Caregiver jobs already have their own BlaBlaCar

Use similar apps ride sharing technology, that is, using the vehicle only when necessary. It is a methodology that is implemented in practice in the USA in the field of health for employment of medical staff given the shortage of specialists that American hospitals are facing. A trend that is spreading and which, at the rate at which new technologies are spreading, could soon be among the dwindling alternatives on this side of the Atlantic, where persistent lack of graduate students worsened even before the pandemic.

The operating system of applications such as ShiftKey and CareRev, two of which operate in the country, establishes direct relationship between the specialist and the hospital. They are mainly used for covering more complicated shifts, such as night shifts and weekends or holidays. And they were paid at the price of gold.

The hospital hangs up the offer, and the nurse confirms it. As the sanitary service coverage time approaches, the contractual party raises the price it pays for the service. So the hospital in Los Angeles came to pay $106 per hour for a 12-hour intensive care shift during the Easter Sunday holiday, according to hospital directors’ testimony released by World street magazine. This practice is not only designed for independent nurses, but also includes nursing assistants and has already been extended to therapists and dentists.

He a range of hourly work opportunities It is as broad as the needs of each health center. Because the country is so large, major hospitals even have their own applications to fill these types of temporary positions in their areas of influence. They come to offer Payments premium and short shifts of four hours at prices much higher than those paid with a temporary contract for a few days or weeks. Of course, to avoid competition among its experts, their contracts include clauses such as a ban on accepting temporary jobs until at least two years have passed since they have been employed at the center.

But it’s not always like this. In those centers where the conditions are not set, this method is used as bonusso specialists work those extra shifts when the usual contractual relationship is not full-time.

Hospitals using these platforms also run the risk of paying very high fees because they have to raise their hourly rates to cover a shift that opens at the last minute. Nurses know this and wait until the end to click Accept.

It is true that hospital employment in the US is going through one of its worst times. A survey of more than 18,000 nurses, conducted in January by AMN Healthcare Services Inc, found that at least 30% the participant intends left her career as a nurse to work in another sectoraccording to the agency Reuters.