3.9Advantis Medical Staffing Star Rating
3.9
Advantis Medical Staffing Star Rating
This agency lists thousands of nursing and allied health jobs all over the U.S, which is impressive. However, it’s Advantis’s emphasis on prompt, personal support from recruiters and care team members that wins raves from clinicians.
Pros & Cons
ProsJobs available throughout the U.S.Staff are helpful and responsiveOffers health insurance and 401K accountsAccess to AI to help with logisticsUser-friendly websiteMultiple ways to communicate with recruitersConsAverage pay is lower compared to other travel nursing agenciesLimited opportunities outside of hospitals and medical centersLimited opportunities for licensed practical/vocational nursesLacks specifics about pay and benefits on website
ProsJobs available throughout the U.S.Staff are helpful and responsiveOffers health insurance and 401K accountsAccess to AI to help with logisticsUser-friendly websiteMultiple ways to communicate with recruiters
Jobs available throughout the U.S.
Staff are helpful and responsive
Offers health insurance and 401K accounts
Access to AI to help with logistics
User-friendly website
Multiple ways to communicate with recruiters
ConsAverage pay is lower compared to other travel nursing agenciesLimited opportunities outside of hospitals and medical centersLimited opportunities for licensed practical/vocational nursesLacks specifics about pay and benefits on website
Average pay is lower compared to other travel nursing agencies
Limited opportunities outside of hospitals and medical centers
Limited opportunities for licensed practical/vocational nurses
Lacks specifics about pay and benefits on website
Key Specs
In This ArticleExpandIntroductionWhat Is Advantis Medical Staffing?The WebsiteSign-Up/On-boarding/Job Search ProcessIs This a Good Travel Nursing Agency To Work With?Final VerdictMethodologySpecs
In This ArticleExpand
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Introduction
What Is Advantis Medical Staffing?
The Website
Sign-Up/On-boarding/Job Search Process
Is This a Good Travel Nursing Agency To Work With?
Final Verdict
Methodology
Specs
Travel nursing is a type of medical career in which practitioners travel to assignments at medical facilities around the country or world. The field has grown in popularity considerably, especially since the pandemic, so medical staffing agencies have also expanded to serve the need. With the help of these agencies, health care workers can now opt to work from numerous locations, nationally and internationally, while retaining benefits and job support.
Advantis Medical Staffingis an agency that matches nurses and allied health professionals with assignments in hospitals, trauma and rehab centers, and long-term care, skilled nursing, and assisted living facilities throughout the U.S. The sheer volume of available jobs as well as its large internal recruiting and care teams set Advantis apart from other medical staffing agencies. Additionally, the company’s own AdvantisConnect application allows users to create and manage their accounts from their smartphones.
We took a closer look at the agency and how it compares to its competitors.
Every day, about 7,600 to 8,600 available jobs are posted on the Advantis website. To handle the volume, staff, including more than 150 in-house recruiters and 25 Care Team members, find the right assignments for clinicians, verify licensing, facilitate onboarding, manage administrative requirements, and handle any problems clinicians encounter.
I found Advantis’ website intuitive and easy to use, with helpful information and colorful graphics, including endorsements from Advantis clinicians and a revolving gallery of photos. The navigation bar is located at the top of the page and remains accessible while scrolling; calls to action are clearly visible.
The landing page includes links to the following pages:Travelers(for travel nursing and allied health professionals),Employers(for medical facilities),Resources, andExplore Jobs. There’s also anAbout page, which offers information about careers for traveling healthcare professionals, jobs at Advantis, and the company’s background. Navigating the site and searching for assignments was easy, and I did not encounter technical difficulties like errors or loading issues.
To get started with Advantis, clinicians create an online account and fill out a questionnaire. “I was on-boarded and able to view jobs within minutes,” says Lindsay Modglin, a licensed nurse who analyzed the site. “A recruiter reached out within the hour.”
Each clinician is assigned their own recruiter, who asks them about their skills and assignment preferences. The recruiter then uses this information to find the highest paid, best match, for the health professional.
“We typically like to present a clinician multiple opportunities, to increase the chance they receive several offers to choose between,” says Brian Sutter, the company’s Director of Marketing. These opportunities may include jobs that haven’t yet been uploaded to the site. Next, Advantis staff verify licenses, and then either the clinician or the recruiter applies for the position.
Sutter estimates that clinicians usually receive a job offer about 72 hours after signing up. Even clinicians with multiple requirements usually find positions quickly: Bradley and her husband (also a travel nurse), for example, needed to find assignments in the same area, which also had to be near a campground so they can park their RV. Nonetheless, they’ve received multiple job offers in as little as two weeks.
After a job’s been accepted, Advantis confirms credentials, performs a background check, manages the intake process, and liaises with the facility to make sure the clinician is cleared to start work. The medical facility’s onboarding process takes an average of one to two weeks to complete.
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What Benefits Does the Agency Offer Prospective Employees?
Pay varies depending on the position and specialty, but an ER nurse can earn $3,000 a week, Sutter says. Advantis clinicians are eligible for overtime and health insurance (including dental and vision), which starts on the first of the month after the assignment starts and lasts until the first of the month after the assignment ends. Clinicians can extend their coverage if there’s a break of fewer than 14 days before they start their next assignment.
Advantis also offers 401K accounts, referral bonuses, relocation costs reimbursements, loyalty transportation bonuses for clinicians who extend contracts, and payment via direct deposit. Advantis also provides meals and housing per diems to cover those costs, which are based onGSA rates. Advantis’s housing team also helps clinicians find rental options near their upcoming assignments.
Eight, 10, and 12-hour shifts are available, as are day, evening, night, and rotating schedules. Staff on assignment are paid weekly. The average length of a contract is 13 weeks, and facilities often offer to extend the contract another 13 weeks.
Advantis solicits feedback from its clinicians in order to improve these benefits and services. Its efforts seem to be working: “I feel like Advantis really listens to our suggestions,” Bradley notes.
Accessibility of Service
Clinicians can use text, phone, chat, email, or the AdvantisConnect app to reach out to recruiters, who speak Spanish as well as English. Recruiters try to respond within minutes, Sutter says, but generally, responses are within two hours. Advantis has staff available outside of office hours, “and most of the recruiters work extended hours as well,” he adds.
Clinicians hear from their recruiter several times during the onboarding and job search processes, but the amount of contact depends on the clinicians’ preferences. Recruiters often develop strong relationships with clinicians, as Bradley can attest: “She’s phenomenal,” she says of her recruiter. “At this point, she’s more our friend than our recruiter…. All the recruiters I’ve worked with have been great.”
However, if a clinician isn’t happy with their recruiter, Advantis will assign them to another one.
Additional Features
The AdvantisConnect application allows users to create profiles, upload documents (shared only with the clinician’s permission), search for jobs, and apply for positions. Advantis recently released iOS and Android versions, so clinicians can access AdvantisConnect from their phones. This new version will soon offer time tracking capability.
Advantis is also active on social media: It posts photos and profiles of health professionals, information about agency staff, links to giveaways, and graphics frequently to itsInstagram account, which has more than 3,000 followers. The company also maintains aFacebook page, where it posts new content about twice a week.
Diversity and Cultural Competence
Advantis states it is committed to affirming clinicians’ identities: “Your gender, your beliefs, your preferences, your skin color, or your bigshot friend make no difference to us,” the companyproclaims on its website. “Advantis Medical is a progressive and open-minded collective.”
Upon recent research, the Advantis website had nursing assignments in 34 different specialties available. Departments and specialties with the most available assignments include medical/surgical, telemetry, ER/trauma, ICU, OR, PCU, and labor and delivery units, but there are openings for RNs in everything from case management and dialysis to psychiatry, pediatrics, and wound care.
For allied health professionals, a review of the job listings showed openings in 33 different areas. Certified surgical, medical lab, and computerized tomography (CT) technologists will find the most opportunities. Jobs in hospitals and medical centers appear to be plentiful—nurses seeking assignments in long-term acute care hospitals or skilled nursing facilities may want to look elsewhere.
“My experience with my recruiter has been phenomenal,” says Cylie Lappin, RN. She’s a medical/surgical specialist who’s been working with Advantis for almost a year. “Anytime [I have] a question or issues, my recruiter helps get it taken care of.” For instance, when a manager at her facility scheduled her for a shift she was supposed to have off, her recruiter made sure the error was corrected.
Who Is It For?
While Advantis focuses on job opportunities for registered nurses, the sheer volume of jobs available means that there are many opportunities for other health professionals as well, especially medical imaging technologists.
Advantis’ pay range is lower than the average pay among other travel nursing agencies Verywell Health surveyed, so it may be more suited for clinicians in the earlier stages of their careers. Advantis’ commitment to client support (the company’s care team has tripled in the last 18 months) means that healthcare professionals won’t have to navigate medical facility onboarding, housing, or transportation on their own—a perk less experienced travel nurses should find especially helpful.
Advantis Medical Staffing is definitely worth a look for the wide array of nursing and allied health opportunities it provides all over the U.S. While Advantis isn’t the largest travel nursing agency out there, there are thousands of positions available through the company. Listings are updated daily, and the breadth and specificity of the search parameters make it easy to find suitable assignments. The company’s emphasis on personalized and prompt customer service wins raves from Advantis nurses. As Lappin puts it, “I’m really grateful to be a part of an agency that puts their nurses first.”
However, the average pay is lower than that at other medical staffing agencies, and there are comparatively few opportunities at clinics, hospices, and long-term care and skilled nursing facilities.
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