Excel Medical Staffing

What Excel Medical Staffing does

Excel Medical Staffing is a privately held, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) healthcare staffing agency headquartered at 129 S Main St #260, Grapevine, Texas. The company places travel nurses, allied health professionals, therapists, and imaging technicians at healthcare facilities across all 50 U.S. states, with 2,072+ active job listings and 500+ active assignments at any given time. Founded by Gabriel Griess, a retired Air Force C-130 Navigator and disabled veteran, the firm operates alongside Managing Partner Kevin Sellers (also a disabled veteran) and a leadership team including Director of Recruitment Nancy Dolan (25+ years staffing experience). The company has placed 5,000+ nurses historically and reports a 98.7% placement satisfaction rate.

The company's core product is a healthcare staffing platform accessible at excelmedstaff.com that combines a self-service job search portal with a recruiter-assisted placement workflow organized as a 5-step process (apply online, match with recruiter, sign contract, start assignment, 24/7 support). Service verticals include Travel Healthcare Staffing (the primary line), Government Healthcare Staffing (VA, IHS, federal facilities), Clinical Trials Staffing (operated via clinicaltrialstaffing.com), and Direct Hire Placement. The technology stack is straightforward: a website with searchable job listings, an online application/credential upload flow, and a third-party ProLiant payroll portal for clinician compensation management. No APIs, SDKs, or proprietary AI/ML capabilities are disclosed.

The business model is professional services / contingent staffing: Excel earns margins on the spread between hourly bill rates charged to healthcare facilities and weekly compensation paid to placed clinicians. Pricing varies by specialty, location, and demand—weekly pay examples range from $1,325 (RN MedSurg) to $3,550 (RN ER high-end), with therapy positions at $1,225–$3,725/week and imaging roles at $325–$3,375/week. Travel packages include tax-free housing stipends on top of base pay. The go-to-market is sales-led with recruiter-assisted placements, supplemented by a multi-channel clinician acquisition strategy (website, job boards, social media, referrals). Customer facility logos span diverse independent hospitals across geographies (Samaritan Medical Center, Novant Health Forsyth, Providence Swedish, VCU, IU Health, Sinai Baltimore, CAMC), and Excel holds multiple federal certifications (SDVOSB, HUBZone, SBA veteran-owned, NVBDC) plus The Joint Commission's National Quality Approval, lending credibility in both commercial and government healthcare staffing.

Name

Excel Medical Staffing

Legal name

Excel Medical Staffing

Website

https://excelmedstaff.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Excel Medical Staffing is a privately held, veteran-owned (SDVOSB) healthcare staffing agency that places travel nurses, allied health professionals, and therapists at hospitals and government facilities across all 50 U.S. states via a recruiter-assisted platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH), Life Sciences & Biotech (R&D/Clinical) Staffing (BPACADAL)

Keywords

• Travel healthcare staffing
• Nurse placement services
• Allied health staffing
• Clinical trial staffing
• Government healthcare staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Grapevine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

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 Placement Services: Revenue generated by placing healthcare professionals (travel nurses, allied health, therapists) at healthcare facilities. The company earns margins on the hourly bill rates charged to healthcare facilities for contracted professionals. Services include travel nursing, travel allied, government staffing, clinical trials staffing, and direct hire placements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Excel Medical Staffing is a healthcare staffing agency that recruits, credentialing, and places travel nurses, allied health professionals, therapists, and imaging technicians into temporary and permanent assignments at hospitals and healthcare facilities across all 50 U.S. states. Its offerings span four verticals: travel healthcare staffing, government healthcare staffing (VA, IHS, federal), clinical trials staffing, and direct hire permanent placement. The firm operates a recruiter-assisted placement model with a website-driven job board and an outsourced payroll portal.

Product overview

Excel Medical Staffing operates as a healthcare staffing platform offering a unified portfolio of services including travel healthcare staffing, government staffing, clinical trials staffing, and direct hire placement. The platform connects over 5,000 nurses and allied health professionals with 2,072+ active assignments across all 50 states. Services include job search functionality, recruiter matching with 15-minute to 24-hour response times, credential verification, licensing support, housing guidance, and payroll management through the ProLiant system. The company positions itself as a technology-driven staffing partner leveraging personalized service to match healthcare professionals with facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Clinical Trial Staffing: Dedicated clinical trials staffing services vertical operated through clinicaltrialstaffing.com
• Excel Secret Labs

Products and services

• Travel Healthcare Staffing Recruiter-assisted placement of travel nurses, allied health professionals, therapists, and imaging technicians into 13-week travel assignments at hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide, with weekly pay, tax-free housing stipends, benefits, licensing support, and 24/7 recruiter assistance.
• Government Healthcare Staffing Placement of healthcare professionals into federal facilities including Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, Indian Health Service facilities, and other federal medical centers, leveraging the company's SDVOSB certification for federal set-aside contracts.
• Clinical Trials Staffing Staffing of sub-investigators, clinical research coordinators, and other research-trained clinicians for clinical trial sponsors, CROs, and research sites, operated through the Clinical Trial Staffing sub-brand.
• Direct Hire Placement Permanent placement services for healthcare facilities seeking to fill permanent clinical positions, including executive and leadership roles, billed as a traditional direct-hire recruitment engagement.

Quantifiable outcome

• 98.7% placement satisfaction rate
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AMN Healthcare: AMN Healthcare is the largest U.S. healthcare staffing company, offering travel nursing, allied health, locum tenens, and permanent placement. It directly competes with Excel in travel nursing but operates at vastly greater scale with proprietary technology, public-company financial backing, and a much larger clinician network.
• Cross Country Healthcare: Cross Country Healthcare provides travel nursing, allied health, per diem, locum tenens, and permanent placement services nationwide. It is a publicly-traded direct competitor with broader service lines and a more developed technology platform than Excel.
• Jackson Healthcare: Jackson Healthcare is a privately-held healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company with multiple staffing brands spanning travel nursing, allied health, locum tenens, and government staffing. It is significantly larger than Excel and competes across several of the same verticals.
• Maxim Healthcare Services: Maxim Healthcare Services is a large national healthcare staffing provider offering travel nursing, per diem, allied health, home health, and government staffing. It overlaps with Excel in travel nursing and government verticals at substantially greater scale.

Direct peers

• Aya Healthcare: Aya Healthcare is one of the largest travel nursing staffing firms in the U.S., with a technology-driven platform and tens of thousands of active job postings. Like Excel, it focuses on travel nursing and allied health placements nationwide, but at significantly greater scale.
• Medical Solutions: Medical Solutions is a privately-held travel nursing and allied health staffing company serving healthcare facilities nationwide. It is one of the other Top 50 SIA Healthcare Travel Companies and most directly comparable to Excel in scale, business model, and target customer.
• Trusted Nurse Staffing: Trusted Nurse Staffing is a mid-sized travel nursing agency competing for the same pool of travel RNs and allied health professionals. Like Excel, it focuses on personalized recruiter-driven service and serves facilities across all 50 states, making it a close direct peer in the mid-market tier.
• Fastaff Travel Nursing: Fastaff Travel Nursing is a U.S. travel nursing agency specializing in rapid-response staffing for hospitals. It directly competes with Excel in the travel nursing segment, particularly for high-acuity assignments like ICU and ER.

Emerging players

• Vivian Health: Vivian Health is a healthcare staffing marketplace that connects clinicians with travel, per diem, and permanent positions across multiple agencies. It represents both a competitive threat to Excel's recruiter-driven model and a potential distribution channel for Excel's open positions.
• Trusted Health: Trusted Health is a tech-enabled travel nursing platform that directly employs travel nurses and partners with facilities, bypassing traditional agencies. It represents an emerging competitive threat to Excel's traditional recruiter-based placement model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/excel_med
• Facebookfacebook.com/excelmedstaff
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/excel-medical-staffing

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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