Contract for staffing agency

NedRN · Jun 22, 2015

You don't want a lawyer, that will be very, very expensive and the contract produced will be truly horrible. What you want to do is borrow existing contracts and make your own from those examples. I've seen 50 page contracts and 15 page contracts, some good and some bad. My own agency to hospital contract is two pages long and has been accepted by every hospital I've worked at (other than hospitals and vendor managers that have their own contract). Most of the boilerplate is just unnecessary because the worst case scenario, litigation, is basically unthinkable except for debt collection. A contract should just lay out responsibilities of both parties. Pretty simple.

NatashaW.BSNRN · Jul 6, 2015

Thanks NedRN, I appreciate the feedback. I'm curious, when you contract with hospitals, do you have to tell them your specialty? I ask because I received a call from a GYN unit manager, but I have absolutely no experience in GYN. In the future, I will just state RN available for Med Surg positions. I am not looking to hire any staff until after my little one is born.

NedRN · Jul 6, 2015

I have no idea what messages you are sending hospitals. I only contact them for a specific travel assignment. Are you doing local agency?

NatashaW.BSNRN · Jul 6, 2015

Yes, a local staffing agency.

NedRN · Jul 7, 2015

That is a difficult thing to pull off - a lot of critical mass issues. It seems to me that you are better off working for another local agency until you are ready to go full steam. You can network in local hospitals (gathering potential employees and HR contacts) and learn more about the business by working for someone else.

yohanes9 · Jul 29, 2015

What exactly do I need to do to set up my own nursing agency? Please I will appreciate any feedback !

NedRN · Jul 29, 2015

Can you try a more focused question? There are books about starting businesses and I have no idea what you know, your experience or what kind of agency you want to start.