A Message to all Onward Healthcare Working Professionals

In order to receive your weekly paycheck on time during the upcoming holiday week, a completed timesheet must be submitted via fax to 800-970-5001 no later than Sunday, June 29th at 10:00am EST.

Hours reported after the deadline or timesheets with errors will not be processed until the following week’s payroll.  Our offices will be closed on Friday, July 4.  As always, we thank you for your cooperation! If you have any questions, please contact:

Adele Calbick | Director of Payroll
1-800-278-0332 x3149 | acalbick@onwardhealthcare.com

Onward Healthcare is proud to be among the elite healthcare staffing agencies who are certified by the Joint Commission! Big preparations are underway for our recertification survey this summer, which will prove our continued commitment to quality healthcare.  We are currently in the window for this unannounced survey that will occur sometime between now and August, 2008.

All Onward employees, including you (our field staff) have a significant role in preparing for the Joint Commission survey. Please review your employee handbook regarding our mission, orientation process, how to contact us in the event of an emergency, and an incident reporting, etc. It is possible that you may be selected to participate in the Joint Commission’s “tracer methodology process” where they choose selected healthcare professionals to do a brief phone call to discuss your experience working through Onward Healthcare.

If you are selected, here is what you can expect:

• The reviewer will take 5 minutes of your time on a private phone discussion, introduce themselves to you, and provide a brief statement about the certification process and how important your feedback is.

You may be asked to describe:

• Your orientation to Onward Healthcare and to the facility you are working.
• Your experience and overall impression of us as your employer.
• Who do you contact at Onward with questions, concerns, problems or complaints.
• Your experience with floating at your facility, if you were asked to.

If you have any questions about the Joint Certification process and your role as an Onward Healthcare employee, please call our corporate director of quality management, Veronica Carter, RN, BSN at (800) 278-0332 ext. 3126 or email vcarter@onwardhealthcare.com. 

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. "
-Helen Keller, The Open Door (1957)

Helen Keller, American author, activist and lecturer, spent the majority of her life campaigning for women's suffrage, workers' rights and socialism; however her above quote has stood the test of time and may be more relevant to today's worker than it was 50 years ago. In today's world, a career as a healthcare professional can open almost any door for you.  Nurses and allied healthcare professionals are in extremely high demand, so much so that agencies like ours focus on travel and local per diem staffing to help fill the ever growing nationwide shortage.

The result is the opportunity for nurses and allied healthcare professionals to experience a career like no other.  A career that offers a daring adventure.  A career that allows you to visit new and exciting places, while taking on a variety of roles and responsibilities.  A career that offers you the freedom to work where you want, how long you want, and to earn how much money you want.  Moreover, a career that offers all the security that would come from any permanent job. 

At Onward Healthcare, we value the work of each of our nurse and allied professionals and have created this blog as a means to display many of your daring adventures.  We hope to create a median in which we can recognize those truly inspiring tales we receive from so many of our professionals, whether it be how they conquered their dream of moving to the big city or how they took part in a procedure they never thought they would have the chance to.

My name is Steve Dobrowski and I am the marketing director for Onward Healthcare.  I will be one of the main voices who talks to you on this blog and helps bring the stories of our professionals to life.  I'll also let you know of any industry news that may interest you or impact your career, as well as what's going on with Onward Healthcare from a corporate standpoint, including news about our recruitment teams, special promotions that may benefit you, or company events where you may visit us.  What we will NOT do is use this space to try to sell you on assignments or market open positions.

The mission of the Onward Blog is to act as a resource for healthcare professionals and allow you to feel more connected to our company, as well as your fellow colleagues. We hope that you will subscribe to this feed, share it with friends, and check back weekly to see what's new in the world of nursing and therapy.  In addition, we hope that you will take the time to share your daring adventure or simply offer your feedback, as our best source of news and input is you... the professional!  Please feel free to email me your stories and suggestions at sdobrowski@onwardhealthcare.com.