Focus Staff

What Focus Staff does

Focus Staff is a privately held travel healthcare professional staffing agency that places registered nurses, allied health professionals (physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, respiratory therapists, medical laboratory scientists, and imaging technologists), and nursing support staff (CNAs, LPNs/LVNs) in temporary assignments at hospitals and medical facilities across all 50 U.S. states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Rockledge, Florida, the company operates as a brand within the Elite365 Healthcare Workforce Solutions family (also known as Staffing Management, LLC). Focus Staff is Joint Commission certified, a credential that functions as a quality gate for many hospital staffing relationships.

The company runs a Salesforce-based technology stack that powers both clinician-facing portals (QuickApplication, FullApplication, skill evaluation) and a dedicated job board. Native iOS and Android apps extend the platform to mobile, allowing clinicians to search assignments, upload credentials, submit timesheets, and access housing and licensing resources. GTM is sales-led and recruiter-driven: dedicated recruiters work clinicians through application, credentialing, and placement, while the facility side relies on direct sales relationships. Marketing spans content (blog), organic social (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok), email/SMS, app stores, and a $1,000 referral bonus program.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees on temporary healthcare placements — essentially the spread between facility billings and clinician compensation packages (weekly pay with tax-free housing and meal stipends, plus medical/dental/vision/401(k) benefits). Focus Staff has also layered value-added advisory content around specialty certifications, tax-home compliance, and sustainable travel practices. No revenue, funding, or ownership disclosures are publicly available, and the company does not disclose AI/ML capabilities or proprietary matching algorithms.

Name

Focus Staff

Legal name

Focus Staff, LP

Website

https://focus-staff.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Focus Staff is a privately held travel healthcare staffing agency placing nurses, allied health professionals, and nursing support staff in temporary assignments at healthcare facilities across all 50 U.S. states and the U.S. Virgin Islands via recruiter-led, Salesforce-based placement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Laboratory, Bioanalytical & Central Lab Staffing FSP (HLAGAOAI), Life Sciences & Biotech (R&D/Clinical) Staffing (BPACADAL)

Keywords

• Travel healthcare staffing
• Travel nursing jobs
• Allied health staffing
• Clinical placement services
• Healthcare workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Staffing Placement Services: Focus Staff earns revenue by placing travel nurses and allied health professionals (therapists, technicians, technologists) in temporary healthcare assignments at hospitals and medical facilities across the United States and Virgin Islands. The company charges healthcare facilities for providing qualified temporary clinical staff.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Focus Staff is a travel healthcare staffing agency that places registered nurses, allied health professionals (physical, occupational, and speech therapists, respiratory therapists, imaging and lab technologists), and nursing support staff (CNAs, LPNs/LVNs) in temporary assignments at hospitals and healthcare facilities across all 50 U.S. states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The company supports each clinician with dedicated recruiters, licensing and credentialing assistance, housing coordination, tax-free stipends, weekly pay, and a dedicated mobile application for managing the assignment lifecycle.

Product overview

Focus Staff is a travel healthcare professional staffing agency offering a unified staffing platform that connects travel nurses, allied health professionals, and nursing support staff with temporary assignments nationwide. The core offering consists of job placement services across three main categories: Travel Nursing Jobs (covering specialties like ICU, ER, Med/Surg, Telemetry, PCU, CVOR, and psychiatric nursing), Travel Allied Jobs (covering speech-language pathology, physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, medical laboratory science, and imaging technologies), and Travel Support Jobs (CNAs and LPN/LVNs). The company supplements its staffing services with a mobile app, recruiter support services, certification advisory, and educational resources on tax compliance and sustainable travel practices. All placements span all 50 U.S. states and the Virgin Islands.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Focus Staff Elite 365 Family of Brands: The parent brand family under which Focus Staff operates as a travel healthcare staffing agency.

Products and services

• Travel Healthcare Staffing Services End-to-end travel healthcare staffing service placing registered nurses, allied health professionals, and nursing support staff (CNAs, LPNs/LVNs) in temporary assignments at hospitals and healthcare facilities across all 50 U.S. states and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Includes recruiter support, credentialing, licensing assistance, housing coordination, and benefits administration.
• Travel Nursing Jobs Placement service for travel registered nurses across multiple specialties (ICU, ER, Med/Surg, Telemetry, PCU, CVOR, Infusion Therapy, psychiatric nursing). For RNs seeking temporary travel assignments at healthcare facilities nationwide.
• Travel Allied Health Jobs Placement service for allied health professionals including speech-language pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, medical laboratory scientists, and imaging technologists (MRI, CT, radiology, ultrasound, interventional radiology, cath lab). For allied health clinicians seeking travel assignments in acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient, and long-term care settings.
• Travel Support Jobs Placement service for certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and LPN/LVNs in travel nursing support roles at healthcare facilities across the U.S.
• Recruiter Placement Services White-glove recruiter-led placement service in which dedicated recruiters assist clinicians with assignment matching, licensing, credentialing, onboarding, and ongoing support throughout each travel assignment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Assignments available in every U.S. state and the Virgin Islands

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Elite365 Healthcare Workforce Solutions (Parent Company)coreOthersFocus Staff is a brand of Elite365 Healthcare Workforce Solutions, also known as Staffing Management, LLC, and its subsidiaries. The company operates as part of a larger family of healthcare workforce brands called 'Focus Staff Elite 365 Family of Brands.'

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AMN Healthcare: AMN Healthcare is one of the largest U.S. healthcare staffing and workforce solutions companies, placing travel nurses, allied professionals, and physicians across all 50 states. It is a directly comparable incumbent with significantly greater scale than Focus Staff.
• Cross Country Healthcare: Cross Country Healthcare is a national staffing firm placing travel nurses, allied professionals, and per diem staff across the U.S. It is a long-standing incumbent that competes with Focus Staff for travel clinician supply and facility contracts.
• HealthTrust Workforce Solutions: HealthTrust Workforce Solutions is the staffing arm of HealthTrust (HCA-affiliated), placing travel nurses and allied professionals in HCA and partner facilities nationwide. It is a broad incumbent competing for the same facility-side contracts.
• Maxim Healthcare Services: Maxim Healthcare Services is a national provider of travel nursing, allied staffing, and home healthcare services across the U.S. It is a broad incumbent peer operating with similar service lines and facility customer base.

Direct peers

• Aya Healthcare: Aya Healthcare is the largest U.S. travel nurse staffing agency and also places allied professionals, operating a digital-first platform similar to Focus Staff's mobile app approach. It competes head-to-head for the same travel nursing and allied clinician pool.
• Trusted Nurse Staffing: Trusted Nurse Staffing is a mid-sized travel nurse staffing agency placing RNs in 13-week assignments nationwide. It directly competes with Focus Staff in the travel nursing segment with a similar recruiter-assisted model.
• Travel Nurse Across America: Travel Nurse Across America is a privately held travel nursing and allied staffing agency headquartered in Arkansas, placing clinicians across the U.S. It is a comparable mid-sized direct competitor to Focus Staff.
• Medical Solutions: Medical Solutions is a national travel healthcare staffing company placing nurses, allied professionals, and therapists across the U.S. It is a direct peer with overlapping service lines, distribution model, and target clinician base.
• Aureus Medical Group: Aureus Medical Group is a travel nursing and allied health staffing agency operating nationwide, with a focus on therapy and laboratory placements. It is directly comparable to Focus Staff's nursing and allied offerings.
• Supplemental Health Care: Supplemental Health Care is a national healthcare staffing firm placing travel nurses, allied professionals, and per diem staff in hospitals and healthcare facilities. It is a closely comparable peer across product lines and target customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/therealFocusStaff
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/focus-staff
• Instagraminstagram.com/focusstaff
• TikToktiktok.com/@focus_staff
• Xx.com/focus_staff

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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