Detailed Screening and Quality Management

BCS Healthcare ensures clients they are receiving the best candidates for every position. Our Quality Management program begins as soon as a healthcare professional applies with us and continues until the temporary employee has finished all assignment tasks. We put every temporary worker through a detailed screening process, which measures his or her skill level and talent. Once we assign a candidate a job position, we continue the assessment process by communicating with the client and receiving feedback about the employee’s progress. We believe that our strict set of screening and ongoing assessment standards is among the highest and most professional level within the industry, giving every client the peace of mind they deserve when they bring on a temporary employee through BCS Healthcare.

Minimum Requirements

In order to feel comfortable, clients need proof that the job candidate has the experience and knowledge to meet the demands of the healthcare facility. There are certain minimum criteria each job candidate must meet in order to work with BCS Healthcare. These standards apply to both temporary and permanent applicants.

• Graduate of an approved Healthcare accredited school or college.
• One year of recent experience in a clinical setting that is geared toward the job candidate’s prime area of expertise.
• Some job applicants will need to show proof that they have a license depending upon the position. When a license is required, applicants will need to have evidence of all active and unrestricted licenses in every state they have worked.
• Verifiable and stable job history, along with quality references.
• Job candidates must provide proof of documentation indicting their legal right to work in the United States.
• Current and valid BCLS certification.
• Completed Clinical Proficiency Profile/Skills Checklist

Some potential job candidates may be thinking at this point that he or she does not have what it takes to land a job with a BCS Healthcare client. Don’t worry. BCS Healthcare also has a recent graduate program, which gives job candidates with less than one year of experience the opportunity to come aboard and take on an assignment.

Interview and Selection Process

If an applicant successfully complies with all of our minimum standards, a professional BCS Healthcare recruiter will then proceed with a face-to-face interview about employment history, past work experience, and career employment objectives. After this interview, the job candidate’s file is then sent over to our Quality Management department for further analysis. Every job candidate’s application is thoroughly screened by our Quality Management specialists. Our experts will further verify work history and references in order to get a better understanding of the type of employee we have from a work ethic standpoint. A Quality Management expert will talk to former employers about specialty work the employee has performed for them in the past. This helps us paint a picture about the employee’s work ethic and personality, two very important factors our Quality Management team consider before hiring.

Validation of Specialty Skills

We measure an applicant’s specialty skills level on unit descriptions and past references from former employers. BCS Healthcare also weighs the applicant’s responses on our exclusive skills assessment tools. All of these areas combined give us a well-rounded outlook on the type of employee we have for an open position and helps us match his or her skill level to the appropriate job.

We have also developed a Clinical Skills Checklist for individual specialty areas that clients can use when the applicant comes aboard. These checklists help the client evaluate the employee and are a great tool when conducting interviews. This gives clients the opportunity to further assess the employee’s skill level and includes the client’s input in the hiring process. By matching up skill level and expertise, a client then has a much better idea if the employee is capable of taking on the demands of the facility or unit.

National Certification Examination

Temporary employees can further validate their skill level by completing a national certification exam. Many of our travelers hold ACLS, CCRN, and RNC certificates which gives credence to their skilled background. A competency exam can also be given to the employee in order to assess specific clinical requirements you may have in mind for your facility. These can be administered prior to the employee’s start date or once the candidate arrives on your company’s premises.