Establish a Presence at Vocational Training Schools

• Establish a direct line of communication with all of the vocational training schools in your area. Besides colleges, these will be your main source for finding newly qualified medical staffers. Meet with the administrators at these vocational schools and establish a strong relationship with key contacts. You want to position your firm as one of the top agencies in the area to work with. Hold frequent recruiting events and informational sessions to educate students about your company. Print professional materials and make them available for students to pick up at the library, financial aid office, and career development office.
  
  

Incentives

• The medical staffing business is competitive and, because healthcare workers are in high demand, you must offer incentives to keep employees on at your staffing firm. That includes incentives regarding pay rate, assignment choices, and appreciation gifts. Your goal as a smart staffing agency should be to reward your best people and give them a reason to stay with you for the long haul. This will also help motivate your less productive staffers to step it up.
  
  

Provide Staffers With Tools & Uniforms

• There are certain items that medical staffers may be required to purchase for themselves when they go out on assignments from your firm. This includes uniforms (like scrubs) and shoes that meet the clients' requirements. Instead of making them buy these items themselves, keep a stock of scrubs at your office for brand new staffers to use. If you are hiring medical billers to work from home, provide them with all of the computer programs that they will need to be successful at this job. Make it as easy as possible for each staffer to transition into his new position.
  
  

Teach Cost-Cutting Techniques

• One of the most pressing issues on the mind of administrators at hospitals and doctors offices across the country is how to cut health care costs. Some services and materials are incorrectly billed, causing overpayment of services and valuable medical tools and materials are tossed away unnecessarily. Hold a class on cost-cutting techniques as a requirement of being hired into your medical staffing agency. Teach each staffer the importance of reducing waste, taking special care when billing services, and helping the hospital run a tighter ship overall. You will be putting better informed workers out on the market and your clients will appreciate your efforts to help save them money.