Cell Staff

What Cell Staff does

Cell Staff is a Tampa, Florida-based healthcare staffing agency founded in 2014 that operates as the employer of record, placing licensed healthcare professionals in contract, travel, per diem, and permanent roles at client facilities across the United States. The company serves both sides of a two-sided market: on the supply side, registered nurses, allied health professionals, and locum tenens/advanced practice providers seeking career opportunities; on the demand side, hospitals, healthcare systems, outpatient centers, long-term care and rehabilitation facilities, correctional institutions, and federal/state VA and military healthcare facilities. Cell Staff reports placing professionals at thousands of organizations nationwide and holds Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval certification for Healthcare Staffing Services.

The company's technology is centered on a corporate website platform (cellstaff.com) that combines a filterable job search portal, a Quick Apply resume submission form, an email-based job alerts subscription system, and an AI-powered chatbot named Celeste that supports candidate navigation. Behind the front-end, operations rely on dedicated 1:1 recruiter relationships, account managers, and a 24/7 critical response line rather than a fully self-service marketplace. Candidate experience is differentiated through weekly pay, health/mental health benefits, 401k matching, free CEU access, welcome packages, and a tiered referral program paying $250-$750 per successful hire.

Cell Staff generates revenue via transaction fees on placements, billing client healthcare organizations while serving as the W-2 employer of placed professionals. Distribution is dual-track: enterprise buyers are reached through account managers and client services teams via direct phone, email, and contact forms, while individual candidates self-serve through the website portal. The company was ranked #1 in the 50-200 employee category of SIA's 2023 Best Staffing Firm to Work For and has earned additional recognition from Fortune, Clearly Rated, and Bizjournals (2026 Best Places to Work honoree).

Name

Cell Staff

Legal name

Cell Staff LLC

Website

https://cellstaff.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cell Staff is a Tampa-based, Joint Commission-certified healthcare staffing agency founded in 2014 that places nurses, allied health, and locum tenens professionals at hospitals, correctional, VA/military, and outpatient facilities nationwide as employer of record.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Offices of Physicians (62111), Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (621111)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare Non-Clinical Temp Staffing (BPACACAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• Nurse staffing agency
• Locum tenens placement
• Allied health staffing
• Travel nurse staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampa

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. Healthcare Staffing Placement Services: Cell Staff earns revenue by placing healthcare professionals (nurses, allied health, locum tenens, advanced practice providers) in contract, travel, per diem, and permanent positions at healthcare facilities. The company serves as the employer of record for placed professionals and bills healthcare organizations for staffing services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cell Staff is a nationwide healthcare staffing agency that places licensed clinicians—registered nurses, allied health professionals, locum tenens providers, and advanced practice clinicians—in contract, travel, per diem, and permanent assignments at hospitals, healthcare systems, outpatient, long-term, acute, sub-acute, rehabilitation, and government facilities (including VA, military, and correctional healthcare sites). The company acts as employer of record for placed professionals and bills healthcare organizations for staffing services, supplemented by a candidate-facing job portal, Quick Apply, job alerts, employee benefits, and a referral bonus program.

Product overview

Cell Staff is a nationwide healthcare staffing agency offering a unified staffing platform that connects healthcare professionals (nurses, allied health workers, and locum tenens/advanced practice providers) with job opportunities. The core offering includes job search, application submission, and placement services, supported by supplementary modules for job alerts, employee benefits management, and a referral program. The platform operates primarily as a staffing services marketplace without a self-service technology product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nursing Staffing Staffing services placing registered nurses in contract, travel, per diem, and permanent roles across correctional health, behavioral health, veterans health, outpatient, acute care, sub-acute, and long-term care facilities nationwide.
• Allied Health Professionals Staffing Staffing services for allied healthcare professionals across cardiopulmonary, medical laboratory, pharmacy, rehabilitation therapy, surgical services, imaging, and mental health disciplines.
• Locum Tenens and Advanced Practice Staffing Staffing services for locum tenens providers and advanced practice professionals including nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurse anesthetists, physicians, and dentists in temporary and permanent assignments.
• Healthcare Staffing Services (Overall) Cell Staff's overarching offering: nationwide healthcare staffing placing nurses, allied health professionals, locum tenens providers, and advanced practice clinicians in travel, per diem, contract, and permanent positions across U.S. healthcare facilities, with Cell Staff acting as employer of record.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% of interview candidates receive job offers
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Aya Healthcare: Largest US travel nurse and allied health staffing firm, placing clinicians in contract, per diem, and permanent roles across hospitals and government facilities — the same core model as Cell Staff, but at substantially greater scale.
• Medical Solutions: Travel nursing staffing agency placing RNs in hospitals nationwide with a relationship-driven recruiter model — closely aligned to Cell Staff's dedicated-recruiter positioning.
• Trusted Nurse Staffing: Travel nursing and allied health staffing agency competing head-to-head with Cell Staff in travel and per diem placements for nurses and allied clinicians.
• Supplemental Health Care: Healthcare staffing firm placing nurses, allied health, and behavioral health professionals across acute, post-acute, and community settings — directly comparable service mix to Cell Staff.
• Fastaff Travel Nursing: Premium travel nursing staffing agency focused on rapid-response crisis and ongoing hospital placements; competes with Cell Staff for high-acuity travel nursing contracts.
• Host Healthcare: Travel nursing and allied health staffing agency with a relationship-focused model and dedicated recruiters — a close functional match to Cell Staff's GTM and service offering.

Broad incumbents

• AMN Healthcare: Diversified healthcare staffing incumbent offering nurse, allied, locum tenens, and physician staffing plus workforce solutions; competes with Cell Staff across travel nursing and advanced practice placements.
• Cross Country Healthcare: National healthcare staffing and workforce solutions provider with nursing, allied, and locum tenens lines; overlaps with Cell Staff's travel nursing, per diem, and allied health offerings.
• Jackson Healthcare: National healthcare staffing and workforce solutions platform with nursing, allied, locum tenens, and government healthcare lines, overlapping with Cell Staff's government and clinical verticals.
• HealthTrust Workforce Solutions: Workforce solutions arm of HealthTrust (HCA-affiliated) providing contingent staffing for nursing and allied health, competing for the same hospital systems that buy from Cell Staff.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cell_staff
• Facebookfacebook.com/cellstaff

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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