TAL Healthcare

What TAL Healthcare does

TAL Healthcare is a U.S. healthcare recruitment and executive search firm founded in 2006 by Lea Tal and headquartered in Mt. Kisco, New York. The firm places physicians, advanced practice providers (PAs, NPs), nurses, allied health professionals, and healthcare executives into hospitals, health systems, FQHCs, academic medical centers, and group practices across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Its service portfolio is organized into discrete practice areas — Healthcare Executive Search, Physician Recruitment, PA/NP Recruitment, Nurse & NP Recruitment, Allied Health Staffing, and Healthcare Finance/IT/Operations Recruitment — supported by content resources (Leadership Insights, Career Insights) and a self-serve job board at jobs.talhealthcare.com.

Revenue is generated through professional-services placement fees under a quote-based model with multi-year client engagements. The go-to-market combines consultative enterprise sales to healthcare organizations with a candidate-acquisition funnel driven by SEO-optimized job postings, content marketing, social media, and targeted email campaigns. The firm reports 30+ employees across specialized divisions and has operated continuously for nearly 19 years.

The underlying technology stack is partnership-enabled rather than proprietary: TAL joined Bullhorn's Amplify Pioneer Program in October 2025, gaining access to Bullhorn Recruitment Cloud and AI-powered Search & Match capabilities, complemented by an in-house virtual recruiter chatbot for candidate outreach. The firm is WBENC-certified as a women-owned business and has earned Forbes recognition as a top recruiting firm for six consecutive years through 2025.

Name

TAL Healthcare

Legal name

TAL Healthcare

Website

https://talhealthcare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TAL Healthcare is a U.S. healthcare recruitment firm placing physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, allied health professionals, and healthcare executives for hospitals, health systems, FQHCs, and academic medical centers across the Northeast and Florida.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences Leadership Search (BPACAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Healthcare recruitment services
• Executive search
• Physician placement
• Healthcare staffing
• Talent acquisition

Headquarters

HQ city

Mount Kisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Recruitment & Placement Services: Professional services revenue from placing physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, and healthcare executives. The company charges recruitment fees for matching healthcare organizations with qualified candidates across executive leadership, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, and allied health positions.
2. Executive Search Consulting: Consultative services for healthcare organizations seeking executive and leadership talent, including strategic partnership approach to hiring

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

TAL Healthcare is a healthcare recruitment and consulting firm that identifies, attracts, engages, and places talent for healthcare organizations. The firm recruits leaders, executives, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, allied health professionals, and experts in revenue cycle management, finance, IT, and operations, conducting national searches with focus on New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Florida. Services are delivered through dedicated practice divisions including Executive Search, Physicians, Allied Health, and Administrative placement, supported by AI-powered search and matching technology.

Product overview

TAL Healthcare offers a portfolio of specialized healthcare recruitment services organized into distinct practice areas: Healthcare Executive Search (retained and contingency search for senior leaders), Physician Recruitment (permanent placements across all specialties), Physician Assistant/Advanced Practice Provider Recruitment, Nurse & Nurse Practitioner Recruitment, Allied Health Staffing, and Healthcare Finance, IT & Operations Recruitment. The company also provides content resources including Leadership Insights (market intelligence for employers) and Career Insights (guidance for job seekers). Underpinning the service delivery is a technology layer — AI-powered Search & Matching via Bullhorn's Recruitment Cloud, and a Virtual Recruiter chatbot for candidate communications — which collectively accelerate time-to-fill and improve match quality. The company operates from a proprietary job board (jobs.talhealthcare.com) and is WBENC-certified as a women-owned business.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully placed Internal Medicine Physician in under 4 months at NYC Medical Center
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

AI capability5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• BullhorncoreTechnology or Integration · 1 October 2025Tal Healthcare joined Bullhorn's Amplify Pioneer Program, aligning with the global leader in staffing and recruitment software. Through Bullhorn's Recruitment Cloud and AI-powered Search & Match capabilities, Tal Healthcare optimizes candidate connections, reduces manual searching, and ensures healthcare clients are matched with top talent quickly and effectively.
• Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024Tal Healthcare maintains national recertification as a Women's Business Enterprise by WBEC Metro NY & Greater DMV, a regional certifying partner of WBENC. This certification showcases the company's commitment to diversity in healthcare recruitment and provides access to WBENC's network of women-owned businesses and corporate members seeking supplier diversity.
• American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional membership organization engagement providing opportunities for staying current on healthcare industry trends through conferences, seminars, networking events, and workshops.
• Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional membership organization engagement providing opportunities for staying current on healthcare industry trends through conferences, seminars, networking events, and workshops.
• Healthcare Leadership Network of New York (HLNY)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional professional membership organization engagement providing opportunities for staying current on healthcare industry trends through conferences, seminars, networking events, and workshops.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Jackson Healthcare: National healthcare staffing and search firm with dedicated physician, executive, and allied health placement practices. Overlapping target customers (hospitals, health systems) and overlapping service lines make it a relevant scaled incumbent peer.
• AMN Healthcare: Largest US healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company, serving all major healthcare segments including physician perm placement through Merritt Hawkins. Provides a scaled incumbent benchmark for TAL's specialty search model.
• LocumTenens.com: Operated by LocumTenens.com (a Jackson Healthcare company), specializing in locum tenens and permanent physician placement. Competes for similar healthcare organization mandates, particularly physician search.
• Soliant Health: Healthcare staffing firm placing allied health, nursing, and physician professionals across schools, hospitals, and health systems. Overlaps with TAL's allied health and nurse placement divisions at a national scale.
• CHG Healthcare: Large healthcare staffing firm offering locum tenens, permanent placement, and executive search across the US. Competes for the same hospital and health system clients as TAL, with broader service breadth.
• Kforce (Healthcare division): National professional staffing firm with a healthcare-focused practice placing clinical, finance, IT, and operations talent. Comparable in healthcare finance/IT/operations placement but operates as part of a broader staffing portfolio.

Emerging players

• TEEMA Solutions Group: Healthcare and technology staffing firm with physician, allied health, and executive placement capabilities. Smaller and emerging player with comparable service lines, particularly relevant for tracking smaller-scale competitors in TAL's space.

Direct peers

• All Star Healthcare Solutions: Healthcare staffing and search firm placing physicians, NPs, and PAs across the US. Comparable in size and physician-focused perm placement emphasis, serving similar hospital and group practice clients.
• Merritt Hawkins: AMN Healthcare subsidiary specializing in permanent physician and healthcare executive search. Closely comparable service mix to TAL's physician and executive search divisions, with similar focus on retained and contingency search for hospitals and health systems.
• Cejka Search: Specialty physician and healthcare executive search firm, owned by Cejka. Highly comparable service offering focused on physician and executive placements for hospitals and medical groups, with similar retained search model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/talhealthcare?lang=en
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC7GLozUfXqgYhM6hc9bCp8w
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/talhealthcare
• Instagraminstagram.com/talhealthcare
• Facebookfacebook.com/talhealthcare

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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