The DMS Blog
Blog Post January 7, 2013
New Employee
Today is Shemeka O'Neal's first day with DMS. Shemeka is our Home Care Scheduler. We are excited to have Shemeka as part of the DMS team. She brings great experience from a hands on perspective to home care, as well as a great "calmness"!. Look forward to to hearing from her very soon.
Happy New Year to all.
Thank you,
Charlie Ferro
President
Blog Post - September 6, 2012
INC 5000, DMS number 1909!
We are thrilled Diversified Medical Staffing has been ranked on the Inc 500|5000 list. This honor reflects the comprehensive, consistently high-quality work our team members deliver to health care organizations across the country. Our growth rate for the past three years exceeeded 140%.
We are thankful for all of our great employees, internal and external, as well as our committed clients for helping us to accomplish this difficult and coveted achievement.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/5000.
Thank you,
Charlie Ferro
President
Blog Post - July 10, 2012
New Employees
We recently hired Christine Kolster for the Home Care Coordinator referenced below. Christine started 3 weeks ago and is getting acclimated to our home health cases and employees. If you haven't met Christine yet, feel free to reach out and look to hear from her soon. She is doing a great job getting her arms around our growing caseload.
Please also welcome Kylee Buchholz who joined DMS in May. Kylee is a Recruiting Coordinator and is doing a great job.
Thank you,
Charlie Ferro
President
Blog Post - April 23, 2012
Home Care Coordinator
We are hiring for a home care coordinator. Keep an eye on our website for the job description to be posted soon. If you are interested, or have someone to recommend, please email me with a resume. Home care experience, and experience with scheduling and compliance would be suitable experience.
Thank you.
Charlie Ferro
President
Blog Post - April 11, 2012
Gerontology, Aging, and job opportunities
I recently attended a conference at a local community college that featured a certificate in Gerontology. With the growth DMS has seen in the home health market and working with the aging population, I thought it would be beneficial for me to understand the program better. I was very impressed and look to have some of our internal employees who work in home health to attend some classes to better understand some of our clientele. Also, we have candidates call DMS every day who want break into healthcare but have no experience. We often tell them to volunteer to gain experience. Getting that first opportuinity can be difficult. However, we can now advise those individuals to take a class on Gerontology. With the current and projected growth of home care and the need to care for the now aging Baby Boomers, this is a great opportunity for jobs and growth in the coming decades. If you are looking for a career with job security and prospects for growth - check out Gerontology.
Thank you.
Charlie Ferro
President
Blog Post - March 29, 2012
LONG TIME
It has been a long time since I have posted any updates! It has been busy here at DMS. Since we moved into the new suite in November it has been a whirlwind. Our growth has continued and we are fortunate to be in such a great sector.
We are close to hiring another recruiter and I will update the blog when that is finalized.
Thank you.
Charlie Ferro
Blog Post - November 15, 2011
New Office
We are officially in our new office - Suite 310 of the same building. We all look forward to employees and clients visiting. Stay tuned for an Open House after we settle!
Thank you.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - October 31, 2011
Increased Referral Bonus = Holiday gift dollars
We recently increased our Referral Bonus as we are in need of more in-patient specialty RNs. If you refer a specialty nurse who works 100 hours for DMS, we will pay you $250.00 for the referral. Please keep it mind as you are working with other health care professionals. It could help pay for Christmas gifts this year!
Thank you.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - October 3, 2011
Article on DMS
Please copy and paste the link below to read an article on DMS that was in Rapid Growth Media. I am sorry there is not a better way to get this link to you.
http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/innovationnews/0811diversified.aspx
Also, we are moving in to our new Suite (Suite 310) on November 1, 2011. We will be selling much of the furniture that is in our current suite (desks, file cabinets, chairs, small office equipment). If interested, please contact the office to arrange a time to come and take a look.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - September 26, 2011
More New Employees
Shame on me for not taking the time to update this blog. We have several new employees we have hired in the past months and most recently.
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Correy Selden - Recruiting Specialist. Correy started back in June 2011.
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Dave Hondorp - Staffing Specialist started September 20, 2011
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Renee Postema, RN - Clinical Coordinator started today
We are excited about our growth and look forward to more of it with hard work and great service to our clients and external staff.
Thank you.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - August 10, 2011
New Employees
Today we welcomed our newest internal employee, Nick Dressander, Recruiting Specialist. We are excited to have Nick on board and look forward to getting him get up to speed.
We are also hiring for a Staffing Specialist, another full time internal position. The job is listed on our internal website. Please review if interested or if you know somebody who is. Our growth and expansion continues!
Thank you.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - July 15, 2011
Holiday Pay
As a benefit to our outside staff, we pay a Holiday bonus to employees who have worked in excess of 1000 hours in the prior 6 months. For the most recent Holiday (Independence Day) DMS paid out $1,400.00 in Holiday pay! That is a testament to the longevity of our staff and the strong client relationships we have developed.
Thanks and have a great weekend.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - July 13, 2011
Client Recognition!
Just yesterday, one of our home care clients came to our office and recognized us for outstanding service and for going above and beyond for the well being of the patient. We were very flattered and proud to be recognized in such a manner. It is a testament to how hard we work here inside the company and what great work our caregivers do each and every day with all the clients and patients they interact with.
Thank you and congratulations to all of our home care employees!
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - June 24, 2011
DMS Website - Job Application improvement
We have recently made an improvement to our website which more completely lists ALL of our open jobs. It is searchable by city and discipline. Please check it out and apply!
Have a great weekend!
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - June 10, 2011
Positive News on Staffing
In an industry publication, I recently read an article reagrding a survey of staffing buyers. I have copied some of the highlights as it relates to our industry. It is good news for us. I hope you find it interesting.
- There is near unanimous agreement among contingent staffing buyers that the use of contingent labor saves money—86% reported so.
- The median savings reported by buyers was 13% of total expense. This represents an increase in the median savings reported last year of 9%. This increase in savings may be related to the on‐going economic recovery.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - May 31, 2011
Recruiter
If you have visited our job openings page lately, you will have noticed that we have a Recruiting Specialist position open. We have been undergoing interviews and hope to have that position filled as soon as possible. Our growth continues.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - April 15, 2011
Do DMS employees love DMS?
I sure hope so. An industry magazine recently had an article about the best staffing companies to work for. Being a staffing company, we have two sets of employees; internal or corporate employees and our hourly or field staff employees. My goal is to make DMS (and be able to quantify it) the employer of choice among healthcare staffing companies. To do that, we will need feedback from our employees. Please let us know your suggestions and comments at info@dmshome.com.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - March 3, 2011
Referral Bonuses
We are requesting more referrals from our valued employees. To help that along, we have updated our Referral Bonus policy. Here is how it works:
If an employee refers a Tier I employee (front office, med records, med reception) - there is a $50.00 bonus paid to the referring employee after 100 hours.
Tier II employee (Medical Assistant, Phlebotomist, Biller) - $75.00
Tier III employee (RN, LPN, Lab Tech) - $100.00
Pretty simple - please send them our way and make sure we know it is a referral from you. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - February 14, 2011
Good News
In case you don't follow the economic indicators on a national scope I thought I would provide an update. The general indicators and GDP projections are more favorable than they were two months ago. For staffing, that means that demand for contingent staff is likely to result. In 2010 the growth was due to the fact that companies were reluctant to add full time staff. This year it will likely be from just growth and additions. Specifically for DMS we are seeing a continuation of last year's growth.
Additionally, we just implemented our 401k plan (with match and profit sharing) for all employees. Signups are going on right now. If you have questions, please call Jeanna (HR Manager) at the office.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - February 7, 2011
Recruiting
We have changed some internal operations here at DMS in the past month. As we have grown in the past several months, our recruiting needs have increased to the point where we have had a difficult time keeping up. In response to that, we have changed our internal structure. We have changed Becky Sharum's responsibilities and moved her into the recruiting department with the title of Recruiting and Onboarding Specialist. The "Onboarding" part means that Becky will transition our employees from a "Recruit" status to "Active" and ready to work status, ensuring that all requirements have been completed for each employee.
We are pleased with the results so far, as each employees roles are more defined creating a better balance for all. Let us know if you have any questions.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - February 1, 2011
401k
I am pleased to announce that we have added a 401k for our employees this year. Those qualified (1 year of service and 1000 hours worked last year) will be invited to participate in 2011. Our plan includes "employer matching" and an end of year employer discretionary profit contribution to individual participants.
Current employees look to be contacted soon regarding the signup meeting. Prospective employees please look for openings on our jobs tab and join our team!
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - January 12, 2011
Healthcare staffing needs and Healthcare Reform
January 2011 has picked up right where 2010 left off - which is many needs for Nurses, Medical Assistants, Phlebotomists (to name a few disciplines). The more I learn about Healthcare Reform (including the Medicare changes) the more I believe it will positively impact healthcare staffing. More patients = more staff needed - pretty simple. These increasing needs will continue. Please check out our openings if you are new to the site. We also are fully active with online applications and on-boarding, so it is relatively painless.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - December 23, 2010
Another New Team Member
We added to our internal staff again this week, adding Jeanna Rauschert as our Human Resources Manager. As our employees know, we are bringing our payroll back "inside" in 2011. This will enable us to be very responsive to the HR needs of our employees - more to come. You will be hearing from Jeanna in the coming weeks. Please feel free to call her with any questions going forward. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - December 17, 2010
More Growth
We added to our internal staff this week at DMS. Please welcome Annie Klooster, who started Monday as an Employee Coordinator. Annie has worked in both staffing and healthcare seperately and has a good knowledge base on both. She has jumped right in with both feet this week and we look forward to having our employees and clients get to know her in the coming weeks.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - November 23, 2010
Thank you
It is Thanksgiving on Thursday so I thought it appropriate to mention what I am thankful for here at DMS. We have had a tremendous year of growth. The industry is competitive, and that growth could not happen without great employees inside the company (Becky, Denise, Kristin, Joe, and Bonnie) - Thank you. Additionally, all of the employees outside the company who do the skilled and compassionate work at our client sites have obviously play an important role - Thank you to each of you! Enjoy Thanksgiving.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - October 26, 2010
Applying made easier!
We at DMS are days away from implementing a new recruiting and on-boarding system that will eliminate much of our application paperwork. Those of you already employed by DMS will remember how much paper there is to deal with. We will still have all the forms, yet they will all be completed online. We will still of course need to collect hard copies of licenses, CPR cards, etc.
Check out the new application process here!
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - October 15, 2010
HELP! Communication - CENAs
We have been brainstorming inside the company of late trying to find out better ways to communicate with CENAs who work for us. The problem is that we have shifts to fill on the weekends and we have trouble getting return calls from our CENAs. Is there a better way to get the needs communicated? Is texting better? Facebook it? Tweet it? If you have ideas I would like to know, and would sincerely appreciate any input! Please email me at info@dmshome.com.
Thank you for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - October 1, 2010
2011
2011 is looking to be a year of big change for our industry of healthcare. I believe that now, more than ever, we are in a very dynamic and fast changing industry with great growth potential.
If you are having trouble finding your niche or a job in healthcare, I urge you to volunteer if you can afford the time. It shows real dedication to this important industry of healthcare. Try to stay in the industry if it's right for you.
Thanks for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - September 16, 2010
Flu Shots
We highly recommend getting a flu shot this year, especially if you work in healthcare. The CDC recommends that all individuals 6 months and older ger immunized from the flu. The 2010-2011 flu vaccine will protect against three different flu viruses: an H3N2 virus, an influenza B virus and the H1N1 virus that caused so much illness last season.
Get immunized and increase your chances of staying healthy!
Thanks for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - September 2, 2010
Labor Day
It is nearing Labor Day and soon, if not already, back to school. Enjoy the last official weekend of summer and travel safely if you are headed out of town.
Thanks for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - August 19, 2010
Unemployment
Unemployment is not a pretty word. I do have some good news in this regard however. As part of the changes to the last unemployment extension, "EUC Fix" has been added. The unemployed can now take a temporary placement without fear of losing their unemployment benefits, or having them lowered in the future. This has been a very real issue within our company and I am sure among all staffing companies. We have had many potential employees turn down positions due to the fact that they don't want to jeopardize their unemployment benefits. It's a shame the benefit setup "disincentivized" taking a job! However, it seems like it has been corrected which is great.
Thanks for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - August 9, 2010
New Team Member
I would like to welcome our newest internal team member, Bonnie Swanson, RN, BSN. Bonnie started last week and her responsibilities center on recruiting and retaining talent for DMS. As employees you will be hearing from Bonnie as her training winds down in the next few days. Feel free to call and introduce yourself to her.
I recently read in an industry publication that despite the sluggish economy, more and employees (up to 75%) in North America feel secure in their jobs. I would think in healthcare that number would be even higher. With the recession and need to reduce payrolls, those employees who have "hung on" to their positions have stayed for a reason - that is to say they likely would have been let go by now. At DMS, we have noticed an upswing in business since last fall, which we believe is a sign of a turnaround for the economy.
Thanks for visiting our website.
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
Blog Post - August 2, 2010
Welcome
Welcome to our blog, and to our updated website! I hope you find our blog postings beneficial and timely. We hope to share with you the most up-to-date information here and encourage you to share it with your friends and colleagues.
All of us at DMS are grateful to our employees for their continuous skilled and hard work for DMS. We are also grateful to our clients for their business and trust in our service and employees. Due to this winning combination, we have experienced a great deal of growth in the past 12 months. We are again adding to our internal team of employees beginning this week.
Thank you for your interest in DMS and for visting our new website!
Charlie Ferro
President, DMS
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