The division, based out of Lloyd’s Tampa offices, will expand upon Lloyd Staffing’s overall travel offerings nationwide to address the major upsurge in staffing requests within the healthcare industry for travelers nationwide.

Lloyd Healthcare Staffing focusing on recruiting Rehabilitation Professionals to alleviate the current occupational shortage for Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Certified Occupational Therapist Assistants and Speech Language Pathologists. Licensed and credentialed individuals in these fields may qualify for contractual assignments at major healthcare facilities around the country and will spend time working and exploring cities and medical centers to gain new career or lifestyle information.

According to U.S. Department of Labor, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy are among the fastest-growing fields in the nation over the next 10 years. This projection falls in conjunction with aging baby boomers that are living longer, but requiring more rehabilitative care.

Before becoming a business owner in 2000, Lloyd Healthcare Staffing President, Jackie Garvin, spent 12 years in patient care as a registered nurse. Garvin comments, “As a healthcare professional myself, I understand the specific needs and requirements of the healthcare industry. In particular, hiring competent caring healthcare practitioners and maintaining appropriate staffing levels is at the heart of quality assurance issues within the industry.

That's the reason I decided to devote this portion of my career to raising the bar in healthcare staffing and keeping pace with demand locally and nationally.” Garvin is an entrepreneur whose Lloyd Staffing franchise is a certified woman-owned business. She recently named industry veteran, Carrie Clark to head up the Traveler Division and to focus on recruitment and placement initiatives within the Allied Health marketplace