First Connect Health

First Connect Health is a healthcare staffing agency headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. It holds Joint Commission (TJC) certification and works with healthcare facilities throughout the United States on travel and permanent positions.

The agency offers travel contracts, per diem, locum tenens and direct hire placements, and says it provides temporary, temp-to-perm and permanent staffing. It recruits nurses, including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing assistants, as well as medical assistants, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, medical technologists, therapists, radiologic technologists and social workers. Its clients include health systems and skilled nursing, acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient, home health, assisted living, psychiatric, pediatric and correctional facilities.

For employers it offers candidate profiling, screening to client requirements, skill and motivational assessments, and background and reference checks. It says it runs an AI driven talent search programme and has clinical directors who work with facility partners. It reports more than 10,000 placements and more than 2,000 facilities.