Pulse Staffing

What Pulse Staffing does

Pulse Staffing is a privately held healthcare staffing agency founded in 1988 and headquartered in Houston, Texas. The company recruits, places, and manages nursing (RNs, LVNs, NPs, CNAs), allied health (therapists, technologists, radiology), and medical clerical personnel for temporary, travel, per diem, contract, and direct hire assignments across Central and Southeast Texas — specifically Houston, San Antonio, Beaumont, Austin, and Dallas. It also operates a private duty nursing division, Uptown Homecare, providing one-on-one patient care in home, hospital, and rehabilitative settings.

The company runs a sales-led go-to-market model combining direct employer outreach to healthcare facilities with a self-serve online job board at jobs.pulsestaffing.com that supports social login-based applications. Its underlying technology is a conventional staffing platform with job posting, candidate search, and employer request workflows; no proprietary AI, ML, or API integrations are documented. Marketing is executed through an organic channel mix including a content blog, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+ presence.

Pulse Staffing generates revenue through three professional-services streams: (1) temporary staffing fees charged to healthcare facilities for travel, per diem, and contract placements; (2) one-time placement fees for direct hire of healthcare and administrative professionals; and (3) private duty services billed through Uptown Homecare. Disclosed hourly bill rates include $45/hr base for private duty RNs and $18-$20/hr for CNAs and home health aides. The company holds a Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for healthcare staffing certification. With 251-500 employees and no disclosed funding, parent entity, or institutional investors, Pulse Staffing operates as an independent regional staffing firm.

Name

Pulse Staffing

Legal name

Pulse Staffing

Website

https://pulsestaffing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Pulse Staffing is a privately held Houston-based healthcare staffing agency, founded in 1988, placing nurses, allied health, and medical clerical professionals in temporary, travel, per diem, and direct hire roles across Central and Southeast Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Home Health Care Services (621610)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare Non-Clinical Temp Staffing (BPACACAO), Private Duty 24/7 Nursing (RN/LPN) In-Home Care (HSABAHAJ)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• Travel nursing placement
• Per diem nursing
• Direct hire placement
• Private duty nursing

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Healthcare Staffing: Provides travel, per diem and contract options for nurses and medical or clerical personnel. Revenue generated from staffing fees charged to healthcare facilities.
2. Direct Hire Placement: Healthcare career opportunities placement for healthcare and administrative professionals. One-time placement fee model.
3. Private Duty Services: One-on-one care for patients in home, hospital and rehabilitative settings. Provided through affiliated entity Uptown Homecare.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Pulse Staffing is a Texas-based healthcare staffing agency that places nurses, allied health professionals, and medical clerical staff in temporary, travel, per diem, contract, and direct hire roles at hospitals and medical facilities across Central and Southeast Texas. Through its Uptown Homecare division, the company also delivers one-on-one private duty nursing services in home, hospital, and rehabilitative settings. Candidates are sourced through a dedicated online job board combined with direct recruiter outreach to healthcare employers.

Product overview

Pulse Staffing operates as a medical and healthcare staffing agency providing temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placement services. The company's core offering is nursing and medical staffing, with specialized divisions for travel nursing, allied health professionals (therapists, technologists, radiology), medical clerical/administrative roles, and private duty care through its Uptown Homecare subsidiary. Services are focused on the Texas market, serving Houston, San Antonio, Beaumont, Austin, and Dallas regions. The company offers job seekers a job board platform for searching and applying to positions, with social media login integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nursing & Medical Staffing Temporary, travel, per diem, and contract placement of registered nurses (RNs), licensed vocational nurses (LVNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), certified nursing assistants (CNAs), medical assistants, and nursing aides for hospitals and medical facilities in Central and Southeast Texas.
• Allied Health Staffing Placement services for allied health professionals including therapists, radiology technicians, and technologists into hospitals and medical facilities across Texas.
• Medical Clerical Staffing Administrative and clerical staffing for healthcare organizations covering billing, records management, and other administrative functions.
• Direct Hire Placement Permanent placement services for healthcare and administrative professionals seeking full-time positions with Texas healthcare employers, billed on a one-time placement fee model.
• Private Duty Nursing One-on-one skilled nursing and caregiver services delivered to patients in home, hospital, and rehabilitative settings through the Uptown Homecare division, billed on an hourly per diem basis (for example, RN $45/hr with a range of $40–55/hr, CNA/Home Health Aide $18–20/hr, bilingual CNA/Home Health Aide $20/hr).

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Uptown HomecarecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUptown Homecare operates as a division of Pulse Staffing, specializing in private duty nursing services. For over 38 years, Uptown Homecare/Pulse Staffing has been a trusted leader in private duty nursing, empowering patients to maintain their dignity, independence, and quality of life.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• AMN Healthcare: AMN Healthcare is the largest US healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company, placing nurses, allied health, and physicians across all 50 states. It is a broad incumbent that overlaps directly with Pulse Staffing's temp, travel, and per diem nursing offerings but at far greater scale and with a national MSP/VMS-enabled technology platform.
• Cross Country Healthcare: Cross Country Healthcare is a national healthcare staffing and workforce solutions provider spanning nursing, allied health, and locum tenens. It is a broad incumbent competing across Pulse's core service lines but with national reach, public-company scale, and enterprise RPO/MSP capabilities.

Direct peers

• Aya Healthcare: Aya Healthcare is one of the largest travel nursing and healthcare staffing firms in the US with a digital-first candidate platform. It directly competes with Pulse Staffing's travel nursing and allied health placement services while bringing superior technology and a national candidate pool.
• Maxim Healthcare Services:

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pulsestaffing
• Facebookfacebook.com/pulsestaffinghouston
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pulse-staffing_2

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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