Aya Healthcare was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. It is privately held. CircleRN has 2 reviews of Aya Healthcare from travel nurses.
Aya Healthcare is a healthcare staffing agency.
It places RNs, allied health professionals, physicians, interim leaders and non-clinical staff.
Its lines of business are travel nursing, allied health, local contracts, per diem, permanent placement, locum tenens, interim leadership and IT and non-clinical.
It was founded in 2001 and is based in San Diego, California.
It also operates Qualivis, Vaya Workforce Solutions, Bespoke Workforce Solutions, ID Medical, Aya Locums, CoreHire, DocCafe, LotusOne and Aya Talent Marketplace.
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Aya Healthcare has operated since 2001.
Its legal name is Aya Healthcare, Inc.
The Joint Commission lists Aya Healthcare as certified in Health Care Staffing Services.
CircleRN does not rate agencies. 2 travelers have reviewed Aya Healthcare here, averaging 4.6 out of 5.
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Aya Healthcare calls itself privately held in the press release announcing its 2018 acquisition of Qualivis.
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Aya Healthcare says its medical, dental and vision plan starts on the first day of an assignment. Travelers can join the 401(k) after working four consecutive months or one year from hire with at least 1,000 hours, and become eligible for the match after a year with at least 1,000 hours. Its pay and benefits page also lists sick time that accrues from the first day of an assignment and the Aya Scholars clinical ladder, which may reimburse tuition and a specialty certification exam.
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According to Aya Healthcare, travelers can take Aya-offered furnished housing or a housing stipend, and can switch between the two from one assignment to the next.
A stipend is capped by the federal per diem rate for the assignment location.
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Aya Healthcare says travel nurses need at least one year of experience in their specialty, preferably in a hospital setting.
Every assignment also needs a license valid in the state where you will work.
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Aya Healthcare's About page lists LotusOne, its own vendor management system, among the software it offers hospitals.
Hospitals that use a vendor management system release each opening to many agencies at once, which is why the same job can appear at several of them.
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2 travel nurse reviews, 4.6★ overall, 100% would recommend.
| Category | Rating out of 5 |
|---|---|
| Overall | 4.6 |
| Support and trust | 5.0 |
| Pay transparency | 5.0 |
| Benefits | 4.5 |
Pros: My AYA recruiter was great from the very beginning. He was always on top of it. Almost every job I put in for I had a response from the facility within 24hours with an offer. I wouldn’t trade that exp...
Cons: My only cons with AYA have to do with medical insurance but meets face it, the U.S. healthcare system is going down the drain and we’re all seeing it
Pros: My recruiter at Aya was great at communication and answering any question I had from the facility. She applied me to the facility I wanted and was very efficient on her end. She was very kind and want...
Cons: I did not get the sense that she fought or negotiated for a higher price. She took my experience and they gave her a fixed rate, and because it was my first contract I didn’t know we could work with t...
Company facts for 20 travel nursing agencies, alphabetical. CircleRN does not rank agencies.
| Agency | Founded | Based in | Ownership | Joint Commission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advantis Medical | Not published | Dallas, Texas | Part of the Adecco Group | Per the agency |
| Amergis (Maxim) | 1988 | Columbia, Maryland | Not published | Per the agency |
| AMN Healthcare | 1985 | Dallas, Texas | Public (NYSE: AMN) | Per the agency |
| Aureus Medical (no longer operating under this name) | Not published | Not published | Part of Medical Solutions | Not published |
| Aya Healthcare | 2001 | San Diego, California | Privately held | Certified |
| Cross Country Healthcare | 1986 | Boca Raton, Florida | Owned by Knox Lane | Per the agency |
| Fastaff | 1989 | Greenwood Village, Colorado | A subsidiary of Ingenovis Health | Per the agency |
| FlexCare Medical Staffing | 2006 | Roseville, California | Not published | Per the agency |
| HealthTrust Workforce Solutions | Not published | Sunrise, Florida | A subsidiary of HCA Healthcare | Not published |
| Host Healthcare | 2012 | San Diego, California | A subsidiary of Medical Solutions | Per the agency |
| Medical Solutions | 2001 | Omaha, Nebraska | Owned by Centerbridge and CDPQ | Per the agency |
| OneStaff Medical | 2010 | Omaha, Nebraska | Privately held | Per the agency |
| RN Network (no longer operating under this name) | Not published | Not published | A former CHG Healthcare division | Not published |
| Stability Healthcare | 2009 | Pasadena, California | Not published | Per the agency |
| Supplemental Health Care | 1984 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Owned by Vistria and Apollo | Per the agency |
| Tailored Healthcare Staffing (no longer operating under this name) | Not published | Not published | Part of Health Carousel | Not published |
| TNAA (no longer operating under this name) | 1999 | Not published | Part of TotalMed | Not published |
| Triage Staffing | 2006 | Omaha, Nebraska | Backed by M-One Capital | Per the agency |
| Trustaff | 2002 | Cincinnati, Ohio | A subsidiary of Ingenovis Health | Per the agency |
| Trusted Health | 2017 | San Francisco, California | Venture-backed | Not published |
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