Services for Healthcare Organizations
UMHR provides experience & affordability for its non-profit clients. Our relationships in the Philippines and other countries have allowed us to hire and bring in qualified workers who want careers in the United States. Our professionals have met all stringent U.S. requirements for immigration, education, credentialing and health standards.
UMHR’s service begins with the behind-the-scenes effort to recruit qualified healthcare workers from overseas. UMHR continuously files Visa petitions for the for the healthcare professionals who meet our high standards – and the medical standards of the United States.
We work closely with our clients to determine needs, and to find the right people for their jobs. We coordinate all deployment logistics and deliver the workers to our clients. After deployment, we stay connected to monitor our workers’ performance, vacations, sick times and our clients’ satisfaction. We’re with you for the duration of the Agreement.
Whether you need Registered Nurses, Certified Nursing Assistants, Med Techs, Lab Techs, Physical Therapists or other healthcare professionals, we can find them.continuously
The Process
We partner directly with Aguinaldo Recruitment in Manila, and our recruitment team travels to the Philippines throughout the year to evaluate candidates and conduct in-person interviews. Because of our connections with experienced immigration and legal professionals plus our years of experience bringing healthcare workers into the U.S., UMHR can efficiently process our large pipeline of qualified professionals.
Beyond our professional and legal experience being able to expedite this process, there is abundant pressure from many constituents to speed up the immigration process for skilled professionals, so we expect the processing and arrival timeframes to be faster.
After arrival in the U.S., our professionals are licensed to work in Illinois – but we transfer their licenses to other states.
Long-Term Leasing of Our Healthcare Workers
- Lease our healthcare workers on a minimum 3-year term, with the ability to buy out nurses and convert them to in-house employees after one year.
- Clients charged for hours worked (minimum 32/week).
- Workers remain employees of UMHR, the petitioner of Visas.
- UMHR manages payroll, benefits, insurance, and Workers Comp.
- Clients manage the workers as their own. Any shift – any position.
How it works:
- UMHR functions as both the petitioner for the Visas and as the employer providing payroll services, benefits management, and Worker’s Compensation coverage. Workers must be scheduled full time by clients (minimum 32 hours/week). Clients may accept or decline the workers proposed for the assignment.
- Clients are required to provide at least two months of free housing for each worker, per rules of the Philippines.
- To reserve UMHR workers, deposit for each worker is required – and is refundable at any time if the process does not proceed as anticipated.
- For each professional assigned to a client, a nonrefundable Placement fee is billed when the professionals are delivered by our Director of Recruiting & Staffing.
- Clients determine the workers’ shifts & schedules. After each bi-weekly payroll, using information supplied by Clients, an invoice is sent to the clients.
- Actual hourly wages must be the higher of the the prevailing wage for Cook County, IL (Chicago) or the county of client assignment, per the Department of Labor. Prevailing Wages can be found in this national database. Wages can change once per year in July, as set by the Department of Labor.
- Six (6) month replacement guarantee if assigned worker departs early or is unsatisfactory.
- The agreement is for a three (3) year term. Clients and workers may mutually agree to have the workers become employees of the client after one year with a Buy-Out fee.
UMHR maintains a Waiting List of reserved workers. If you are interested to add your organization’s name, please complete the short form below or contact Paul Spence at 773-484-8280. We’re ready to help you hire solve your staffing shortages with qualified, international professionals!
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More Questions?
Take a look at our FAQ page to find information commonly requested by our clients.