FAQS

Contract and travel assignments are typically three months, full time, and can be extended in three-month increments. Education assignments are generally for the duration of the entire school year.  Each assignment has its own pay package based on the terms of the assignment. You can request time off in advance of your assignment starting. There is a formal interview process for any contract or travel assignment, where we present your information to the facility and a representative from the facility will interview you if interested (we present your resume, references, and a skills checklist).

Once a phone or in-person interview is successfully completed, a formal offer will be presented. If you accept, we begin your HR file and finalize your start date (based on when you are available to start, the dates when orientation is offered, and when your onboarding documents are complete). Once the facility approves your credentials, your first-day reporting instructions and orientation schedule will be given to you, and you are all set to start. We check in with you regularly to ensure you’re having a successful assignment, and about halfway through, we can start to secure an extension for you if you want to stay. If not, we will start to line up your next assignment, with plenty of time to do so, ensuring you don’t have any downtime in between assignments. Of course, if you do want to take some time off, doing so in between assignments is always an option.

Contract and travel assignments are typically three months in length, full time, and can be extended in three-month increments. Education assignments are generally for the duration of the entire school year.

We have a variety of per diem assignments available and will review these with you prior to you joining the team. As long as we have available needs you are interested in and eligible to help with, we will welcome you to our team and begin the onboarding process. Once you are cleared by our credentialing team and at least one facility where you want to work, you’ll be added to our active per diem roster and can begin to schedule shifts. You do have to be cleared at each facility where you want to work, and we will continue to work on getting you cleared with as many places as you would like so you have plenty of options. You have total flexibility in where you work, though some facilities require a minimum commitment for how often you pick up time to clear you. Orientation and pay vary by facility, and we will review all of that information in advance with you.

An important note about per diem assignments is facilities can cancel your assignments. It’s important to be cleared at several facilities so we can rebook you if you are canceled.

Per diem means “per day,” and these assignments can vary in length. Once you’ve been cleared by our credentialing team and a facility where you want to work, you’ll be added to our active per diem roster. As you get cleared at additional workplaces, you can pick up hours at each as you see fit.

If you are considering leaving your staff job to come on board, we are delighted to answer any questions you have. We recognize that this is a big decision, and you’ll need a lot of information to know which options are best for you. You never have to leave your staff job before we secure you an assignment, and it’s often a good idea to stay in a low-commitment PRN capacity so you can keep your foot in the door.  We recognize that you’ve established strong relationships and familiarity at your staff home and encourage you to keep that connection through a PRN option that you can work around your schedule with AMS. 

Once we have answered all of your questions, arranged some interviews, and you’ve accepted your first assignment with us, you can then give notice at your staff job (to leave or reduce your status from full time to PRN). If you need to provide more than two weeks’ notice, please make sure your recruiting manager knows so they can arrange your start date accordingly. Assignments typically start 2 to 4 weeks from the date they are accepted, so it’s not an issue to wait to provide two weeks’ notice until you’ve accepted an assignment. In those 2 to 4 weeks, you’ll complete your hiring process with our HR team, the facility credentialing department will review and clear your HR file, and the facility education department will arrange all of your orientation.

We’ll walk you through every step of the process and make sure you have an extraordinary experience leading up to your first day. We will check in regularly once you’ve started your assignment to make sure everything is going well. Your recruiting manager and our CNO are always available to support you through any challenges you may face and ensure you’re having a successful assignment.

As AMS works to create an extraordinary experience for each healthcare professional, it is our goal to be your preferred employer, and we hope that you will want to stay with us forever. That said, we 100% respect your decision and support your conversion to staff anywhere we place you. Please keep us informed if you wish to convert to staff somewhere that you are working through AMS so we can coordinate with the facility. It is important to understand that our staffing agreements with our clients do include language about hiring our staff. By keeping AMS in the loop, we are able to help coordinate your transition. We will confirm that all client requirements are satisfied and partner with you and our client for a smooth transition to client staff.

A recruiter can outline what documents are needed to arrange an interview (resume, references, and a skills checklist). As soon as we have these items, we can arrange interviews for you with as many facilities as you wish. Interviews are based largely on clinical managers’ availability, and we partner with our facilities to ensure we get your feedback and secure your interview as quickly as possible. Once you interview, a formal offer will typically follow within a few hours if the facility wants to move forward.

Most assignments begin 2-4 weeks from the date you accept, based on your hiring and credentialing being completed, as well as the facility education department’s availability to host your orientation. For some assignments, especially those not in hospitals, orientation can be more flexible, and you can start as soon as you’ve completed the hiring and credentialing process.

The typical requirements are a current resume, recent references, and a skills checklist.

We check in with you regularly during your assignments to make sure everything is going well and discuss if you want to stay at the facility beyond your current assignment or if you’d prefer to try another facility. About 6 weeks from your end date in a hospital, if you want to stay, we will work with the facility to confirm an extension to the current assignment. If you don’t want to stay, or if the facility can’t offer an extension (typically because of budget or a staff member returning), we’ll have over a month to arrange your next assignment and can start reviewing options with you immediately.    For professionals in the education system, we can seek to renew your contract for the following school year at the end of the current school year you are working.

Yes! Agency clinicians and educators are empowered to take their assignment through the agency of their choice. If you are unhappy with your agency for any reason or would rather be an AMS employee, we can inform the hospital or client, or school and facilitate your extension to go through AMS.