Why it comes up: Hiring, onboarding and scheduling for senior living, skilled nursing and home health, priced by location.
Stands out: It is priced and built by care segment rather than as a generic ATS: locations for senior living and skilled nursing, aides for home health and BCBAs for behavioral health. Hiring, onboarding with ongoing license verification and scheduling with cross-location staff sharing sit in one system, and it connects to Workday, Paycom and ADP. Users rate it 4.8 on Capterra across 313 reviews.
Watch out: Prices are not published. Some Capterra reviewers mention slow page loads and statuses that cannot be customized or reordered. It targets post-acute and community care, so hospitals and physician recruiters are better served elsewhere.
Best for
- Assisted and senior living operators with many locations
- Skilled nursing facilities hiring CNAs and nurses at volume
- Home health agencies hiring aides
4.8 on Capterra from 313 reviews
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Why it comes up: ATS and VMS built for healthcare staffing agencies rather than hospital HR.
Stands out: It covers both sides of contingent healthcare staffing in one suite: agencies run recruiting in NexusATS while hospitals manage suppliers in NexusVMS, and clinicians use NexusMobile to find jobs, manage shifts and upload credentials. The vendor pitches Joint Commission compliance support and holds SOC 2 Type II certification.
Watch out: Nothing is priced publicly. It is built for contingent staffing workflows, so a hospital hiring permanent staff directly may find a hospital ATS a better fit. Named integrations are specific partners (CloudCall, Relias, Sertifi, JobRobotix), so confirm your payroll and screening vendors.
Best for
- Travel and contract nurse staffing agencies
- Per diem and PRN staffing firms
- Hospitals running their own vendor management program
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Why it comes up: Clinician marketplace for sourcing nurses and allied staff, which pairs with an ATS rather than replacing one.
Stands out: It is where many nurses and allied professionals already look for work, so jobs are pushed to active clinicians in real time rather than waiting for a search. The AI assistant screens candidates against each role's requirements before a recruiter picks them up, and agencies get Universal Profiles, AI-written proposals and Vivian IQ pay-rate data in the same account.
Watch out: Pricing is not published, and ATS syncing is included only on qualifying plans; the vendor does not name which ATS or VMS systems it connects to. The audience is nurses, allied health and APPs, not physicians. Performance figures such as 4x engagement and 15% more placements are the vendor's own.
Best for
- Healthcare staffing agencies placing travel and per diem nurses
- Hospitals and health systems hiring nurses and allied staff at volume
- Recruiters who want AI screening before the first call
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