Avant Healthcare Professionals

Name

Avant Healthcare Professionals

Legal name

Avant Healthcare Professionals

Website

https://avanthealthcare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ), Nursing & Allied Health Certification Prep (CNA, EMT/Paramedic, Radiology, Sonography, PT/OT) (EDANAIAB)

Keywords

• International nurse staffing
• Healthcare workforce solutions
• Allied health recruitment
• Clinical transitions training
• Registered nurse placement

Headquarters

HQ city

Casselberry

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Staffing Recruitment Fees: Avant Healthcare Professionals generates revenue by providing healthcare facilities with globally educated, highly-qualified nurses and allied health professionals on a direct hire or contract basis. Healthcare facilities pay for the recruitment, screening, credentialing, and placement services that Avant provides to fill their permanent or long-term staffing needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Avant Healthcare Professionals is an international healthcare staffing agency that recruits, trains, and places globally educated registered nurses, medical laboratory scientists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists into U.S. healthcare facilities. It offers Direct Hire, Bridge Program, and Contract Staff solutions to hospitals and health systems, providing end-to-end candidate support including licensure, NCLEX-RN preparation, immigration sponsorship, and cultural transitions training.

Product overview

Avant Healthcare Professionals is a healthcare workforce solutions company operating as a single integrated platform for international nurse and allied health professional recruitment and staffing. The core offering combines an International Nurse Recruitment Program with the proprietary Avant Transitions Program, providing end-to-end services from overseas recruitment through U.S. licensure, immigration, cultural training, and long-term career placement. Supporting modules include Direct Hire Staffing, Bridge Program, and Contract Staffing for healthcare facilities, alongside supplementary resources like the Healthcare Heartbeat Podcast, Resource Library, and Dream. Become. Inspire. Nursing Scholarship. The company specializes in placing registered nurses, medical laboratory scientists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and U.S. nursing graduates across U.S. healthcare facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Global Impact: Avant Healthcare Professionals' platform for community change focused on expanding access to education and healthcare, particularly in communities where healthcare professionals come from.
• Healthcare Heartbeat

Products and services

• Healthcare Staffing & Workforce Solutions Integrated healthcare workforce solutions connecting globally educated nurses, medical laboratory scientists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists with U.S. healthcare facilities through direct hire, contract staffing, and bridge program models.
• Direct Hire Staffing Sourcing and securing top talent for healthcare organizations, handling the full recruitment process from identifying qualified candidates to facilitating final offers for seamless direct hire placements.
• Bridge Program Customized, à la carte services designed to bridge and elevate existing international nurse programs, providing flexible targeted support for healthcare organizations launching or refining international recruitment initiatives.
• Contract Staffing Skilled healthcare professionals provided on long-term contracts to help healthcare facilities meet ongoing workload demands, cover extended absences, and access specialized expertise with flexible workforce scaling.
• International Nurse Recruitment Program End-to-end support program for internationally educated nurses including licensure support, NCLEX-RN preparation, employer-sponsored visa processing (EB-3), credentialing, job placement, relocation assistance, and ongoing support from application through first day on the job and beyond.
• Avant Transitions Program A five-week comprehensive Clinical and Cultural Transitions Program that prepares internationally educated healthcare professionals for U.S. practice standards, including hands-on training in a fully equipped skills lab, cultural orientation, and U.S. assimilation support.

Quantifiable outcome

• Improved patient outcomes and HCAHPS scores attributed to consistent nursing care
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• Jackson HealthcarecoreOthersJackson Healthcare is the parent company and family of companies that includes Avant Healthcare Professionals. It is an award-winning organization and a $3 billion revenue medical conglomerate founded by billionaire healthcare entrepreneur Rick Jackson. Avant is a trusted member of the Jackson Healthcare family of companies.
• American Association of International Healthcare Recruitment (AAIHR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAvant Healthcare Professionals is a founding member of AAIHR, an organization that helps set the gold standard for ethical, legal, and socially responsible international clinician recruitment. As a founding member, Avant contributes to establishing industry standards for ethical recruitment practices.
• Musillo Unkenholt (MU)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerMusillo Unkenholt is Avant's trusted immigration law partner, providing expert legal guidance to turn legal complexity into clear paths for clinicians. The firm guides thousands of clinicians from visa to victory, handling immigration matters including EB-3, H-1B, TN, and EB-2 visa categories.
• EDI Staffbuilders InternationalmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEDI Staffbuilders International is Avant's partner for ethical recruitment of exceptional Filipino talent. The company operates Avant's Philippines office located at Units 703 & 704, 139 Valero Street, Salcedo Village, Makati City 1227, Philippines. POEA License Number: POEA-040-LB-061914-PA.
• The DAISY FoundationmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAvant Healthcare Professionals has partnered with the DAISY Foundation for 25 years in recognizing nurses. The DAISY Award honors extraordinary nurses who demonstrate compassion and excellence in care. Avant's nurses have received DAISY Awards, including Queen, an international nurse from Kenya who won the 2022 Daisy Team Award at her facility in Arkansas.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Aya Healthcare: A major U.S. healthcare staffing company that places travel nurses and runs a sizable international nurse recruitment program, competing head-to-head with Avant for hospital contracts and global candidate sourcing.
• Connetics USA: A specialized international healthcare staffing firm that recruits nurses and allied professionals from the Philippines and other countries for U.S. hospitals, competing in the same source-country talent pools.
• MedPro International: An international healthcare staffing agency placing foreign-educated nurses and allied health professionals into U.S. facilities, offering direct-hire and contract models similar to Avant's core offerings.
• WorldWide HealthStaff Solutions: An international nurse and allied health recruitment agency focused on placing foreign-educated clinicians in U.S. facilities, with a comparable Direct Hire business model and candidate pipeline strategy.
• AMN Healthcare: The largest U.S. healthcare staffing firm, operating direct hire, travel, and international nurse placement programs (including O'Grady Peyton International) that directly compete with Avant's hospital staffing and foreign-recruited RN placements.
• O'Grady Peyton International: The international nurse recruitment division of AMN Healthcare specializing in placing foreign-educated RNs in U.S. hospitals—a near-direct competitor to Avant's core international recruitment program.
• ADEX Medical Staffing: A healthcare staffing firm that recruits international nurses and allied clinicians for U.S. facilities through direct-hire and travel arrangements, overlapping with Avant on candidate sources and service delivery.

Others

• CGFNS International (now TruMerit): A credential evaluation organization that assesses foreign-educated nurses for U.S. licensure—an ecosystem partner whose certifications Avant requires, but not a direct competitor.
• Musillo Unkenholt (MU) Immigration Law: Avant's immigration law partner handling EB-3, H-1B, TN, and EB-2 visa cases—an enabling service provider rather than a competitor, but indicative of the broader immigration infrastructure supporting international healthcare staffing.

Broad incumbents

• Jackson Nurse Professionals: A sibling entity under parent Jackson Healthcare that places U.S. and international nurses in healthcare facilities, offering overlapping capabilities as part of the parent company's broader healthcare staffing portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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