Though still high in many areas, nationwide trends are showing Crisis Rates beginning to decrease.

With this in mind, travel nurse and allied health professionals are encouraged to extend current assignments, as next jobs will likely be at lower rates. In addition to locking in a higher pay package rate, there are a number of other benefits to extending a current contract:

1. Extension means maintaining a level of familiarity you already have with staff and processes. Administrators are always happy to stick with a known variable.
2. It’s often easier to request and receive time off as needed on a current assignment.
3. You don’t have to go through compliance.

Unable to extend your current assignment? Rather than holding out for higher pay packages, we’d recommend taking on another assignment as soon as possible in case pay packages decline. If rates go back up, your agency can usually ask for an increase in pay.

Best wishes on your assignments as you approach the end of the year and move on into 2022!

Be sure to check back regularly for updated travel nursing and allied health job market updates.