To become a traveler, you must be a graduate
of an accredited healthcare professional program in the United States
or Canada. We have programs available both for nursing professionals
with eight or more months of clinical experience and for new graduates.
You will also need to provide a
valid professional practice license or certification, and proof
of the right to work in the United States.
Flexibility, a positive outlook and an
eagerness to enjoy a new adventure coupled with excellent clinical
skills.
Yes! Changing locations as a traveler demonstrates
your dedication to your profession, as well as your personal adaptability
and the flexibility of your clinical practice. As the travel healthcare
industry is well-understood by nurse managers and hospital human
resource professionals, when your travel career is over and you
are seeking a permanent position, your resume will be strengthened
by the list of travel assignments.
All types of hospitals, from prestigious
teaching facilities to small, rural ones, use travel nurses. If
your only job so far has been in a small hospital and you wish to
continue at a similar facility, your travel nurse company will find
an assignment that is right for you. Whatever your goal, there is
a travel nurse assignment that meets your needs and goals.
Each hospital has its own way of orienting
and integrating travelers, depending on the size of the facility,
how many travelers they use, how they orient their permanent staff,
the orientation procedures of your individual assignment unit, etc.
Your recruiter at your travel nursing company will be able to provide
you with many of these orientation details when you discuss potential
assignments. This is also a great question to bring up during your
interviews with the hiring managers at potential assignment locations.
Quality management specialists at Berean Healthcare Staffing will work with you and your recruiter to
ensure that you have all the necessary information to obtain the
required license for your assignment state well before your start
date. As each state does have its own rules and regulations (which
change frequently), we encourage you to contact the individual state
boards directly to obtain the most up-to-date information and
application paperwork.
The majority of assignments are 13 weeks.
A few shorter assignments are available. It is possible to extend
an assignment beyond its original length (e.g., 26 weeks), which
many travelers do.
No. The contractual relationship between
you and Berean Healthcare Staffing is based on an assignment-by-assignment
basis.
Forty hours per week is considered full-time
for travelers working 8 or 10-hour shifts. Travelers who work 12-hour
shifts are considered full-time at 36 hours per week.
Assignments are available throughout the
50 states in all types of healthcare facilities.
Yes! Traveling as a healthcare professional
is a fantastic way to explore the country as a family.
Yes! Many "travel partners" select their
assignments together and either work at the same hospital or at
different hospitals in the same city. Some share apartments while
others arrange to have their own private apartments in the same
complex.
Much of it depends on you and when you
want to start. After your application has been accepted and processed,
Berean Healthcare Staffing will immediately present you as a possible
candidate to hospitals. Some travelers have started an assignment
one week after sending in their initial application.
Please let your recruiter know about any
specific requests, needs and wants you have concerning the locations
and jobs that interest you. Your recruiter will work to make sure
that your requests are met.
Pay rates depend on the facility, location
and clinical specialty. The pay rates for RNs generally range between
$20 and $40 per hour. Surgical Technologist's and Respiratory Therapist's
pay rates are usually between $12 and $23 per hour. The pay rates
for LPNs are between $11 and $22 per hour.
Travel reimbursement is usually paid at
the rate of 20 cents per mile with a one-way round trip cap and
generally is paid to the traveler directly by Berean Healthcare Staffing.
Berean Healthcare Staffing offers courses
to travelers on assignment at no charge, and discounted continuing
education contact hours to travelers who are not currently on assignment.
Berean Healthcare Staffing offers many excellent programs and benefits.
Berean Healthcare Staffing offers full healthcare
coverage.
Berean Healthcare Staffing is pleased to offer bonuses,
paid at the end of your assignment. Berean Healthcare Staffing also
offers referral bonuses, as well as tenure bonuses in the form of
incentive programs. Berean Healthcare Staffing boasts some of the best bonuses in the industry
Unless you request your own private apartment, travelers typically
share a two-bedroom two-bathroom apartment or condominium with another
traveler. Apartments/condos are always fully furnished and Berean Healthcare Staffing sets up and pays for all utilities. Occasionally, if the
healthcare facility owns a house or apartment building, you may
stay in hospital-provided housing. You also usually have the option
of receiving a monthly rent stipend (called a housing subsidy) and
handling your own arrangements.
Absolutely. Berean Healthcare Staffing will arrange for you and your
friend to be roommates.
No problem.
You will receive a monthly housing
stipend or subsidy if you arrange and pay for your own housing.
Yes, and you will need to take advantage
of the private housing option, with a nominal co-payment. The apartment
complexes often require a separate pet deposit for which you will
be responsible.
Travelers deal with their mail by many
different means. One solution is to forward your mail with the postal
service each time you move. Some travelers maintain a permanent
address for their mail at a friend's or family member's house and
have their mail forwarded to them on a weekly basis. Other travelers
prefer to rent a private post office box, and the proprietor forwards
all mail on a predefined basis.
This is entirely up to you. One of the
most popular benefits offered by Berean Healthcare Staffing is the
direct deposit service, which enables you to stay with your hometown
bank. Alternatively, you can establish a new account for each new
assignment location.
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