Supplemental Health Care Appoints Missy Blankenship Vice President Of Local Offices

Promotion Underscores Company's Commitment to Client Service and Talent Acquisition

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Jul 01, 2014, 11:20 ET

PARK CITY, Utah, July 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Supplemental Health Care today announced the appointment of Missy Blankenship to Vice President of Local Offices. She has extensive healthcare staffing experience, having spent nearly 20 years in the staffing and recruiting sectors.

"The healthcare industry is undergoing significant and challenging changes in healthcare delivery," said Janet Elkin, Supplemental Health Care CEO and President. "Missy has a great understanding of client needs as well as a thoughtful and innovative methodology to help facilities adjust to changing conditions. She brings a client-oriented and patient-centered care approach to this position which is now, more than ever, critical for healthcare organizations to maintain quality healthcare services,"

With Blankenship's appointment, Supplemental Health Care will now move from having four regions to three major operating regions, East, Southwest and West. This transition reflects the company's commitment to meeting client demands and better serving the local communities in which it operates.

Blankenship joined Supplemental Health Care as a market manager in 2005 and quickly advanced through the ranks earning multiple leadership positions including Senior Market Manager, Area Manager and Regional Vice President. Most recently, Blankenship served as Senior Regional Vice President of the Central region where she managed an annual budget of more than $71 million, as well as oversaw all operations, client sales and talent recruitment strategies for more than 20 offices. In subsequent years, Blankenship has held a variety of leadership and management positions in the staffing industry at companies such as Sodexho Alliance, SOS Staffing and Century Personnel.

"We understand the delivery of essential healthcare services is already complex and demanding," said Laura Magner, Chief Operating Officer. "As additional demands on the healthcare system come into play, it requires expertise in strategic planning, staffing innovation and creative and cost-effective solutions to provide the care patients need. Missy brings extraordinary experience to all of these critical components in her new position and provides additional leadership to our already strong team."

As a nationwide healthcare staffing firm, Supplemental Health Care is in the field providing customized services and emerging workforce solutions to healthcare facilities such as changing staffing mixes, alternative skill set substitutions, network float pools and Managed Services Provider and Recruitment Process Outsourcing programs.

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 60 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.

SOURCE Supplemental Health Care