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As a growing small business, we are elated to welcome the newest members of our team to the office! Putting a face to a name is always nice, so here they are! We are pleased to have them.

Erica Turner

Kim Rogers

Sierra Threatt

Stacey Pellow

Focus - November is Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month

Like many other mysterious and debilitating diseases, Alzheimer's holds a lasting impact on the lives of Alzheimer's patients' caregivers, families, friends, and communities. This month is set aside to spread awareness, encourage prevention, and enrich the lives of those affected by the disease. As a company that places healthcare professionals in long term care environments, we know that many of the people our patients work with are affected by Alzheimer's, whether directly or indirectly. A little known fact, Alzheimer's is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, and yet, awareness of the disease is still fairly low. This month, we encourage our friends and families to learn more about Alzheimer's and gain some understanding on this mysterious brain disease. Learn more at Alz.org

Don't Mess with Texas...Just Visit!

This week, Jennifer, Sadie, and Chanel are at the 2013 Leading Age Annual Meeting & Expo in Dallas! Last week, they were at the 2013 Healthcare Staffing Summit in Chicago, and this week they've migrated south. 

From a hack-fest, to legislation, to leadership, the Meeting and Expo is giving us a great opportunity to meet with other long term care professionals and share ideas! 

We hope to leave the conference with a renewed sense of inspiration and hope in achieving our goals! Some things will always be important to us, and when we go to conferences like this, we are brought back to why these things are so significant to Clinical Resources:

1) Shortening the gap to health care

2) Educating the nurses of tomorrow

3) Providing you with a tailored, needs-meeting service

We will keep you all updated over the next few days. For now, we'll be enjoying our time at #LeadingAge13

We're Off to Carolina!

Tomorrow, Jennifer and Sadie will be attending the Emerging Business Opportunities Conference (EBOC) in Florence, South Carolina! Look out, SC!

Sponsored by the gamed General Electric, the 3rd Annual EBOC seeks to foster business development and success in a challenging economic environment like today's. It's an exchange of suppliers and buyers in the Carolinas, and it gives businesses like ours the opportunity to network and exchange ideas with corporations like GE, Honda, and Sonoco. You will often find us at many Atlanta networking events or healthcare organization events, but we wanted to make it clear that our business is in all arenas, and developing it means better quality of service for our clients and consultants. The conference will give us the opportunity to get our hands on something new and even build relationships with global corporations. The most exciting part about it all is we will take part in organized corporate matchmaking sessions (they're like business blind dates!). Look out for us there!

Some fun facts about Florence, South Carolina:

1. In the fiscal year of 2005-06, the city issued 3,918 business licenses!

2. Florence has a population of 31,000

3. There are 19.8 square miles within the city limits

Conferences like this one are important to us because they present us with the opportunity to grow. You will find that the businesses that succeed are the ones that are constantly seeking new knowledge and experiences. While we are professionals in our field with much experience and knowledge, no one person is a true expert; we take pride in the constant pursuit of knowledge and growth.

4 Years In A Row! Clinical Resources Named to the Inc. Magazine 500 | 5000 For The Fourth Time!

Atlanta, GA – Inc. magazine announced today that Clinical Resources, LLC has been named one of Inc. magazine’s 500 | 5000 fastest growing private companies for 2013. This is the fourth year Clinical Resources has been named to this prestigious list. According to Inc. magazine Editor in Chief Eric Schurenberg, "the Inc. 5000 was harder to get into this year than ever in history...In addition to Clinical Resources, the 2013 list added such powerhouses as Alex and Ani, LivingSocial, Bojangles, OtterBox and KT Tape."

What does all of this mean?

Here's the breakdown:

-We've experienced 64% growth in the past four years!

-We respond rapidly, efficiently, and effectively to our clients' needs

-We bring passion and professionalism to the company and that has contributed to our growth

-We have displayed a high level of commitment to great service and passion for what we do.

Clinical Resources differentiates from other firms by identifying the most talented healthcare professionals nationwide. We operate from a philosophy of a professional healthcare company rather than a registry or staffing agency.

We focus on what is most important: efficient processes, rapid response, excellent customer experiences, easy to access quality services and competitive pricing.

Jennifer Scully, our President and CEO, states, “through our vast nationwide network and “talent sourcing” model we are able to rapidly respond to our clients with excellent results and personalized customer service, making us one of the most innovative and reliable healthcare staffing and search firms.”

We are excited for another great year on the list! Grateful to have made the cut.

What is JCAHO, anyway?

You’ve seen the “Gold Seal of Approval” on our website, our flyers, and even our business cards, and it may leave you wondering… what does JCAHO mean? The Joint Commission (TJC), formerly the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations was founded in 1951 to improve the quality and value or health care for the public by evaluating health care organizations. Every year it evaluates and accredits over 20,000 health care organizations in the United States, independently and not for profit. While The Joint Commission was founded to raise the standards of patient care, it also sets the standard for healthcare staffing services firms, like us.

We proudly display our Health Care Staffing Services Certification because it ensures quality, organization, and dedication in everything we do. To earn the JC’s Gold Seal of Approval an organization undergoes an onsite survey by a team at least every three years.

Being JCAHO certified means we have made a serious commitment to a certain standard. It also establishes the framework for our organization’s structure and management. It enhances our recruitment and development process, and it gives you a reason to trust us with your needs. We reduce risk, attract only the best professionals, and demonstrate a commitment to our consultants and our clients. We maintain organized and accurate personnel records, too (organization can make or break a staffing firm).

We wanted to give you some insight into the JCAHO-HSS certification process, instead of just talking about the benefits. Let us walk you through it:

1. There is an announced initial review, in addition to re-certification reviews that are random. All are conducted on site.

2. The review focuses on: our ability to provide competent staffing services, evaluating performance, continuing education and training, and placement criteria.

3. The standards of the certification are divided into 4 sections

· Leadership

· Human Resources Management

· Performance Measurement and Improvement

· Information Management

4. We must adopt 3 performance measures:

·         Do not return rate for clinical reasons

·         Do not return rate for professional reasons

·         Completeness of personnel file

Who is eligible? Firms that:

-Place temporary clinical staff in other organizations that direct or provide direct patient care

- Place temporary clinical staff under the direct supervision of another organization's personnel

-Collect and present four months of data for each of the three standardized performance measures by the time of the initial (on-site) review

Although all this information may be a handful, we want to let you in on the approval process and what it means to us. The Joint Commission ensures that we are providing you with organized and high quality service, and we aim to do that every day. This process, among other regulatory processes, allows us to be the best firm we can be, and to offer outstanding services. We sincerely hope that when you do make the decision to search for a new experience as a job-seeker or search for qualified candidates (as a recruiter), you consider a firm with integrity, like us.

If you would like to learn more about what we do and who we place, visit our site: www.clinicalresources.com.

If you are ready to take the next step, call 888-800-3377

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#MeetTheTeam Part 9!

Meet Keysa Murrell, Staffing Coordinator Number Three!

We are known for taking care of our consultants and paying attention to every last detail when it comes to client requests. We are so fortunate to have not one, or two, but THREE staffing coordinators that work to match great nurses and professionals with our clients. Every day, Keysa pulls candidates from our database and prepares them for future placement. Through our vetting process, she makes sure everything is perfect and people go where they need to go. Every morning, our staffing coordinators meet and strategize to place candidates where they should be. If one staffing coordinator has talked to a professional that they think may be a perfect fit, they can help fill open positions and exceed expectations. Having Keysa on the team is an absolute delight!

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#MeetTheTeam Part 5!

Here's #MeetTheTeam Part 5!

Meet Chanel Mercado, our Staffing Coordinator Star!

Chanel specializes in…well, everything. Chanel's role here has been quite dynamic. When she first started at Clinical Resources, she was handling our internal operations and communications. Today, she places interim professionals nationwide for us. Chanel has been at Clinical Resources since nearly the beginning, and with us, she has watched it grow. In addition to working diligently on placements and finding the perfect candidates, she is a friendly adviser to all of us in the office. She is friendly and bubbly, and we can’t get enough of how she says coffee (coo-ah-fee)! She troubleshoots any problems she’s having, and will help you with yours. Chanel is our rock, and our rock star.

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#MeetTheTeam Part 4!

Giving all of you the opportunity to learn about our team is important to us, and we hope it's giving you some more insight into what we do at Clinical Resources. We call ourselves a team, not a group, or anything else, because each one of us does something that contributes to the growth of our organization. We all have our strengths and our weaknesses and that's what makes us human. We don't pretend to be perfect, but we strive to provide a tailored experience to every person we come in contact with because that is our top priority. We truly hope you have been enjoying learning more about our us, so here's our next installment of #MeetTheTeam!

Meet Susan Wernsman, our Recruitment Assistant Wonderwoman! 

Susan wears many hats in our organization, she's good at many things, and she walks so quickly that it's possible for her to get all of these things done. Most days, Susan is working hard at candidate sourcing, managing our recruitment database, and assisting Jennifer or anyone else in just getting the job done, whatever it may be. She treats each candidate within our database as her own, and pays attention to every last detail in all that she does. She assists in keeping everyone's tech (gadgets, systems) updated, and always goes the extra mile.

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#MeetTheTeam Part 2!

If you've taken the time out of your day to read our posts, thank you for that! We hope you enjoyed meeting Ken Cribbs yesterday. Without further adieu, here is #MeetTheTeam Part 2!

Meet Sadie Kulla, our Vice President of Operational Finance!

As stated in her title, Sadie has two crucial responsibilities in the growth and success of Clinical Resources; operations and finances. Day-to-day, she deals with clients, coordinates consultant travel arrangements, checks up on consultants making sure everything is going smoothly in their new positions, assists in contractual requirements, oversees the finance department and represents the company at networking and industry events. Sadie runs a tight ship, and she definitely keeps everyone here grounded with her pragmatic approach to business. Her years of experience in a respected physician’s practice has helped her grow Clinical Resources into a business that practices care and diligence with every placement and builds rapport with every client and consultant. Sadie is results-oriented and has, over the past 5 years, built up a motivated and outgoing team. 

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Many of you have come to know and love our team, developing personal connections with them as they exceed your clinical staffing needs. They are so much more than their job titles, and they contribute so much to the growth and success of Clinical Resources. Each day over the next two weeks, you will meet a member of our team and learn about what they contribute here! Now if you'd like, take some time to #MeetTheTeam!

Meet Ken Cribbs, our Staffing Assistant Superhero.

Ken takes good care of you- consultants, he's working to keep all things in order even when you don't know it! Day-to-day, Ken puts new consultants into our database, Blue Sky, makes sure all of the proper paperwork is filled out, and maintains records for all consultants and their respective facilities. In addition to all of this, he assists the other staffing coordinators with job postings and related tasks! Chances are, if you are a consultant, Ken has seen your name or spoken to you over the phone. His organizational know-how and communicative capabilities make him a perfect fit for his position!

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