It’s a new year, which might mean it’s time to launch your new career in travel healthcare. Travel healthcare assignments are a great way to see new places, make new friends, work resume building assignments at premiere hospitals, and most importantly, make a difference!
The past few years have been filled with uncertainty, leading many who work in healthcare to feel burnt out and unfulfilled. With the start of a new year, now is the perfect time to shift gears and explore new, high paying opportunities in the travel healthcare world.
Travel healthcare assignments offer the opportunity to change your scenery on a regular basis while still doing what you love. Travel assignments usually span 8-to-13 weeks, but RapidStaff also offers as little as 4-week contracts. Starting something new can be intimidating but getting started on your first travel assignment with RapidStaff is easy. Your recruiter will be there for you every step of the way, ensuring that your transition into a new career path goes smoothly.
Five Reasons to Consider Travel Healthcare Assignments
1. High Demand
The issue of staffing shortages is one of the biggest challenges facing public health professionals today. The health care provider shortage has been building since before the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a growing demand for travel nurses and allied health professionals as hospitals and other healthcare facilities turn to travel caregivers to help fill gaps in staffing.
The demand for travel healthcare providers exploded during the pandemic, and although the number of COVID-19 cases fell last year, demand for traveling healthcare providers have remained high.
2. Better Pay
The increased demand for travel caregivers means more high-paying jobs. The potential to triple or quadruple an individual’s salary is one of the leading benefits leading more and more healthcare providers to make the shift to travel assignments.
On top of higher wages, providers will receive non-taxable expense reimbursements to help cover meals, travel, housing and other costs they might encounter on their assignments.
3. Avoid Burnout
Health care providers dedicate their lives to the care of others. While this is extremely fulfilling, it can often lead to burnout. While burnout in the healthcare industry is nothing new, the pandemic has exacerbated the impact that stress and exhaustion has on workers, contributing to the overall staffing shortages in health care.
Making the switch to travel assignments offers a more flexible schedule, allowing healthcare providers to tailor each assignment to fit their needs. Also, moving from one short-term assignment to another helps to breaks the rut that might develop in a standard routine. This also allows for the chance to meet new people on a regular basis and avoid the usual workplace uniformity and monotony.
4. Explore New Places
Besides the increased pay, travel nurses can decide to work when they want, taking weeks off between assignments, and work in locations they might otherwise be priced out of as a resident, such as Southern California or New York City.
Taking a travel assignment can provide a much-needed change of scenery while gaining new experiences in a new atmosphere. Not only can a travel assignment push some nurses into new roles that they might not have taken otherwise, expanding their knowledge and building their resume, but they can also experience new cultures and lifestyles. Taking the time during off days to explore the local attractions and sights is a great way to learn more about the new location and also release built up stress.
5. More Opportunities
Travel assignments in an exciting career opportunity that can help caregivers to learn new skills and earn more money. Looking for assignments that are further away can open the door to more opportunities and different positions that may not have been available locally.
As travel healthcare providers continue to be in demand, the versatility and availability of travel assignments can really help fill the gaps in our healthcare system while providing better opportunities for the healthcare professionals themselves.
Why Travel with RapidStaff
RapidStaff is looking for experts with compassion like you! We staff clinicians of all specialties, allied health, technicians, and non-clinical support staff (see the list of specialties). Below are just a few of the reasons professionals join us:
- Competitive Pay
- Healthcare Jobs at Premiere Hospitals
- Resume Building Assignments
- Quick Start Dates
- License Reimbursement
- Opportunity to Make a Difference
Your recruiter will work with you to find your perfect opportunity that meets your desired salary and professional goals.
Apply today and complete your RapidStaff profile with your recruiter!
