The Spirecast

We have our sights set on a post-COVID world and the outlook for Travel

Healthcare is continuing to evolve. We’re seeing changing atmospheres and

landscapes with hospitals across the country and travelers, both local and

true traveler, are experiencing a constant shift in pay, opportunities, and

demand.

Here are a few of the things we cover in this episode:

The outlook for Travel Healthcare in 2023

* We’re seeing a lot of tech incorporated into how nurses are engaging

with job opportunities. Essentially, we’re seeing more “self-service”

style hiring scenarios.

* Plus, there are over 200,000 job openings for nurses across the

country. Closing this gap is the key.

Will tech replace agencies and recruiters?

* The simple answer? It’s hard to say yes — at least indefinitely. We

still need to reduce the friction in how nurses get hired. Reducing

the friction in nurses getting hired is still the focus.

* Agencies have to evolve with the current paradigm — and it all comes

down to serving the traveler first and foremost.

Thinking of starting a Travel Healthcare career?

* One of the best things to do in setting up yourself up for a great

career as a traveler is cross-training into different specialties.

The more in-demand a nurse can be based on their skillset, the better

care they can provide based on growing needs.

If you're considering taking the next steps in Travel Nursing, there are a few things you should ask yourself. The time may be right for a career change, but your approach matters in how you map out your career, which agency you work with, and what a recruiter should be doing for you.

All of these are practical steps, but the most important and personal aspect of jumping into a career as a traveler is aligning your goals. Are you looking for new experience and specialties? Want to see new places? Higher pay?

Make sure you can match your goals (at least parts of your goals) to the outset of your travel nursing career journey.

All of these are practical steps, but the most important and personal aspect of jumping into a career as a traveler are aligning your goals. Are you looking for new experience and specialties? Want to see new places? Higher pay? Make sure you can match your goals (at least parts of your goals) to the outset of your travel nursing career journey.

Welcome back to the Spirecast. We’re back with more content specifically focused on the healthcare traveler. For this episode, Mike, Spire’s Managing Director, and Matt, our Recruiting Director, discuss the current status and future of the travel healthcare industry.

For this episode, we're joined by Michelle Freitag from TravCon- The Healthcare Travel Conference. This will be Spire's first time attending as an exhibitor, so we caught up with Michelle to hear about everything planned for attendees, exhibitors, sessions, and more.

Working with a recruiter at Spire is different than you’d expect. Sure — you’d expect us to say something specifically focused on how unique we are, but rather than explain our values we wanted to share a conversation between one of our recruiters, Matt, and Amber Wilson — a travel nurse.

You’ll hear from the get-go that the rapport they’ve built over the years is strong. They have more than a transactional, working connection.

Here’s Amber and Matt.

When you’re working with a recruiter, you may find yourself wondering, “Does this person actually understand my background and career?” Seeking to understand is one of our core values at Spire — not just finding the best role for our travelers, but seeking out opportunities that will continue to foster growth potential.

Thus, meet Shannon Perry - BSN, RN and a Healthcare Recruiter here at Spire. Shannon’s approach to working with Travel Nurses is a little different… mainly due to the fact that she was a nurse herself.

Life on the road is exciting, full of new experiences, and always filled with memories. However, normal life (or at least the life you know at “Home) is sometimes difficult to replicate when you’re spending an inordinate amount of time on an airplane, in a hotel, and so on.

One of the biggest struggles, for us as travel nurses, is our focus on health, exercise, and consistent focus on our wellbeing.

There’s good news, though — Focusing on the right things and taking small steps will point you in the right direction for managing your health when you’re onto your next travel nursing assignment. Here are 6 tips for being your healthiest self when you travel from one of our recruiters — Dan Dugan.

Welcome to the third installment of Beyond Spirecast.

For this episode, we’ve got Mike and Brian back to shed some more light on the world of Bitcoin and current status of the cryptocurrency.

So, back again, here’s another great story from our own Matt Cheij.

Welcome to The Spirecast, everyone. It’s been a while since our last episode and we’re finally coming out of haze from the past month or so. Knowing that we’re working toward a new way to live our lives and do business, there are a handful of things that we can all do right now to set up the best case scenario for ourselves, our neighbors, our communities, and our networks. Here’s a conversation Mike and Matt had earlier this week and what they are thinking/doing right now.

We're excited to bring you part two of our conversation with Guarav Valani. Mike and Guarav talk through subject matter in the recruiting world and cover topics you won't want to miss.