Bergen New Bridge Medical Center has announced an expansion of its partnership with CareRev, the on-demand workforce platform for health care professionals, launching CareRev’s Internal Resource Pool Plus technology, a first-of-its-kind workforce management solution designed to streamline and optimize flexible shift management for health care professionals.
Bergen New Bridge, which has been working with CareRev for two years, already has incorporated CareRev’s on-demand workforce platform into its long-term staffing strategy.
Bergen New Bridge officials say they have filled more than 4,700 shifts with nearly 50,000 hours worked since the partnership launched in 2022. The hope is that CareRev’s IRP+ solution will help Bergen New Bridge better manage its full-time and part-time staff, as well as their per diem workforce with a fully integrated, customizable self-scheduling platform, lowering costs and offering internal staff more opportunities to work when they want.
“CareRev’s IRP+ solution helps us ensure we are continuing to deliver unmatched flexibility and work-life balance which ultimately drives better patient outcomes,” Bergen New Bridge CEO Deb Visconi said.
“This technology allows us to build relationships with talent in our own backyard, while adding additional support for our full-time staff which is critical considering the challenges facing the healthcare workforce nationwide.”
CareRev CEO Brandon Atkinson said the company’s IRP+ technology eliminates the need for nurse schedulers to manually fill shifts and reduces reliance on expensive external agency and travel staff.
Bergen New Bridge health care professionals will now have the first opportunity to claim and fill shifts automatically, empowering them to take control of their own schedules while enabling the Medical Center to maximize their internal resources. When shifts are unclaimed, postings will then be promoted to CareRev’s eligible on-demand workforce, as determined by the staffing coordinators, Atkinson said.