While COVID-19 keeps many people stuck at home, there are those in the healthcare industry looking for the right candidates to help them during these tough times.
1. Our Company’s Mission.
At OPA Staffing we are committed to working collaboratively to deliver the highest level of service that meets the mission and culture of our valued clients. We accomplish this by recruiting highly-qualified, expertly-trained medical professionals and placing them in the medical facilities with whom we work. We parallel our activities with our non-profit organization and sister company: The OPA RASA Foundation and strongly follow its mission which is “to leverage capitalism to Build Worth in Recovery.” Each organization is purpose-driven, as well as determined to assist in creating meaningful careers for others.
2. How you want, when you want, where you want (from PRN to Permanent Placement)
It is no surprise that we are a flexible organization, open to adjustments. One of the best things OPA Staffing does is to make sure our clients and employees are heard, valued, and cared for. An employee that is heard will put their best effort forward in all that they do. A company that cares and values you as an individual promotes an environment where people are trustworthy and feel safe. As much as we want you to live by our mission, we at OPA Staffing, along with The OPA RASA Foundation, will always lead by example.
It is not difficult to start in PRN work, move to contract work, and eventually into a direct placement role. OPA Staffing works with you every step of the way. We care about your availability, commute time, as well as your pay rate. The same goes with our clients – it is just as important to us that we take care of our client’s needs as well. Yes, you read it right, we truly want everyone to be happy.
3. By healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals
OPA Staffing knows the weight that good healthcare carries. As a healthcare provider, OPA Staffing only recruits the best medical professionals. A successful healthcare outcome means better wellness that leads to a better quality of life. These are a few of the requirements for delivering goals that are important to patients. OPA Staffing never forgets to instill this in their process of recruitment. Just like you, we are a group of healthcare professionals giving value to both employment and patient care.
OPA Staffing also believes the best way to provide healthcare services emerges when leaders and executives are actively engaged in all facets of the process. OPA Staffing seeks more than just knowledge; it also requires empathy from it’s healthcare professionals, so they can best serve their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nurses are primarily responsible for the implementation of isolation practices.
Innovative approaches are needed when managing infections requiring isolation.
Adjust workload measurements to accommodate infection prevention and control procedures.
The classic debates (1) on transmission route and (2) on special isolation techniques may not matter in the face of insufficient clinical resources.
Nursing and clinical healthcare support staff are needed in sufficient numbers now more than ever.
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerates changes already underway in the healthcare workplace. In our present situation, the complexities of caring for patients with infectious co-morbidities have increased exponentially, and the potential impact on the job functions of clinical staff and healthcare workers has never been greater.
That said, our US-based healthcare workers already know how to handle infectious disease. Prior to our current pandemic, the daily work of healthcare professionals has been impacted by the worldwide increase in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and Clostridium difficile.
The recent COVID-19 pandemic is stretching our healthcare system’s ability to cope. According to a recent scientific study by Kaba et al. (2017), there are at least three main impact areas:
The daily work of healthcare staff has been impacted by an increased and increasing number of infections requiring isolation.
Nursing care and healthcare in general has expanded to include the management of multiple infectious diseases, often overloading healthcare staff and creating backlogs.
A 2017 case study in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests innovative approaches are needed when managing infections requiring isolation – including adjusting workload measurements to accommodate the increased time necessary for infection prevention and control procedures.
Unfortunately, hospital and healthcare systems are often resistant to process or procedural change. In fact, the proverbial timeline between a discovery and the implementation of said discovery in clinical practice is 17 years. In our current pandemic, this “science to service lag” could easily create significant healthcare challenges.
Backlogs and overloading of clinical staff is the inevitable result – raising concerns around the quality and continuity of care.
As Jackson and Lynch (1985) note, nurses are the persons primarily responsible for the implementation of isolation practices. In their study, two relevant themes for today emerged. First, we have not settled the transmission question establishing the importance of the airborne route vs. the importance of contact with moist body substances. And, second, we have not settled the question of whether special isolation techniques are needed for persons with diagnosed infections vs. the potential that all persons harbor potentially infectious agents.
All this said, the cumulative impact of additional infection prevention and control appears to result in trade-offs and cutting corners. Backlogs and overloading of clinical staff is the inevitable result – raising concerns around the quality and continuity of care.
So, regardless of your approach or the stance you take on the above debates, what is clear is that having sufficient personnel in place is critical. Your nursing and clinical healthcare support staff are needed in sufficient numbers now more than ever.
Articles Cited:
A descriptive case study of the changing nature of nurses’ work: The impact of managing infectious diseases requiring isolation.
Kaba A., Baumann A., Kolotylo C., Akhtar-Danesh N.
(2017) American Journal of Infection Control, 45 (2), pp. 200-202.
Isolation practices: A historical perspective
Jackson M., Lynch P.
(1985) AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control, 13 (1), pp. 21-31
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