SAN FRANCISCO, March 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NurseFly, an
IAC company (NASDAQ: IAC) and the leading temporary healthcare
staffing platform with the largest number of open travel nursing
positions nationwide, revealed new data on the state of temporary
nurse staffing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. NurseFly also
announced the launch of its dedicated COVID-19 jobs portal at
nursefly.com/COVID19 to help more healthcare professionals connect
with critical COVID-19 jobs across the country, along with its
offer of a free one-month subscription for government and public
health agencies looking to access NurseFly's technology and network
to fill urgent positions.
"This is an unprecedented time and NurseFly is in a unique
position to help. This is what we were built for," said
Parth Bhakta, NurseFly Co-Founder
and CEO. "We created NurseFly to transform and modernize how travel
healthcare professionals connect with work – and with the rise of
COVID-19, our mission is more critical than ever. We want to get
the word out to any medical professional who is ready, willing and
able to assist to join our platform and help healthcare facilities
overcome urgent staffing shortages during this public health
crisis."
NurseFly's platform and marketplace helps solve healthcare
professional staffing shortages by rapidly connecting qualified
nurses, therapists and healthcare professionals to urgent, timely
work — helping fill jobs 80% faster as compared to traditional
recruiting. The 65,000+ healthcare professionals currently on the
NurseFly platform are able to browse and compare 80,000+ travel
jobs nationwide, gain transparency into pay rates, and research
different U.S. cities – all for free from NurseFly's website or
mobile app.
"We're overwhelmed and humbled by the strong response from the
nursing and healthcare community, and NurseFly's significant help
with job postings and applications," said Mona Veiseh, President of NuWest Healthcare, a
NurseFly staffing agency partner in Bellevue, Washington. "We have filled nearly
100 critical roles in Washington,
as well as Arizona, California and Colorado, and more are on the way."
In March, NurseFly's platform saw an unprecedented surge in
demand for positions related to COVID-19; this includes demand for
Emergency Department specialists increasing by more than 100
percent with compensation surging to upwards of $4,000 per week – more than double the national
average.
Key NurseFly findings since March
1:
- U.S. market hotspots: The biggest spikes in demand
for registered travel nurse expertise directly linked to COVID-19
in March are broken down below:
-
- Massachusetts: More
than 4x increase
- Washington: Nearly 3x
increase
- New York: More than 2x
increase
- California: Nearly 2x
increase
- New Jersey: Nearly 2x
increase
- Preparing markets: New and emerging regions experiencing
the biggest spikes in demand for registered travel nurse
specialties directly linked to COVID-19 in March include:
-
- Hawaii: More than 4x
increase
- Mississippi: Nearly 4x
increase
- Rhode Island: More than
3x increase
- Delaware: More than 3x
increase
- Increased compensation: Average pay for Registered
Nurse (RN) jobs was $1,700 nationwide
in January 2020. As of March 2020, the average pay for COVID-19 related
RN jobs jumped to over $3,000 – with
certain locations and specialties seeing increases even higher than
100 percent.
-
- In California, there was more
than a 60 percent increase in average weekly pay, while the state
of Washington saw more than a 90
percent increase in the same timeframe for RN jobs.
- Roles in high demand: Staffing at Intensive Care Units
(ICUs), emergency departments (EDs) and nurses who specialize in
Infection Control are seeing the highest demand:
-
- Demand for nurses in infection control and emergency
departments have both increased by over 100 percent.
- Pay for infection control positions is now double the national
average, while pay for emergency department nurses has nearly
quadrupled.
- Pay for positions in California and New
York have seen the sharpest increase, while the highest paid
positions remain in Washington.
- Nursing demand at Washington
area ICUs has surged with an average of 350 jobs being added every
week.
NurseFly's platform data and a visual guide to the findings can
be found on the COVID-19 blog post. Government and public health
organizations interested in a one month free subscription should
reach out to sales@nursefly.com.
About NurseFly
An IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) company, NurseFly
is a fast-growing marketplace for healthcare staffing that empowers
nurses and healthcare professionals by giving them unprecedented
access to transparent and accurate information to aid in their job
search. The company enables staffing agencies and healthcare
facilities nationwide to make faster and more cost-effective hiring
decisions, ultimately helping to alleviate labor shortages in
healthcare and provide better patient care. The company works with
over 70% of the nation's largest healthcare staffing agencies,
including AMN Healthcare, Cross Country Healthcare, and Aureus
Medical Group, and is headquartered in San Francisco with an additional office in
Denver. Learn more
at www.nursefly.com.
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