It’s no secret that great patient care starts with excellent healthcare professionals. That’s why a thorough employment screening process is essential to your facility’s hiring success. Consider the following best practices in healthcare employment screening:
Verify employment history and credentials: Performing a background check on each healthcare candidate is a standard step in the hiring process. After all, hiring decisions in both the acute and post-acute care sector can have serious consequences. For example, a healthcare candidate who provides false credentials or has a past negative employment event can risk the safety of your staff and patients, damage your organization’s reputation, and expose your facility to legal complications. For this very reason, many healthcare employers consult with a third party, such as a staffing agency, to help them avoid such hiring mistakes. In fact, most healthcare staffing agencies run background checks on their contingent clinicians before sending a candidate’s profile for consideration. However, not all staffing agencies follow the same screening protocols. So, before you partner with a healthcare staffing agency, find out what their screening process entails.
Maintain compliance: Healthcare organizations must also navigate the maze of healthcare compliance management. Failure to comply with state and federal regulations can result in hefty legal fees and fines. That why it’s a good idea to partner with a staffing company that can conduct initial and ongoing compliance checks for your facility.
Keep the candidate experience in mind: If an HR professional at your facility is manually verifying a candidate’s job history, educational background, professional credentials, while also reviewing several state and federal regulations, it can take weeks to clear an individual for hire. In that time, the healthcare candidate could potentially find and accept a job from a competitor. With today’s tight labor market, the healthcare organization with the most efficient hiring process wins the best and brightest candidates. Fortunately, a healthcare staffing agency can help accelerate your time-to-fill rate by taking on these administrative duties for you.
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