Utilizing contingent workers to fill gaps is necessary for healthcare facilities to function at their highest capacity. With the surge of more modern staffing solutions, like Medely’s on-demand marketplace staffing, facilities have found increased flexibility around staffing and more control over their extended workforce. This increased flexibility has allowed facilities to cut out the middleman and go directly to the source: local nurses and health professionals.
As facilities incorporate per diem clinicians into their staffing strategy, some will stand out for their strong performance and seamless fit with full-time teams. When that happens, Medely makes it easy to rebook top-talent professionals by adding them to a list for future shifts. This added feature can help facilities create a more consistent stream of trusted contingent nurses and health professionals, leading to improved continuity of care and less administrative burden that comes with orienting new professionals to a facility.
Incorporating Medely’s Favorites Feature into staffing strategies
Medely’s Talent Marketplace gives facilities access to our network of over 300,000 nurses and health professionals. When a need arises, facilities can post shifts to Medely’s local network of pre-vetted nurses and health professionals within minutes. After the shift is posted to the Talent Marketplace, Medely nurses and health professionals can then pick up the shift, ensuring quick, dependable coverage.
When a facility posts a shift to Medely’s Talent Marketplace, it’s automatically sent to all qualified nurses or health professionals in the area. For example, a PACU shift is instantly shared with local PACU clinicians. With the Favorites feature, facilities can go a step further, prioritizing top performers by sending shifts directly to their preferred clinicians first.
Medely’s Favorites Feature provides all of the benefits of a trusted internal float pool without adding additional staff to your payroll or giving them enough hours per month. If a Medely nurse or health professional picks up a shift at your facility, and they’re a good fit, facilities can simply click the star icon to add them to their favorites list. When it comes time to post a shift again, facilities can send it out to their favorites list first, which allows facilities to choose the best of the best per diem staff for their facility.
Why use the favorites feature?
Utilizing favorites over simply posting to the entire Talent Marketplace can provide several benefits, especially for certain facility types. The consistency of having a group of favorited nurses or health professionals significantly cuts down on the time spent orienting new people to the facility. While per diem staff are equipped to jump right in, they still need to be shown around the building, introduced to full-time staff, and given credentials to get around the facility. It also offers patients the opportunity to see the same nurses and health professionals. For facilities who care for long-term patients, like assisted living facilities, this can be extremely beneficial for patient care.
Using favorites can also be beneficial for facilities that do more specialized cases, like DLV Vision ASC, one of Medely’s customers. DLV Vision ASC specializes in outpatient eye cases for the adult population, including complex cases like cataracts, glaucoma, retina, and oculoplastics. With such a specialized need, Connie Miranda, director of nursing, wanted to ensure that the contingent staff she was sending shifts to had previous experience with eye cases, a notoriously tricky specialty.
After using Medely to fill a few shifts, Connie was thoroughly impressed with the skillset of the nurses and health professionals she had booked for her specialized operating room. “We’ve only had three or four people that have come who have operating room experience, and it surprised me that they were able to integrate very quickly with very little direction.” Because they stood out from the beginning, Connie added them to her favorites list and can call them back whenever an opening arises. Consistent specialized nurses and health professionals have helped Connie ensure consistent quality of care and reduce cancellations due to incompatible staff.
The impact of favorites on staffing strategies
In April 2025, Medely surveyed our most active nurses and health professionals to gain more insight into how they’re picking up shifts and how facilities are utilizing them. 96% of respondents shared that they had been favorited by at least one facility. Of that 96%, 42.9% of respondents had been favorited by one to three facilities, 22.9% had been favorited by three to five facilities, and 34.2% had been favorited by six or more facilities.
This shows that Medely’s pre-vetted nurses and health professionals continue to perform above and beyond expectations, impressing facilities enough to trust them in the midst of high-stress staffing crises. One of these facilities that have continued to turn to Medely as a trusted staffing partner is NW Surgery Center. Lea Davis, director of nursing, has been posting shifts since 2019 and has built up a robust favorites list with Medely. With 23 favorites on her list, she’s been thoroughly impressed with the consistent excellence Medely has been able to offer over the years. “I’ve been very impressed with the quality of nurses we get, their skill level, professionalism, and their knowledge,” Lea shares. “We’ve gotten some really excellent nurses.”
With a consistent group of favorites, Lea feels comfortable sending shifts out to them first to fill her often last-minute needs. Since starting with Medely in 2019, 53% of all shifts posted at NW Surgery Center have been filled by favorites. With an extensive favorites list, Lea has been able to curate a list of nurses and health professionals who work seamlessly with her staff. “Usually, it’s my staff nurses who will let me know who they enjoyed working with and who to put on the favorites list. We definitely will put the shifts out first to those nurses and then let it go to the general public.” With confidence that her shifts will be filled by a qualified nurse or health professional, Lea is confident her floor will be run in the most safe, efficient manner.
Find consistent nurses and health professionals with Medely
With Medely, maintaining quality of care is simple. Our pre-vetted, credentialed nurses and health professionals allow healthcare facilities to build a consistent list of top-quality professionals. Ready to build out an extended workforce of trusted, consistent contingent workers? Start your free profile with Medely today!
