing solutions, we are here to help you achieve your goals.

Discover why Medical Talent is the top choice for travel nursing professionals across the country. Join us in our mission to provide exceptional care and support, and experience the difference that our commitment to excellence makes.

Thank you for making Medical Talent a top ranked travel nursing company!

The positive reviews given to us throughout the year is the whole reason we are on this list. Medical Talent exists because of healthcare travelers, like you. If you came here as a traveler, considering your next journey, we’re here to help. Every traveler’s journey is important to us. Fill out our quick-apply form to have a recruiter reach out to you within 24 hours and secure your next assignment.

Are you ready to celebrate Nurses Week in style? We’re thrilled to announce a series of exclusive discounts tailored just for you, our incredible nurses! From May 6-12, join us in honoring the dedication, skill, and compassion of healthcare heroes like you. This year, the American Nurses Association has chosen the theme “Nurses Make the Difference,” highlighting the invaluable contributions of nurses worldwide.

At Medical Talent, we’re thrilled to join in the celebration by gathering all the best Nurses Week deals, freebies, discounts, goodies, and coupons for our dedicated nurses.

Here’s a sneak peek at the discounts:

Clothing and shoes:

Adidas

30% online/in-store and 15% at outlets

Levis

15% OFF first responder and medical professional

Lululemon

Offers 15% off to First Responders including firefighters, law enforcement, search and rescue, EMTs, and nurses and doctors

Nike

Offers a 10% discount off most items on Nike.com and in the Nike App to eligible first responders and medical professionals in the US

North Face

Join XPLR Pass and get 10% off your first online purchase

Stanley

EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT: Nurses, First Responders

Beyond

35% off for nurses after verification on ID.me

Brooks

25% off for nurses after verification on ID.me

Scrubs:

Hotels and Travel

Caesar hotel

Up to 30% OFF verify ID.ME

Wyndham

In honor of the #EverydayHeroes fighting on the front lines, we’re offering all essential workers an instant complimentary GOLD membership upgrade

Hyatt

Must use offer code 145029 at time of booking to qualify. The traveling nurse rate varies by participating hotel and is non-commissionable. Terms and conditions apply.

Dollar Car Rental

Up to 25% off for nurses after using ID.me for verification

Hertz Rental Car

Up to 25% off for nurses after using ID.me for verification

Budget Rental Car

Up to 25% off for nurses after using ID.me for verification

Food & Dining:

Chick-Fil-A

Chick-fil-A doesn’t offer a national nurses week discount, but local franchises do – check their website to find your local restaurant

G.O.A.T. Fuel

Get this health-forward energy drink from NFL G.O.A.T. Jerry Rice and his daughter Jaqui Rice Gold for 15% off.

Thrive Market

Thrive Market offers free one year memberships to nurses. Use ID.me for verification.

Hello Fresh

Hello Fresh is offering 55% off and free shipping on their first Hello Fresh box. Plus ongoing 15% off for all nurses.

WELLNESS – VITAMINS & SUPPLEMENTS

Pachamama CBD Oil

30% off for all frontline workers: get it here

GNC

GNC is giving 10% off purchases. Use ID.me for verification

Ritual

Ritual is giving 20% off your first three months. Use ID.me for verification

Natural Cycles

Natural Cycles: Healthcare workers & first-responders get 20% off

GET STARTED WITH MEDICAL TALENT

Ready to level up your healthcare career? Medical Talent is here to help. Contact us today and browse our current openings.

Tis the season… flu season, that is. As cold and flu season bears down upon us, it’s important that your healthcare facility is prepared. That includes your nursing staff, support staff, and patients. But how do you do it?

Here are five tips to get your healthcare facility ready for flu season this year:

#1: Promote Hygiene and Wellness

Encourage healthy practices among your staff, like exercising, getting enough sleep, and eating healthy. While it’s no guarantee against the flu, it certainly helps. Also make a point to share tips with your staff on preventing influenza spread, like disinfecting keyboards, washing hands frequently, and getting the flu vaccine.

#2: Keep Common Areas Disinfected

This flu season, keep a facility-wide plan in place to keep common areas disinfected. Breakrooms, lobbies, and restrooms are breeding grounds for germ-spreading, so evaluate your cleaning strategies to make sure you’re keeping up with routine cleaning and disinfection.

#3: Stock OTC Cold and Flu Medicines

It’s a good idea to bolster your stock of over-the-counter cold and flu medications as the season gets into full swing. Not only is this helpful for your staff if they feel like they’re coming down with something, it can boost morale and lower the chance of employees sharing medication with one another. Cold, cough, and headache relief medicine, cough drops, and basic painkillers are all good options.

#4: Monitor Flu Alerts

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) publishes an influenza surveillance report weekly, which monitors the geographical spread of the flu by state. This can be extremely helpful for determining whether your facility might be in the path of a swell of flu cases.

#5: Boost Your Staff

If you get a sudden rush of patients because of the flu or another disease, it can leave your staff caught off guard and struggling to catch up. You need to have a plan in place to boost your staff if the need arises. That’s where an experienced nursing staffing agency like Medical Talent comes in. We can help augment your existing staff with skilled nurses and medical professionals, alleviating the burden on your core team and helping you to get through flu season successfully.

Trust Medical Talent This Flu Season

Need to ramp up your staff as flu season gets closer? Our recruiters are here to help. Contact Medical Talent today to learn more and get started.

Travel nursing has always been a fairly popular niche within the nursing field. And it’s no wonder why – travel nurses get to see all corners of the country, explore new cities on a regular basis, and work with a wide variety of teams to grow their skills. Travel nursing continued to be popular through the pandemic, as added nursing help was needed in hotspots around the United States.

Although we’re through the worst of the pandemic, it’s still a great time to be a travel nurse. Here’s why:

Job Security

You’ve probably heard that there’s a serious talent shortage going on right now in a variety of industries. Healthcare is no exception. The nursing shortage is affecting facilities far and wide, which means your talents as a travel nurse are in high demand. That gives you job security – become a travel nurse, and you can have your pick of placements where you want to work. Plus, you’ll be exposed to a variety of areas within nursing, helping you to explore different specialties and narrow down where you might want to take your career in the future.

Flexibility

Of course, the flexibility of travel nursing is still a great reason to explore this exciting side of nursing. You get to decide when and where you want to work. You can take as long of a break as you’d like in between assignments, or you can go from one assignment to the next. This kind of flexibility is very helpful if you want to plan your schedule around holidays, vacations, family events, etc.

Compensation

While the exorbitant salaries and huge sign-on bonuses of peak pandemic months are behind us, you’ll still be very well compensated as a travel nurse. According to nursejournal.org, the average travel nurse salary is between $3,000 and $7,000 a week in some areas. That can be significantly higher than staff nurse salaries at hospitals, specialty facilities, and nursing or long-term care homes.

Launch Your Travel Nursing Journey With Us

Thinking of becoming a travel nurse, but not sure where to start? You’ve come to the right place. Medical Talent places skilled travel nurses in top facilities around the country. Contact a recruiter and browse our job openings to learn more and get started.

In today’s digital job market, it can seem like cover letters are unnecessary, or overkill. Why send a cover letter when you’ve already included your resume, which covers everything a hiring manager needs to know? If you have the skills and experience necessary to make a difference in healthcare, why bother with a cover letter at all?

The truth is that cover letters are by no means a thing of the past. They do serve a purpose – an important one. Here’s why you need to include a cover letter in your next healthcare job application:

Cover letters showcase your soft skills.

Your resume covers your hard skills – the technical skills you have that lets you improve lives every day. But any healthcare professional worth their salt knows that these skills are only half the battle. You need to have the right personality, the right character, to really make a difference in a healthcare setting. Not anyone can do this job, and your cover letter is the place to explain why you can.

Ensure that your cover letter showcases your soft skills as well as your technical ability. Explain how your natural empathy improves your bedside manner, how your multitasking skills help you facilitate better patient outcomes for your team, how your communication skills ensure mistakes aren’t made. This is what really sets you apart from the competition.

Cover levers convey your personality.

The way you write and structure your cover letter also helps to convey your personality as a nurse. Because healthcare organizations are looking for healthcare professionals who fit their culture, you want to come across as a competent, likeable, personable professional – not a robot. Let your natural style come through in your cover letter so the hiring manager can get a sense of who you are, not just what you can do.

Cover letters let you sell yourself.

Your resume isn’t a document that sells you to the employer. It simply lists your qualifications to get you in the door. Your cover letter is where you can go beyond that – it lets you explain why you’re a great fit for the role, what you can bring to the organization, and how you hope to grow and advance in your career moving forward.

Looking For Your Next Opportunity?

Ready to put your resume and cover letter to good use with a new job? Contact Medical Talent to speak directly with one of our skilled healthcare recruiters.

Travel nursing is a dynamic, exciting, and adventurous career choice. But it’s not all glamorous, especially as we approach the holiday season. If you’re considering a career as a travel nurse or if you’re heading into your first holiday season on the road, there are some challenges to be aware of.

Time Away from Family

Perhaps the biggest difficulty for many travel nurses who are working during the holidays is spending this time of year away from family. It’s tough to be away from the comfort of home during the holidays, especially if you’re working in an entirely different state or the whole way across the country. And since patients need care year-round – even on the major holidays – it’s possible that you won’t have off work on these important dates. You’ll need to make peace with the fact that your job comes with sacrifices; but remember that you’re doing something good for other people and spending your holidays with the patients who need you.

Travel Logistics

Logistics can be a hassle any time of year, but it tends to get even worse around the holidays as more and more people are traveling. Dealing with time zone changes, unfamiliar weather, adjusting to new places, arranging flights, and more can really take a toll – especially if you’re taking on a new assignment for the first time.

Visit nursing.org’s travel nursing page for a list of online resources on everything from packing tips and tax information to networking hints and certification resources.

Licensing

No matter the time of year, licensing can be a challenge for travel nurses. Travel nurses are required to have an active license for every state in which they work, and that can take a lot of planning. Of course, many states are covered under the Compact license agreement, allowing nurses to get just one license. Note that additional certifications might be needed if you’re hired for a specialty position like a role in labor/delivery or the emergency room.

To keep it all straight, trust an experienced travel nurse staffing agency like Medical Talent to help you on your journey.

Get Help with Your Travel Nursing Career

Medical ’ talented recruiters are here for you every step of the way. Contact our team to learn more about how we can help your travel nursing career progress, and browse our current openings here.

A shortage of nurses existed before COVID-19, but the pandemic certainly highlighted the problem – and made it worse. Demand for nurses and other healthcare professionals is expected to grow significantly over the next decade, which increases competition among healthcare organizations like yours. That’s where partnering with a healthcare staffing agency like Medical Talent can help.

Let’s examine just three of the major benefits of working with a healthcare staffing agency:

Fill Talent Gaps and Prevent Staff Shortages

Skills gaps and staff shortages aren’t just an inconvenience in the world of healthcare; it can lead to inadequate patient care. Whether it’s unplanned absences, maternity leave, or a pandemic stretching the pool of qualified talent thin, you need to be able to adapt – fast. Connecting with a healthcare staffing agency means you have the talent you need at your fingertips, when you need it. If you need to ramp up staffing for a busy period – like flu season, for example – you can do so quickly and efficiently. When you don’t need the extra help, you can scale back to save money and resources.

Save Time on Candidate Sourcing

How much time does your internal HR team spend setting up job listings, screening through applications and resumes, setting up interviews, narrowing down the list… it all takes up a lot of time and resources. When you rely on a healthcare staffing agency, the entire recruiting process is taken care of for you. That means you free up your core team to focus on operational objectives and important business tasks. Plus, you get the healthcare talent you need faster.

Outsource Payrolling and Credentialing

If you rely on a healthcare staffing agency for temporary nursing help, per diem, travel nurses, or other arrangements that aren’t permanent hires, the agency will help with any necessary vetting and credentialing. Plus, those nurses remain on the agency’s payroll, not yours. That means you offload the burden of payroll – including paycheck processing, distribution, tax withholdings, and much more – and let the professionals handle it.

Start Your Relationship with Medical Talent

Our medical staffing division can help you find the nurses and healthcare professionals your organization needs to improve patient outcomes and remain successful. Contact a member of our healthcare recruitment team to learn more about our services and get started.

Before you embark on your job hunt, it’s a good idea to clean up your social media presence. Why? Because, like it or not, potential employers may look at your online presence – and make a judgment based on what they find. You don’t want to ruin your chances of landing a great job just because of something you’ve put on social media.

Here are some quick steps to take to clean up your social media before job hunting:

Deactivate old or duplicate accounts.

If you have any old or duplicate accounts out there, it’s wise to go ahead and delete them entirely if you’re not using them. There’s no sense in having more accounts out there – there could be something on those accounts that you’d rather not have an employer see. Plus, it could confuse the hiring manager who is looking over your social media if they find multiple accounts for the same person. It’s best to have only the active accounts that you use and make sure they’re representing you how you want to be seen.

Delete any posts that could detract from your reputation.

Make sure anything inappropriate or controversial is deleted from your social media platforms entirely. It’s always best to play it safe. Don’t forget to check out any posts or photos you’ve been tagged in, too. An easy way to make sure you’re in the clear is to Google your own name and see what comes up. If a result ties back to something inappropriate on your social channels, take the necessary steps to get it taken down.

Clean up your profile names and handles.

Your profile names, extensions, and handles are an extension of you as a professional. It’s a good idea to make sure they all match and that they use your real name. If possible, make your profile names and handles appear the same way your name appears on your resume. It’s an easy way to look professional and ensure a hiring manager who is looking at your profiles that they’ve found the right person.

Follow relevant groups and organizations.

It’s possible that a hiring manager will also take a look at the organizations, people, and groups you follow on social media. Make sure that who and what you follow reflects your professional goals and values. Following organizations relevant to your field and the jobs you’re applying to is a great way to stand out from the crowd and put yourself at the top of the candidate pile.

Find Your Next Role With Medical Talent

Looking for a new opportunity? Turn to Medical Talent for help. Contact our team to get started on your job search today.

Have you ever considered partnering with a staffing firm to source and hire top talent? There are many benefits to doing so. You’ll find qualified candidates quickly and reduce your time to hire and the costs associated with posting job openings, reviewing resumes, and interviewing. Plus, you’ll be able to free up your core staff to focus on broader objectives and facility goals rather than getting bogged down in the details of the hiring process. And it turns out that partnering with a staffing firm is mutually beneficial – it’s as good for the firm as it is for you.

A staffing firm can meet a variety of needs.

Do you need permanent or full-time team members to add to your roster? How about temporary or contract workers? Maybe you’re not ready to commit to a full-time relationship without testing out the employee on the job first. In any of these situations, a staffing partner can help. By offering temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire options – just to name a few – you’re gaining access to a variety of solutions to meet your hiring and staffing needs. And the staffing firm benefits from your business and gets to engage all its business lines as necessary.

A staffing firm is your long-term partner.

Don’t think of a staffing firm as a one-time solution. The aim is to be your long-term partner, available for you whenever the need for a staffing solution arises. Need one temporary employee in a few days to cover an unplanned absence? A larger pool of contractors to assist during busy periods? A full-time member of leadership to help guide your facility in a new direction? Staffing firms can help with all of the above. By remaining your trusted source for staffing, the firm keeps up business while your facility benefits from having the necessary staffing solutions available at a moment’s notice.

Staffing firms can help with more than just staffing.

Staffing might be in the name, but staffing firms also help with a lot more than just hiring. From assistance with worker classification and compliance to safety training, background checks, drug screenings, pre-employment interviews, and much more, you can rely on your staffing partner for a variety of needs beyond simply finding great people for your facility.

Turn To Medical Talent for Help With Hiring and More

Our Medical Division is here for you. Contact our recruitment experts today to learn more about our services and get started.