Primary care, hospital medicine, behavioral health, and multi-specialty physician recruiting.
Elina Sindhu
Healthcare Recruiting
Nurse staffing solutions -
Hire experienced nurses faster
We help hospitals, health systems, clinics, and SNFs hire permanent and contract nurses nationwide by reaching experienced nurses who aren't actively searching.
- RNs, LPNs/LVNs, NPs, and nursing leaders
- Passive and active nurse candidates
- Specialty and care setting matched
Trusted by skilled nursing facilities, home health agencies & healthcare providers
Three common nurse staffing challenges
and the right way to solve them
Not all nursing staffing solutions address the same problem.
Problem 01
You need to fill an immediate, short-term gap.
A nurse is out on planned or unexpected leave. Patient census has increased. You need experienced clinical coverage for a defined period with a clear end date.
Travel nursing or short-term contract staffing is built for situations like these. When the need is driven by genuine census fluctuation or a defined leave, it's usually the right solution.
Travel nursing or short-term contract staffing is built for situations like these. When the need is driven by genuine census fluctuation or a defined leave, it's usually the right solution.
Problem 02
A permanent role has been covered by travelers for months.
The same unit has relied on agency nurses for six, twelve, or even eighteen months. On paper, the position is covered. In reality, you're paying travel rates for what has become a permanent staff role, while CMS minimum staffing requirements don't get any easier to meet with nurses rotating through 13-week contracts.
That's where permanent placement makes more sense. See our direct hire nursing page
That's where permanent placement makes more sense. See our direct hire nursing page
Problem 03
You're hiring for a specialized or hard-to-fill nursing role.
The role requires specific credentials. The candidate pool is limited. You've had the job posted for weeks or months, but qualified applicants still aren't coming through.
At that point, posting the role again rarely changes the outcome. What you need is a recruiter with relationships in that specialty and access to employed nurses who aren't actively job searching. That's a specialist search, not a general staffing assignment.
At that point, posting the role again rarely changes the outcome. What you need is a recruiter with relationships in that specialty and access to employed nurses who aren't actively job searching. That's a specialist search, not a general staffing assignment.
ExpertHiring recruits for permanent and contract nursing roles only. We don't have a travel division.
That means our entire recruiting process is focused on nurses you won't find on job boards. Most are experienced staff nurses who are already employed and open only to the right opportunity.
Our nursing recruiters build relationships with experienced nurses across specialties like ICU, float pool, ED, and post-acute care, as well as in local markets. When the right role opens, they reach out directly instead of relying on job postings.
Find the right nursing staffing solution for your role
Each nursing staffing service below is built for a specific role or care setting, with its own sourcing approach, credential requirements, vetting process, and search expectations.
Registered Nurses
Registered Nurse Recruiter
Staff RN placement across acute care, post-acute, and specialty settings
Direct Hire Nurses
Permanent RN placement for hospitals and health systems reducing travel agency dependency.
ICU Nurse Staffing
Critical care RN placement for Level I/II trauma centers and ICUs.
Charge Nurse Staffing
Charge RN and shift supervisor placement for acute care units.
Credential-Specific Roles
CNA Staffing Agency
Certified Nursing Assistant placement for SNFs, hospitals, home health, and memory care.
LPN Staffing Agency
LPN placement for long-term care, outpatient clinics, and home health.
LVN Staffing Agency
Licensed Vocational Nurse placement for California facilities.
Nursing Assistant Agency
CNAs, PCTs, STNAs, GNAs, and HHAs - credential-specific vetting by setting.
Get to know some of our recruiters
You'll work with recruiters who understand the realities of today's nursing market and the specialties they recruit for.
Behavioral health physicians, emergency medicine, and difficult-to-fill physician specialties.
Ray Shimray
Healthcare Recruiting
Chief Medical Officers, Medical Directors, physician leadership, and executive healthcare hiring.
Annie Larkin
Healthcare Recruiting
70+ additional recruiters dedicated to your specific hiring needs
Frequently asked questions
Usually, it's one of two things. Either the candidates applying aren't qualified for the role, or the qualified candidates never see the posting because they're not looking.
Most experienced nurses are already employed. They're not browsing jobs, so they aren't going to come across your listing by chance. The candidates who do apply are often newer graduates, nurses between jobs, or people applying to several positions at once.
Posting the role again usually reaches the same candidate pool. Reaching employed nurses before they start looking is a completely different approach.
Travel nursing and per diem staffing are excellent solutions for covering immediate staffing gaps. The challenge is that many healthcare organizations end up using them to fill permanent positions for months or even years.
When a staffing agency's business is built around travel placements, there's a financial incentive to keep contract roles filled and bill rates running. That doesn't always align with helping your organization become less dependent on agency staffing.
The result is that some facilities continue relying on travelers year after year without making progress toward building a stable, permanent nursing team. Travel staffing solves short-term coverage. Permanent hiring solves long-term staffing.
That's where most of our placements come from.
The nurses worth hiring for permanent roles are usually already employed. They're not on Indeed, and they ignore most recruiter messages. They tend to respond only when someone they already know reaches out with an opportunity that's genuinely worth considering.
Our recruiters build those relationships before a search begins. When your position opens, we're already connected with nurses in your market who have told us what it would take for them to make a move. We also know whether your offer will be competitive before we introduce the opportunity. Every candidate is screened against your facility's specialty requirements, including Joint Commission (TJC)-relevant clinical experience where applicable.
Short placements usually come down to one of two reasons. Either the candidate was comparing multiple offers when they accepted yours, or the screening process focused on credentials without looking deeper.
Our candidates aren't shopping around. They're employed nurses who made a deliberate decision to consider a specific opportunity, not people trying to leave their current job as quickly as possible.
We also screen for motivation, compensation expectations, and what they're really looking for in their next role before making an introduction. When a nurse chooses your facility for the right reasons, they're much more likely to stay.
The nurse you're looking for may not be searching job boards.
Our nurse staffing services cover permanent and contract placement across every major care setting and nursing specialty.
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