RPO
Karuna Ramanuj
February 13, 2026
Healthcare providers across the United States are navigating one of the most competitive talent markets in recent memory. From regional hospitals and multi-site clinics to specialty practices and dental groups, the pressure to hire faster, spend less, and maintain compliance has never been greater. Healthcare recruitment process outsourcing — known as healthcare RPO — gives organizations a smarter path forward. Rather than patching recruitment gaps with short-term fixes, TGC Staffing delivers a structured, scalable offshore RPO model that reduces cost-per-hire by 60 to 70 percent, shortens time-to-fill to as few as 15 days, and keeps your recruitment pipeline full of pre-screened, compliance-ready candidates.
The U.S. healthcare is full of challenges and opportunities. Our expertise in Healthcare RPO (recruitment process outsourcing) services understand the challenges industry faces and also know how to tackle them.
The U.S. nursing shortage has reached crisis levels. The Bureau of Labor Statistics suggests that “Employment of registered nurses is projected to grow 5 percent from 2024 to 2034”, despite the addition of new graduates. Some other research suggests that over 15%, it will expand further through the decade.
Healthcare turnover continues to drive up expenses and instability. Registered nurse turnover alone hovers around 16%–18%. Each bedside RN replacement can cost a facility more than $61,000 in turnover-related expenses.
Clinical roles remain difficult to fill quickly. Benchmark data shows that the average time to recruit experienced nurses can exceed 80 days, whereas we achieve this in an average of 15 days. The specialized roles take even longer. This strains payroll, forcing overtime, and delaying care initiatives.
Comprehensive hiring costs in healthcare extend far beyond salaries,including advertising, sourcing, assessments, background checks, and retention efforts. Without efficient processes, these costs compound daily and erode operational budgets.
Unlike small internal teams, our offshore RPO infrastructure scales instantly for high-volume hiring. Whether you’re responding to seasonal patient surges, expanding services, or managing peak turnover, we efficiently manage your enterprise client account.
Comprehensive management of the entire hiring lifecycle, from sourcing and screening to interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding, minimizing workload for internal HR teams and improving hiring outcomes.
Scalable resourcing support for health systems during peak demand periods, seasonal surges, or large organizational expansions, ensuring staffing needs are met quickly without quality tradeoffs.
Strategic planning backed by labor market data, predictive analytics, and real-time reporting helps healthcare leaders make informed hiring decisions, forecast future needs, and optimize recruitment spend.
Advanced sourcing strategies, including AI-assisted screening, social outreach, and network engagement, build robust talent pipelines. We reach passive candidates who are not actively applying.
Support to strengthen your employer brand and candidate experience through tailored content, targeted outreach, and market positioning — improving quality of hire and reducing time-to-offer.
Full management of regulatory and credential checks — including professional licensing, background screening, OIG exclusion lists, and right-to-work verification — to reduce risk and accelerate onboarding.
Targeted RPO services are designed for specific initiatives (e.g., opening new facilities, seasonal staffing drives, or system migrations), delivering focused results with defined timelines and metrics.
Flexible support models where recruitment specialists work as an extension of your internal team — either remotely or on-site — to supplement hiring capacity and improve process integration.
Dedicated sourcing and assessment services for hard-to-fill or leadership roles, combining RPO strategy with executive search techniques used by firms like Korn Ferry.
Programs designed to strengthen representation within your healthcare workforce, using inclusive sourcing strategies and bias-aware screening practices to support organizational goals.
Blended solutions that combine RPO with contingent workforce management, helping healthcare organizations fill short-term and interim roles efficiently.
Ongoing measurement and optimization of recruitment KPIs — such as time-to-hire, cost-per-hire, and offer acceptance rates — to fine-tune your talent acquisition strategy over time.
One dedicated pipeline strategy per specialty — select a specialty to see how we approach each recruitment requirement.
Replacing travel nurses with core, full-time staff can reduce premium labor spend without disrupting shift coverage. Our sourcing team builds a continuously refreshed RN and LPN pipeline so healthcare facilities can convert agency roles into permanent hires efficiently.
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants are critical to expanding access to care. We source, screen, and credential-verify APP candidates against your state licensing and scope-of-practice requirements, helping hiring managers connect with qualified, interview-ready professionals.
We build dedicated recruiting pipelines for allied health professionals including medical technologists, radiology technicians, respiratory therapists, laboratory technicians, and other specialized clinical roles that are essential to healthcare operations.
For physician and locum tenens searches, we combine scalable sourcing capacity with credentialing and license verification. This approach supports long-cycle physician recruiting while maintaining the compliance checks required for healthcare hiring.
From bedside nursing to specialized clinical positions, our recruiting approach focuses on building dedicated candidate pipelines around each facility's staffing requirements, helping healthcare organizations maintain coverage across critical roles.
Our RPO model provides dedicated recruiting capacity for organizations managing ongoing or high-volume hiring. From candidate sourcing and screening to pipeline development, the team works alongside internal hiring functions to keep requisitions moving.
Healthcare RPO is no longer just a support function—it has become a strategic growth lever for U.S. staffing firms navigating persistent talent shortages, rising client expectations, and margin pressures. By forming the right staffing firm RPO partnerships, agencies can scale faster, compete more effectively, and deliver greater value to healthcare clients.
Pick a model to see how it works on cost, scale and compliance.
Best for: ongoing or high-volume hiring
RecommendedBest for: urgent, short-term gaps
Best for: steady, low-volume hiring
TGC Staffing has been a key partner in filling critical nursing roles, providing skilled candidates who fit our culture. Their proactive approach and clear communication have eased our recruitment burden, allowing us to focus on patient care.
TGC Staffing is a reliable partner, consistently providing qualified candidates with excellent service and communication. We highly recommend them for streamlining recruitment and finding top talent.
TGC Staffing excels at identifying top software engineering talent in the competitive IT market. Their expertise has been key in growing our development team. We’ve built a strong partnership with TGC Staffing
TGC Staffing quickly understood our needs and presented a shortlist of highly qualified candidates under tight deadlines. We were extremely satisfied with the quality of candidates and the overall experience.
