Onward Healthcare is Awarded a Nationwide Government Contract for Healthcare Staffing Services
Posted on: Thursday, 22 March 2007, 18:01 CDT
WILTON, Conn., March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Onward Healthcare, a nationwide healthcare staffing provider specializing in travel nursing, was awarded a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) Contract to provide professional healthcare staffing services for government healthcare facilities nationwide. The FSS contract covers nursing and allied healthcare staffing services and is available for use by over 1,500 federal healthcare facilities, including Veterans' Affairs, Indian Health Service, and Department of Defense facilities.
"This contract is a huge win for our entire organization," stated Kevin Clark, CEO and founder of Onward Healthcare. "It offers the potential to add to a growing roster of prestigious medical facilities who have selected Onward Healthcare as a primary provider of registered nurses and allied health professionals".
The FSS contract increases the number of nationwide travel nursing, travel allied, and per diem opportunities available to healthcare professionals working with Onward Healthcare. The contract includes job opportunities for specialty and non-specialty registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, and imaging and radiology professionals.
Founded in 2002, Onward Healthcare is the fastest growing travel nursing agency and provider of healthcare staffing services in the country. Onward Healthcare provides healthcare organizations with a full-service offering which includes travel, per diem, permanent placement, and foreign-trained nurses and allied health professionals. Onward Healthcare currently has a pool of over 200,000 healthcare professionals as well as clients in all 50 states. The company operates offices from New York to San Diego, with a significant per diem staffing footprint in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Onward Healthcare prides itself in providing experienced and highly skilled nurses and allied professionals to each one of its clients. Certified by the Joint Commission in September of 2005 for per diem and travel nursing and allied staffing, the company ensures that each one of its candidates is properly screened and credentialed before referring them to potential facilities. "Healthcare organizations that contract with Onward Healthcare can look to this certification as an assurance that Onward demonstrates a commitment to providing and continuously improving quality services," says Michele Sacco, executive director, Healthcare Staffing Services Certification, Joint Commission.
"We pride ourselves in being a one-stop-shop for our clients' staffing needs," added Clark. "By combining an experienced management group, with a dedicated team of staffing specialists, we are able to offer one-on-one customer service to our clients that you simply can't find in many of the other agencies. We look forward to offering these same levels of service to the governmental healthcare facilities associated with this contract."
For more information on how to engage Onward Healthcare's services under the FSS contract, email va@onwardhealthcare.com or visit http://www.onwardhealthcare.com/.
About Onward Healthcare
Onward Healthcare is a leading provider of integrated travel, permanent and per diem staffing for nursing and allied health professionals, as well as international candidates. Onward currently staffs clients in all 50 states, including hospitals, outpatient clinics, magnet facilities, schools, long-tem care facilities and home care. Founded in 2002, Onward Healthcare is headquartered in Wilton, CT with local staffing offices in Chandler, AZ, Encinitas, CA, Stratford, CT, New Castle, DE, Burlington, MA, Crofton, MD, Cherry Hill, NJ, Livingston, NJ, Melville, NY, New York City, NY and Wexford, PA. The company received full certification by the Joint Commission in September 2005 for healthcare staffing services. For more information, please visit http://www.onwardhealthcare.com/, or contact us at 1-800-278-0332.
Onward Healthcare
CONTACT: Onward Healthcare - 1-800-278-0332
Web site: http://www.onwardhealthcare.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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