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  Advanced Practice Provider - up to 90 per hour

  Per Diem NP/ACNP job in Baytown, Texas with ZT Employment Services

  Essential Duties & Responsibilities • Provides health promotion and the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patient problems which in... View job

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  ER Registered Nurse Test Job

  Per Diem RN/ER job in Los Angeles, California with NurseRecruiter.com Demo

  This 254-bed facility is an affiliate of one of the largest groups of hospitals in the country and is located in West Los Angeles. Who doesn... View job

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  Emergency Department Registered Nurse - Sells, AZ 85634

  Per Diem RN/ER job in Sells, Arizona with Tribal EM

  Sells, AZ: Right outside of Tucson! · Specialty: ER RN · $10,000 sign on bonus for 13 weeks · $3,757 Gross weekly 36 hours · $4,964.... View job

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  PAs and NPs needed ASAP! Looking to hire as early as next week!

  Per Diem PA/Neurology job in NY, New York with NY MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC PC

  We are looking for a physician assistants (PA’s) and nurse practitioners (NP) who are licensed in New York State and able to perform consult... View job

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  Nurse Practitioner (FNP) - Urgently Needed to Perform Veterans Disability E...

  Per Diem NP/FNP job in Sierra Vista, Arizona with Maximus Federal

  The Veterans Benefits Administration has contracted with Maximus Federal to perform Medical Disability Exams and we are looking for Nurse Pr... View job

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  GNA's needed immediately in Cumberland, MD

  Per Diem CNA/SNF job in Cumberland, Maryland with Dynamic Healthcare Staffing, LLC

  We need GNA's (4 for each shift) ASAP to provide care to senior patients at a long term care facility in Cumberland, MD Get paid $20 per... View job

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  Contact Tracers and Case Investigators | Nurses Wanted

  Per Diem RN/Case Mgr job in Tacoma, Washington with BizTek People

  We are actively hiring dedicated, research-driven, and community-oriented individuals to fulfill Contact Tracer and Case Investigator roles.... View job

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  Event Lead Registered Nurse

  Per Diem RN/SNF job in Rockingham, North Carolina with Apex Systems

  Our client is looking for an RN to start asap (as early as next week) in Rockingham, NC. The first week will require travel into Ellerbe and... View job

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  Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Broward County - Per Diem

  Per Diem LPN/Home Care job in Sunrise, Florida with Visiting Nurse Association Health Group

  The VNA Health Group is one of the largest independent home health, hospice, and community-based services in the country. Our employees beli... View job

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  Registered Nurse for Private Duty - West Houston Area - up to 65 per hour

  Per Diem RN/Home Care job in Houston, Texas with Private

  We are seeking an RN in West Houston area for private duty shifts. Preferably nights shifts, but will review day shift interest. Must have c... View job

Nurses seeking schedule flexibility and premium hourly wages should consider per diem nursing. Although the majority utilize per diem shifts to supplement their existing incomes, there are some who work per diem as their full time job. In order to work per diem, a nurse becomes the employee of a per diem staffing agency or "registry", which is usually contracted with multiple healthcare facilities in a given marketplace. When a facility lacks the staff to provide sufficient coverage, they call upon the agencies to provide supplemental staff. As needs come in from facilities, agency staffing coordinators find available nurses qualified to meet the facilities' needs. This system of giving availability each week and accepting or rejecting shifts gives the per diem nurse a high degree of flexibility in creating their own work schedule.

Another benefit to the per diem nurse comes with payroll. First, per diem nurses can expect to earn a premium as compared to the staff nurses they work beside. In fact, some per diem nurses earn more than $500 per shift. Of course, there is a trade-off here as staff nurses enjoy consistent full time scheduling and benefits not available to most per diem workers. Be that as it may, another nice perk of per diem payroll is pay frequency. Most per diem agencies offer weekly pay and some now even offer daily pay on a pay card which can be used as a debit card.

Finally, many nurses are attracted to working on a per diem basis because, to at least to some extent, they can choose where they want to work. Nurses who work per diem can choose not to return to facilities or units which are not a good match. Alternatively, per diem nurses can make themselves more available to facilities where they enjoy working and can sometimes "block schedule" when the facility has sufficient need.

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