Negotiation–All terms of the contract need to be agreed upon between the healthcare provider and the travel nurse such as: hourly rate, start and end dates, shift(s), housing and/or travel reimbursements, bonuses, overtime pay, time off, etc. When the travel nurse applies for an engagement, negotiation begins and continues back and forth until both the travel nurse and healthcare provider agrees and finalizes the engagement, or one of them declines and ends the negotiation.
Respond–During a negotiation, to send personal/confidential information and/or any changes/comments made to the engagement posting to the other party, click on the Respond icon at the bottom of the negotiation screen. Its function is to send information to the other party.
Accept–When the Accept icon is selected, a popup box appears requiring the ’Confirm Accept’ button to be selected. The following important information appears in the popup box:
“Both parties must click the CONFIRM ACCEPT icon below to finalize an engagement. The Final Engagement Package (containing the details, comments, travel nurse quality portfolio, and any downloads) will not be available until both parties CONFIRM ACCEPT. Once both parties have ACCEPTED, this engagement/negotiations will be closed. The healthcare provider will be billed. The Final Engagement Package will be available for review and/or printing for fifteen (15) days, after which it will be removed. The healthcare provider will receive three (3) reminders in their eJane message box prior to removal. If, after either party clicks the ACCEPT icon, the other party sends a response (i.e clicks the RESPOND icon) prior to clicking their ACCEPT icon, the finalization process is reset and each party must click the ACCEPT icons again to finalize the engagement. “
Decline–After the negotiation has started, either party can Decline at any time. When the Decline icon is selected, it closes the engagement for future comments between these two parties and the travel nurse is not able to reapply for this position at a later time (unless it is posted under a new engagement listing).
Quality Portfolio–A “Quality Portfolio” is maintained by every travel nurse that is a member of eJane. It includes all pertinent information that a healthcare provider would need to know in order to evaluate a travel nurse. The information is classified into three levels: General, Personal and Confidential. General information is automatically released to the Healthcare Provider when the travel nurse responds to an engagement. This includes only information that allows the healthcare provider to determine if this travel nurse has the skills and credentials to perform the job posted (certifications, clinical experience, skills checklist, periodic compliance list, immunizations, education, and professional organizations). Personal information must be manually released by the travel nurse and includes information that identifies the travel nurse and their location (name, address, phone numbers, RN licenses, professional references, and work history). Confidential information also must be manually released by the travel nurse and includes higher level of protected information (email address, medical history, surgical history, and prescriptions and medications).