Our Story
In 2006, when Christine was putting the wheels in motion to launch this venture, she was asked why she was starting something new at that point in her career. Although she often asked herself the same question during the early days of the business, her resolve never wavered. She knew that starting Assured Healthcare was what she was meant to do.
Christine left hands-on nursing over a decade before to move into the business world. Her 12 years at Manpower, running the healthcare staffing segment of the business, lit the fire for running her own agency. She believed that her experience as a nurse and businessperson would allow her to create a unique staffing business – one that had core values of loyalty, abundance, peace and ease, honesty, trust, enthusiasm, and respect—and make a difference in the lives of people that need care.
Although Christine has “the heart of a nurse”, she was accustomed to the professional detachment that came with nursing. Finding balance between intellect, knowledge and emotion is essential and one of the toughest hidden jobs of health care. Although that all changed when she became her mother’s caregiver.
Founder Christine Hammerlund (then and now)
VIRGINIA WAS A WONDERFUL PERSON
At 95 she was still proud, independent, and smart. But she was also beginning to decline – macular degeneration, hearing loss, unsteady gait, and dementia. This was a slow and steady regression that all five of Virginia’s living children didn’t see at first. While she was living alone, she became an expert at covering up her dementia. When Christine acknowledged that her health was in decline, Virginia was transitioned permanently into Christine and her husband’s home. Having provided those services over the years as a nurse and business owner, she now learned firsthand the value of the care that our employees provide.
As is the way of our lives, the circle continues. Leslie, Christine’s daughter, joined the business in 2018.
She knew that the business could make a difference in so many lives and has been inspired by the opportunity to provide compassionate healthcare and economic development within the communities they serve. Since she started working for Assured in 2018, Leslie became a Certified Health Care Staffing Professional, was promoted to Vice President in July 2019, and purchased the business from Christine in 2021. She is excited to continue the legacy her mother started at Assured Healthcare.
Leslie Kischer, president
Leslie Kischer, President of Assured Healthcare Staffing, is an experienced recruiter, business owner and sales professional who started her career in the pharmaceutical industry.
Leslie is a multiple Chairman’s Award winner for excellence in her role in Corporate Training and Development at Abbott Laboratories (now AbbVie). During her career at Abbott, Leslie developed curriculum, did stand-up training, managed the Global Human Resources Conference, and was the Vendor Manager and People Office Manager in the Pharmaceutical Products Division.
After her career at Abbott, Leslie started a family and pursued multiple independent ventures. In 2018, Leslie joined Assured Healthcare Staffing as a branch manager and spearheaded a company-wide system upgrade that impacted both the front and back end of the business. She has worked with her team to automate additional business processes, which have created greater efficiencies and fueled record-breaking growth. In 2019, Leslie was promoted to vice president, earned her Certified Healthcare Staffing Professional credentials, and completed the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth-WBENC Strategic Growth Program. In 2021 after seeing the company through the challenges of the pandemic, Leslie and her husband, Bivan, bought Assured Healthcare from its founders and her parents, Chris and Jim Hammerlund.