Our Commitment to Compliance

With the wide array of legal and regulatory requirements, staying healthcare compliant can be challenging, but could be one of the most important things you do for your patients, facility and your career.

No matter your employment capacity (full time, contract traveler, per diem), each facility requires you to keep up with your compliance status. Staying compliant with your license, certifications, CPR, immunizations (TB), skill sheets, annual training and much more, show your strong commitment and integrity towards your profession.

Requesting Time Off

Often throughout the year, but especially during the holiday season, there are concerns about having time off. What is the best approach for asking for time off for a holiday or a vacation?

Successful Communication

Communication is the key to any relationship. It is essential between a recruiter and a traveling healthcare professional. With most communication taking place through email or text nowadays, it’s very important for the recruiter and employee to make sure their message is clear, as well as open and honest.

How You Can Help

Our prayers go out to those affected by the tornadoes in Joplin, MO and the flooding in the South.

Now more than ever, healthcare professionals are needed to help in these storm ravaged areas. There are many organizations that help coordinate disaster relief, but the American Red Cross is probably one of the largest national providers.

Preparing for Spring’s Surprises

Spring is just around the corner. Thank goodness! We’ve all been subject to our challenges this winter with extreme cold, above average snowfall, and icy roads. However, there IS light at the end of the tunnel. This past weekend was “Spring Forward” for those areas observing daylight savings time.

With spring upon us, we will be able to enjoy longer days, warmer weather and the sights and sounds of spring. Along with the joys and wonders of this new season come new challenges, including tornados, floods, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

Make Yourself Unforgettable (In a Good Way)

Over the years, with feedback from both contract employees in the field and clients that we service, our Account Managers have discovered a few things that make a world of difference when starting a new contract with a new facility. We’ve compiled few helpful hints for our travelers to help ensure that they receive good appraisals at the end of each assignment and thus asked to extend or return another time.

Celebrate National Respiratory Care Week

This week, we celebrate National Respiratory Care Week. This year’s theme is “Inspire – It’s What Respiratory Therapists Do!” Here at Aureus Medical, we are inspired every day by our employees who work in the respiratory field.

Keys to Successful Communication

According to Wikipedia, communication is the process of transferring information from one entity to another. So what does this mean to a traveler? With much of our communication taking place through email or voicemails nowadays it’s very important to make sure your message is clear. Whether you’re communicating with your recruiter or the daytime manager in the ER, it’s very easy for communication to suffer.

How Important Are References?

Over the years I have read many valuable articles. Some were very specific to my particular field of sales and marketing and some were regarding customer service, the latter of which most of us can relate. In my opinion, no matter what industry you are associated with, I think this article from Advance for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine is extremely important. It made an impact on my thought process in regards to references and I thought you could benefit from reading it.

Prepare for Hazardous Weather on the Road

As evident by the recent weather in some southern states (flooding and tornadoes), not only does Mother Nature send us wonderful spring months to enjoy, she sometimes sends along hazardous weather with them.  Whether you’re a brand new traveler out on your first adventure or a seasoned professional who has been around this country many [...]