Glen Burnie requires a signed independent contractor agreement before you take a shift at the building. Autumn Lake Healthcare handles it as a credential, so the signed copy lives on your Nursa profile with your license and your other nursing credentials.
Is this like a staffing agency contract?
No, and the difference matters. An agency signs you on and then assigns you work, often deciding where you go and when. Nothing here assigns you anything. Nursa is a marketplace where Glen Burnie posts shifts and you decide which to request, and the agreement sets the terms for the ones you take.
Can you negotiate the terms?
Generally not line by line. Facilities use a standard agreement across every clinician who picks up shifts with them. Signing something you have not read is not the alternative, though. If a clause is unclear, ask Glen Burnie before you sign rather than after.
What does 1099 status mean for your records?
Nothing is withheld from what you earn, so the recordkeeping falls to you. Expect a 1099 form rather than a W-2, keep your own log of shifts worked and the expenses tied to them, and set money aside for taxes as you go. A tax professional who works with independent contractors is worth a consultation your first year.
How many of these will you sign?
One per building rather than one per group. Autumn Lake runs multiple locations and each keeps its own agreement record, so a clinician who works 3 of them signs 3 agreements. They sit as separate credentials, and one being verified says nothing about the others.
Adding it to your profile
The signed document is the credential. There is no course behind it.
- Tap Menu in the top left of the Nursa app.
- Select Profile.
- Scroll to the Credentials section.
- Tap Add your Credential.
- Upload your signed agreement as a PDF, WORD, JPG, or PNG.
Sign up as a clinician and sign once per building as you add Autumn Lake locations to your list.
