Personal Connections, Tailored Solutions: Why Partner with a Smaller Healthcare Staffing Company?

Medical facility managers across the United States are grappling with the challenges the physician shortage poses to their organizations, and there are plenty of choices when it comes to choosing a healthcare staffing company to partner with.

But no two staffing firms are created equal—some are bigger than others, and the largest ones often bring an impersonal and bureaucratic approach to client relationships. This can lead to less successful patient outcomes, and as colossal staffing firms continue to merge with one another, patient outcomes are at risk.

As the 27th-largest healthcare staffing firm in the U.S. with over 20 years of experience in the industry, Barton Associates and its affiliates Wellhart and Barton Healthcare Staffing (BHS) bring the right combination of size and expertise to facilities seeking locum tenens providers. Our dedicated teams are focused on fostering meaningful connections with clients in an effort to deeply understand their staffing needs and provide them with skilled and devoted medical professionals for their patients.

Whether you’re facing short-term staffing gaps or need a long-term replacement, Barton Associates and its affiliates offer streamlined access to an expansive network of doctors, nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), dentists, certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), and allied health professionals who are willing and able to travel at a moment’s notice.

Let's explore how partnering with Barton Associates and its affiliates can provide your facility with the personalized attention, rapid response, and quality healthcare professionals you need to maintain excellent patient care in today's challenging healthcare landscape.

A One-on-One Answer to Healthcare Staffing
We get it—emergencies happen, providers go on vacation, and patient volume can increase out of seemingly nowhere overnight.

These events can put stress on your facility and your hiring managers. Taking the time (and energy) to explain your specific staffing needs to a new account executive each time only adds to the stress. Your healthcare staffing company should alleviate stress, not create it.

When you choose to partner with Barton Associates or its affiliates Wellhart and BHS, you’ll be assigned a single account executive who will dedicate themselves to learning the intricacies of your facility and its demands.
Unlike other staffing companies, our account executives and recruiters are organized by medical specialty, not geographic location, differences that equip them with in-depth knowledge and expertise in their respective specialties.

Your account executive will work closely with recruiters of the same specialty, carefully communicating your wants and needs. Recruiters will scour our expansive database of providers and clinicians to find professionals that meet your specifications, and your account executive will only present the ones that they believe will provide the most value for your organization.

Proactive Recruitment = Agile Solutions
Sometimes, you need a provider or clinician fast. Our proactive approach to recruitment means that new providers are added to the database daily, expanding our geographic and speciality footprint. To date, our teams can staff the medical providers in all 50 U.S. states as well as all United States territories, covering more than 100 specialties.

We use a multi-pronged approach to acquiring new candidates by leveraging digital marketing, job boards, email marketing, social media, traditional recruitment, and healthcare conferences.

Once a provider is registered on our site (or our recruitment teams add them to our database),
we conduct multiple internal interviews gaining valuable information, such as reviewing past
work, their familiarity with electronic medical records (EMRs), and other information which can’t be found on a resume.

Our risk department and quality assurance team conducts a thorough evaluation of all
providers, as well as a pre-approval process, before disclosing provider information to you so that we may present accurate and complete information. We even begin obtaining new state medical licenses for cleared providers ahead of time, ensuring they’re ready to be called upon at a moment’s notice.

This proactive recruiting process allows us to always have new providers to present for your open positions, so if you don’t want to proceed with one you interview, we’re ready to show you new candidates quickly.

Travel & Lodging Made Simple
Ensuring a provider or clinician is happy with their assignments doesn’t just benefit you—it trickles down to more effective results for your patients as well.

In order to ensure our providers feel comfortable and like they’re able to put their best foot forward while on the job, we facilitate and coordinate travel and lodging arrangements to save you and our providers time, energy, and headaches.

All costs are known ahead of time, which allows you to ensure patient access and continuity of care while managing your facility’s budget.

Ultimately, partnering with Barton Associates and its affiliates offers you a nimble option in the crowded healthcare staffing environment. If you’re interested in partnering with us to fill your short- or long-term needs, reach out to us online or call 725-696-9672