Coast Medical Service

Coast Medical Service is a healthcare staffing agency that supplies nurses and allied healthcare professionals to hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide. It describes itself as family owned and operated and says it has worked in the sector for decades. The agency is based in Hermosa Beach, California, and says it is Joint Commission-certified.

It places clinicians on travel assignments. Nursing specialties include emergency room, intensive care, medical-surgical, operating room, pediatric, psychiatric and telemetry. Allied roles include surgical technologists, CT, MRI and radiology technologists, medical lab technicians and respiratory therapists. The agency also fills permanent nursing and allied healthcare positions. Healthcare employers can request talent from it, and it runs a referral programme that pays a bonus to people who refer nurses or allied professionals.