Agencies

Below are some of the larger and more popular agencies (click on the name to be directed to their website). Feel free to email me for direct referrals to my favorite recruiters and some other agencies (travelingNP@gmail.com).

LocumTenens.com

Barton Associates

Comp Health                                                                    

AMN Healthcare

 

 

9 thoughts on “Agencies

  1. Hi!
    Newbie to the travel scene here. I’m so glad you have this blog, it has been very helpful.

    Have you worked with Vista Staffing? Do you know any major differences between the companys that one should be aware of?

    Melisa

  2. Please tell me how Locums pays NPs? Which companies hire new grads? What type of salary should I expect as a AGACNP?`

    1. You wouldn’t be paid salary if you work Locums, you would be paid hourly. The majority of agencies help place new grads. Please see previous posts about being paid W2 vs 1099. All previous post titles are listed to the right side of my blog page. If you have more questions feel free to email me at travelingNP.com@gmail.com

  3. Hi Sophia!
    I came across your blog when searching for more information about locum NPs. I’m considering this transition, but am very hesitant. My husband works as a PTA, so he could travel as well. We have a 3 year old, so my main concern would be finding schools for her and making sure we have steady work. Do you think locum work would be stable enough without long periods in between assignments? I worked as a travel nurse in the past and loved it, but the NP travel would be new (plus I have to factor in a child now). I see you recommend working with several agencies. Do you pay for your own medical insurance or does one of your companies do that for you?

    1. HI, yeah there are a bunch of assignments that would like a long-term commitment like 6 months to 1 year or there is always the option to extend your current assignment. Usually the agency pays for the malpractice. Feel free to email me more questions at travelingNP.com@gmail.com

  4. Hey Sophia!

    Thank you for your posts, as a new graduate FNP and planning on traveling in the next 6 months it has been very helpful. Do you know if any of the above agencies will let you choose a living stipend rather than them choose your lodging? Thank you!

    1. Yes most agencies will pay you a stipend but it’s a flat rate per hour boost say like another $10 per hour and that works out to about 1600 a month. If you find your own housing though you have to do all of it yourself. They’re not going to help you search. They’ll say they do but if you have something like a child or pets that can be a barrier you may be searching for a while. I’ve always ultimately been able to find housing with two pets so you can do it but get a head start and make sure they pay you enough. Your post is far back enough that they wouldn’t be offering that much but they do now. The recruiters make their money partly off your hourly rate so they will negotiate as low a stipend as they can and you have to know in advance to be pretty firm about it. I find that agency’s fudge a lot of things in the beginning I even had one start by saying I was going to see 18 to 24 patients in a day as a psych NP and when I said that’s ridiculous they said well they swear the no-show rate is so high that it’ll be 12 to 14. And that may be true but it also means that there will be days you see 24 and there are often add-ons. Discharges from the hospital and so on if you work in a community clinic. They will also say they can find you great housing and it might be a long stay hotel that’s pretty decent but it might be on a major highway in the middle of nowhere

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