Parker parent company assisting VHA with Temporary Staffing Options for Hospitals

ATLANTA, GA – VHA Inc.’s 1,400 network hospitals and more than 30,000 non-acute care organizations now have five additional temporary staffing options available, due to an expanded agreement between VHA and the health care staffing consortium, Jackson Healthcare.

With the addition of five new Jackson companies, VHA member organizations now have discounted access to temporary nurses, pharmacists, pharmacy techs, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and IT professionals.  This agreement marks the first time VHA members have access to pharmacy and advanced practice (i.e. physician assistants and nurse practitioners) professionals.

In November 2009, two Jackson Healthcare operating companies, Jackson & Coker and LocumTenens.com, joined the VHA network to offer discounted temporary physician staffing to member organizations.  The new Jackson Healthcare operating companies joining the VHA network include AdvancedPractice.com, Jackson Pharmacy Professionals, Jackson Therapy Partners, Parker HealthcareIT and Travel Nurse Solutions.

“Health care staffing is a critical component of high-quality, cost-effective and safe patient care.  In addition to Jackson’s established success with VHA in the physician staffing area, we look forward to building that success even further with their expertise in IT staffing, nursing, pharmacy and therapy positions,” said David Gillan, vice president of Purchased Services and Strategic Sourcing. “We continue to offer exceptional value to our members by identifying industry-leading suppliers such as Jackson Healthcare who have the capability, quality and demonstrated willingness to collaborate.”

“We are pleased to help VHA health care organizations better serve their patients through increased access to quality physicians, nurses, allied health and information technology professionals,” said Bob Schlotman, chief marketing officer with Jackson Healthcare.  “We are especially pleased to be the first to bring pharmacy and advanced practice professionals to this distinguished network.”

VHA is a national health care network that helps its members establish more effective supply chain operations and improve clinical performance.  Jackson Healthcare is a family of companies that provides physician and clinician staffing, anesthesia management, hospital management and healthcare information technology solutions. 

We are pleased to welcome a new Sr. Recruiter for our Staffing team, Jeannette Oliver.

Jeannette's background has her working as a branch manager through a national staffing firm, so she will bring a high level of customer service and candidate generation to our staffing team, as well as add about 10 years of recruiting experience right off the bat!

We're excited to have her on board!

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeannetteaoliver

Welcome to the new home of Parker Staffing Services

We are excited to announce that Parker is moving our offices to the gorgeous 818 Stewart building located in the bustling Westlake/Denny Triangle district of downtown Seattle.

Our new space was selected to accommodate both our evolving internal business needs but also to offer additional conveniences to our clients and contractors.

The facility encompasses a collaborative, engaging and high tech work environment including an amazing “great room” and conference center.

818 Stewart also offers us the opportunity to further expand on areas we at Parker truly love: providing resources to our client and contractor communities - forums, best practice sessions, discussion groups, keynote speakers, etc.

Look for more to come over the next several months as we announce upcoming events and activities designed with our community in mind.

Visit our blog for more updates and pictures of our new space: http://www.parkerservices.com/wordpress/index.php/2010/08/13/welcome-to-the-new-home-of-parker-staffing-services/

Parker Parent Company Ranked High in Industry Survey

Parker HealthcareIT's parent company, Jackson Healthcare, has been listed as the 29^th largest staffing firm and the 5th largest healthcare staffing firm in the U.S. in Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2010 survey. This is the 15th annual survey for the industry-specific advisory service.* 

Parker HealthcareIT is proud to be part of Jackson Healthcare. The Jackson family of companies continues to be among the fastest growing companies in healthcare, providing clinician staffing, anesthesia management, hospital management and healthcare information technology solutions proven to improve clinical and financial outcomes, as well as increase operational efficiency.  

Recently, the Jackson family, including Parker HealthcareIT, was awarded a contract with VHA, a healthcare network serving more than 1,400 not-for-profit hospitals and 28,000 non-acute care providers nationwide. VHA provides physicians in its network with organizational and practice management solutions and clinical improvement services to help them and their groups improve their medical practice through more effective deployment of resources.

As a healthcare IT staffing provider, Parker HealthcareIT recruits and places highly skilled technical people from across the United States. Our candidates have five to more than twenty years of experience working on IT projects within hospitals and clinics. Placing healthcare technology talent is our only focus.

With the resources of Jackson Healthcare, and the world-class service Parker HealthcareIT provides, we have the capabilities to meet your healthcare staffing needs.

* Staffing Industry Analysts reports on the contingent workforce. Known for independent and objective insights, the company's research, content, data, support tools, publications, and executive conferences provide credible information to decision makers who supply and buy staffing services.

Parker Promotions!

Holly Famularo has been promoted to On-Site Program Specialist. Holly's tenure with Parker on-site at Nintendo of America has been rife with successes, including the placement of over 200 contractors in 2009 alone! This new position is the next step in her career evolution with Parker and we're excited to see where she takes this program next!

In an effort to continue to evolve Parker’s brand strength in the marketplace; we are pleased to announce that Lindsay Bates has been promoted to Business Development Manager. She’ll be responsible for many of Parker’s strategic accounts as well as working with new clients to align Parker’s solutions to their needs. Congrats, Lindsay!

Cassie Thiessen taking on Chicago for HIT

Parker expands its footprint in the Midwest with Cassie Thiessen's move to Chicago this May. Parker is very proud to provide this opportunity to Cassie and excited about the potential for growth in this area.

Cassie is very excited as well and had this to say regarding her upcoming move: "I am delighted by the opportunity to relocate to the Midwest and manage Parker HealthcareIT’s client and candidate base from Chicago. The Midwest region is home to world-renowned healthcare organizations and am thrilled to be a part of this region and industry. Go Bears!"

Roseanne Landon promoted to Sr. Recruiter

Congratulations are due to Rosanne Landon on her recent promotion to a Senior Recruiter in the Healthcare IT recruiting team! Rosanne was one of our top recruiters in 2009, billing over $1,000,000 in hires in Healthcare Informatics. As one of our senior recruiters, she’s been instrumental in working her contacts and referral network with an enthusiasm level we’ve seldom seen elsewhere. Congrats, Rosanne!

New Additions to Parker

Parker Technical would like to welcome Kat Grassell to the Parker recruiting family. Kat is a Seattle transplant from Austin, TX, where she worked with a number of national recruiting agencies in the Austin market. In just two months of work, she’s already hired six new employees!

Also new to Parker, we’d like to welcome Jennifer List, as a technical recruiter. Jennifer comes to us from a technical recruiting background and in the short time she’s been here, has already impressed us with her willingness to jump on board and hit the ground running.

Recruiting Contest!

To start off April with a bang, Parker Technical held a week long recruiting contest to generate submittals, interviews, and hires over a one week period. The team responded with an amazing 75 candidates submitted to our clients, with nearly 30 interviews generated as a result!

Congratulations go to our business development manager, Christine Novak, for booking the most interviews, and Kat Grassell, for getting the most hires! $100 Amazon gift certificates as well as Mariner tickets were among the prizes awarded to our performers.

Alex Kralicek part of Swedish Medical Center's 100 year anniversary celebration

Alex Kralicek has had the unique experience of working with one of Parker's oldest clients in two respects: First providing them with administrative and clerical staffing to support their EPIC Go Live project, and then on a very personal basis when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor and went to Swedish for treatment.

Her experience was so positive and her recovery so remarkable that she was asked to participate in Swedish Medical Center's 100 year anniversary celebration. Swedish produced 100 individual videos to celebrate 100 years of Swedish and Alex's video premiered today!

Check her out here. The video will be featured on the Swedish Medical Center website in addition to SeatteTimes.com and KomoNews.com as well as a commercial on KOMO4 through June!

Cassie Thiessen recognized at HIMSS (for her shoes!)

Mr. HISTalk and Inga are anonymous bloggers in the HealthcareIT world. Inga often mentions great shoes that she sees at industry events. HISTalk has a party during the HIMSS national conference and during this event, Cassie was given the “Inga Loves My Shoes” award. It was presented to her by Gwen Darling of HealthcareITCentral.com. Way to go, Cassie!

You can follow Mr. HISTalk and Inga at histalk2.com.

Parker Awards

Lauren Luttrell was the recipient of our P. Body Award for 2009.  This award is given to the Operations employee who has provided outstanding service throughout the year.  Always customer focused and providing clients with a first-class experience, Lauren looks beyond the task to anticipate the needs of the customer through creative strategies and solutions. These are key criteria to receiving the P. Body Award.

Betsy Basch and Holly Famularo were awarded our President’s award for outstanding performance by a recruiter or business development person.  Betsy is a recruiter for Parker Technical Solutions and Holly is our onsite recruiter at Nintendo.  They both exceeded their yearly goal by a considerable margin and continue to display an exemplary work ethic and dedication to their team and to the company.


Additions to the Parker Team

Jacob Rhoades joined our team in October of last year as Parker’s Director of Talent Acquisition.  Jacob brings his expertise in recruiting from 10 years with a national staffing firm working both in the Seattle and New York markets.   His unique understanding of the challenging talent pool and his creative recruiting systems have enhanced our ability to meet and exceed our clients expectations.

Teri Pendland came to Parker at the end of 2009 as Parker’s Vice President of Sales Operations.  Teri’s enthusiasm and business acumen have been a tremendous addition to our team. Her experience in large account implementation and managed service programs fits well with the service levels we are committed to delivering to our largest clients. 

Lunch 2.0

Parker Technical sponsored the Lunch 2.0 monthly event Thursday February 25^th.  Joel Raper, VP of Technical Solutions for Azaleos spoke to us about the company’s experiences and philosophy from start-up mode to the present.   The audience was impressed with what Joel had to say about their approach to their clients and what they looked for in potential new employees.