Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital Selects Supplemental Health Care For RPO Solution

Firm Chosen to Help Region's Award Winning Pediatric Hospital Expand Services

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Jul 17, 2014, 10:00 ET

PARK CITY, Utah, July 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Supplemental Health Care announced today that Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital in Hollywood, Fla., has selected it to meet hospital expansion healthcare staffing needs through its industry-leading and innovative Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) services.

Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital provides treatment to children with medical problems ranging from asthma to cancer and blood disorders to orthopedics and pulmonary conditions.

The highly respected facility opened in 1992 with 90 physicians and patient admissions around 200. It now boasts more than 1650 world-class pediatricians, pediatric specialists, specialty-trained nurses and ancillary support staff that accommodates more than 8,000 admissions and observation discharges and more than 65,000 emergency visits.

"With our newly completed expansion, it was essential we find a partner who would help us recruit and hire healthcare professionals who share our philosophy – promoting patient- and family-centered care," said Chantal Leconte, Administrator and CEO Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital and Pediatric Services for Memorial Healthcare System.

Supplemental Health Care will provide Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurses and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit specialists for the hospital. The company will collaborate with Joe DiMaggio's HR team in providing essential recruiting services, including employer branding, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, assessment, references, and credential verification.

"We are excited to have been chosen by Joe DiMaggio and Memorial Healthcare System as their exclusive provider of RPO services," said Janet Elkin, President and CEO of Supplemental Health Care. "Our philosophy in recruiting, hiring and retaining healthcare professionals who are patient and community centered dovetails perfectly with their desire to deliver quality healthcare services."

As the fastest-growing hiring strategy in the healthcare industry, RPO is an efficient and cost-effective staffing solution, providing top-quality candidates for full-time employment. Supplemental Health Care's RPO program provides benefits in three key areas:

Improving hiring performance by reducing open positions and time-to-fill, while decreasing cost-per-hire;
Reducing costs from staff overtime, contingent labor and third-party recruiters; and
Increasing revenue by focusing on priority positions that have direct impact on hospital performance and productivity.

Supplemental Health Care was recently presented the Leadership 500 Award by HR.com's Leadership Excellence magazine for its RPO services. It is the nation's only healthcare staffing company that is quality-certified by The Studer Group, the preeminent healthcare coaching organization and has received the Gold Seal of Approval by the Joint Commission for healthcare staffing services.

About Supplemental Health Care

Since its inception in 1984, Supplemental Health Care has served as a comprehensive workforce solutions provider that delivers customized strategies to address staffing challenges faced by healthcare organizations nationwide. Leveraging a selection of business solutions such as Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Managed Services, PRN Pool Management and Contingent Staffing, Supplemental Health Care utilizes its deep staffing expertise to deliver wide ranging and creative workforce strategies that afford organizations better access to skilled clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals.

Headquartered in Park City, Utah, Supplemental Health Care maintains an extensive local office network of more than 58 offices in major U.S. markets and four fully-integrated national divisions: Travel Nursing, Travel Therapy, Supplemental Physicians and Advanced Practice. Visit www.SupplementalHealthCare.com to learn more.

About Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital

Established in 1992, Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital combines advanced technology and the expertise of the largest, most diverse group of board-certified pediatric specialists in the region. The four-story, 180,000-square-foot, environmentally friendly facility features six pediatric operating rooms, dedicated medical/surgical units, family resource centers, ambulatory services, imaging services that feature a CT scanner disguised as a pirate ship and an entire floor dedicated to inpatient and outpatient pediatric oncology treatment. Visit http://www.jdch.com to learn more.

SOURCE Supplemental Health Care