Overcome Workforce Challenges

Talent solutions designed to stabilize your workforce while enhancing care and operating models

Problems To Solve

In addition to ongoing talent deficits

Healthcare providers face rising operational costs and growing economic pressures

This persistent financial strain reduces the capacity to invest in staff, technology, and infrastructure

Without decisive action, turnover rises, morale dips, and care standards are at risk

Solution

Stabilize and strengthen your leadership teams; fulfill critical talent demand

Transparent, capable leaders foster a positive culture, boost staff engagement, and strengthen collaboration. Strategic talent acquisition is essential to secure the right leaders who drive these outcomes

Staff turnover decreases, relieving pressure and reducing operating costs

Strategic initiatives are more easily achieved, in turn, improving operational efficiency

With a strong leadership team in place, access, continuity, and quality of care improve

Often, your best leadership candidates are identified and promoted from within. When promotions are not an option

We stand ready to help you build the leadership and clinical teams needed to achieve your care and operational goals

Backed by the healthcare industry’s most comprehensive performance guarantee, TMS Associates stands by our results

Unlike competitors who limit assurances to just 60–90 days, we provide a full 6–18 month guarantee including retention support

Beyond Traditional Recruitment

Through a strategic, science-backed approach, we recruit, career advise, and recommend for interview people who, once hired, stabilize workforces, optimize care delivery, and deliver long-term benefits for their colleagues and patients.

  • Our talent advisory service aligns your workforce strategy with your organizational objectives.

    We start by assessing leadership structures, identifying critical skill gaps, and optimizing staffing models.

    By strategically strengthening leadership teams, we help stabilize your workforce and build capacity for operational excellence.

    This approach ensures that each hire and retention effort supports improved patient access, continuity, and quality of care, ultimately translating into better outcomes and sustained organizational performance.

  • Our retained search service offers a premium, high-touch approach to securing top-tier executive and clinical leadership talent.

    With a dedicated recruitment team focused exclusively on your search, we provide personalized, focused attention throughout the process.

    Our SLAs are designed to guarantee quality, transparency, and results, ensuring that your most critical roles are filled with the right leaders for long-term success.

    Key features of our retained search service include:

    • Dedicated Recruitment Team: A specialized team works exclusively on your search, providing personalized support and focused attention to ensure your organizational needs are met.

    • Defined Timeframe for Candidate Shortlist: We deliver a shortlist of highly qualified candidates within a specific timeframe—typically 4 to 8 weeks—depending on the complexity of the role.

    • Regular Progress Updates: You’ll receive regular updates on the search process, including candidate pipeline status, challenges, and any necessary strategic adjustments.

    • Thorough Candidate Vetting: We conduct comprehensive vetting, including background and reference checks, and assess candidates for cultural fit, leadership competencies, and technical qualifications to ensure a successful placement.

    • Replacement Guarantee: If a candidate leaves or is terminated within the first 12-18 months, we restart our search at no additional cost, minimizing your risk.

    • Exclusive Candidate Presentation: Candidates presented are exclusive to your search and not offered to other clients, ensuring undivided focus and confidentiality.

    • Diversity and Inclusion Commitment: Where needed, we prioritize delivering diverse candidates to help you build an inclusive leadership team that aligns with your organizational values.

    • Confidentiality Assurance: Our process ensures that all client and candidate information is handled with the utmost confidentiality and discretion.

    Our retained search approach guarantees the right hire and a robust and long-term fit, with added support for onboarding to ensure seamless integration into your organization.

  • Our Contingent Search service offers a responsive and cost-effective way to address immediate talent needs in both clinical and leadership roles.

    By swiftly connecting you with highly qualified candidates, we help stabilize teams, maintain operational continuity, and ensure patients receive timely, high-quality care.

    With payment only upon successful placement, you can meet urgent staffing demands while reinforcing your organization’s overall operational strength and patient-centered goals.

  • Our upcoming process improvement service is designed to streamline your operations and enhance your care delivery by optimizing internal workflows and resource utilization.

    From reducing inefficiencies in patient flow to improving staff utilization, we’ll offer strategic consulting to help you refine your operating model, improving both care outcomes and financial performance.

    This service will provide actionable insights to better manage, for example, length of stay (LOS), inpatient and outpatient utilization, and overall operational effectiveness.

FAQs

  • TMS Associates specializes in healthcare talent solutions that stabilize and enhance your workforce, directly improving your care and operating models. We offer talent advisory, clinical staffing, and executive recruitment services tailored to meet the unique challenges of healthcare organizations.

    By customizing our services to your specific needs, we enhance operational efficiency and support your mission to provide exceptional healthcare.

    Partnering with TMS Associates allows you to focus on delivering outstanding patient outcomes while we effectively manage your healthcare talent needs. Our expertise ensures you attract and retain top healthcare professionals, optimizing your workforce for success.

  • At TMS Associates, we bring together extensive experience and expertise in the healthcare sector. Our team comprises seasoned healthcare recruiters and experienced clinical and healthcare leaders dedicated to delivering exceptional results for our clients.

    While we operate as a stealth-mode startup, our team have a proven track record in healthcare talent management and operations, enabling us to understand and address the unique challenges healthcare organizations face.

    Our collective expertise allows us to provide tailored healthcare talent solutions that help you attract and retain top healthcare professionals.

    We specialize in talent advisory, clinical staffing, and executive recruitment, ensuring you have the right team to enhance operational efficiency and improve patient care outcomes. By partnering with TMS Associates, you gain access to a team committed to supporting your mission to provide exceptional healthcare through a trustworthy and reliable workforce.

  • Due to our status as a stealth-mode startup and the confidential nature of our partnerships bound by strict non-disclosure agreements, we are unable to share specific case studies or references from the healthcare organizations we’ve assisted.

    However, our team at TMS Associates comprises seasoned healthcare recruiters and experienced clinical and operational leaders dedicated to delivering exceptional results. Our proven expertise in healthcare talent solutions—including clinical staffing, executive recruitment, talent advisory, and healthcare operations—helps organizations like yours stabilize and enhance their workforce.

    We understand the unique challenges healthcare organizations face and are committed to helping you build a trusted team that can improve operational efficiency and elevate patient care outcomes. We’d be happy to discuss how our experience aligns with your needs and how we can tailor our services to support your mission of providing exceptional healthcare.

  • At TMS Associates, we employ a multi-faceted approach to ensure that the teams we help you build are both trustworthy and reliable. Our strategy begins with thorough candidate vetting, where we conduct comprehensive assessments that go beyond reviewing resumes. This includes in-depth interviews, behavioral assessments, and background checks to evaluate each candidate’s integrity, past performance, and alignment with your organization’s culture.

    We utilize behavioral competency modeling to assess not only technical skills but also critical attributes such as accountability, transparency, and ethical decision-making. Our proprietary frameworks enable us to identify professionals who embody the competencies essential for trustworthiness and reliability in the healthcare sector.

    To further ensure the quality of our candidates, we perform rigorous reference verifications and may conduct 360-degree feedback assessments. By gathering insights from past colleagues, supervisors, and team members, we ensure consistency between the candidates’ self-presentation and the experiences of those who have worked with them.

    Understanding that a successful placement depends on more than just skills and experience, we place a strong emphasis on cultural fit analysis. Our team works closely with your leadership to grasp the nuances of your organization’s culture. This allows us to align our candidate recommendations accordingly, selecting individuals who are most likely to thrive and contribute positively within your existing environment.

    Our commitment doesn’t end once a candidate is placed. We provide ongoing support and retention programs to ensure the new team member’s transition is seamless and aligned with your organization’s goals. This includes onboarding assistance, coaching, and regular check-ins to address any challenges proactively.

    By integrating these comprehensive strategies, TMS Associates not only helps you build teams that meet your immediate needs but also contributes to your organization’s long-term success. Our dedication to a rigorous evaluation process and continued support ensures that the professionals we place are equipped to enhance your operational efficiency and elevate patient care outcomes. We are committed to supporting your mission of providing exceptional healthcare through a workforce you can trust and rely on.

  • Item descriAt TMS Associates, we propose a comprehensive, strategic approach to solve your specific workforce challenges, backed by our industry-leading performance guarantee. Our strategies are designed to address your immediate needs while ensuring long-term sustainability and success.

    1. Customized Workforce Strategy

    We begin with a thorough diagnostic of your current workforce situation, assessing factors such as turnover rates, skill gaps, staffing shortages, and cultural alignment. Based on this in-depth analysis, we develop a customized talent strategy tailored to your organization’s unique challenges. Whether it involves leadership development, upskilling existing staff, or targeted clinical staffing and executive recruitment, our solutions are crafted to meet your specific needs.

    2. Integrated Talent Solutions

    Our approach offers integrated healthcare talent solutions that align your workforce with your organizational goals. We combine executive search, clinical staffing, and talent advisory services with initiatives like leadership assessment and culture-building programs. This holistic strategy ensures that we address both your immediate staffing needs and the long-term alignment of your team with your care and operating models.

    3. Leveraging Our Extensive Network and Expertise

    We utilize our extensive network to engage top healthcare talent where others struggle or can’t. Our team of seasoned healthcare recruiters and experienced clinical leaders identifies professionals who can stabilize and enhance your workforce, improving various aspects of patient care and operational efficiency.

    4. Potential Risks and Mitigation Strategies

    We recognize potential risks and proactively implement strategies to mitigate them:

    Risk of Misalignment:

    • Potential Issue: New hires may not integrate well with your existing culture.

    • Mitigation: We conduct rigorous cultural fit analyses, including behavioral competency modeling and in-depth interviews, to ensure candidates align with your organization’s values and environment.

    Implementation Challenges:

    • Potential Issue: Introducing new strategies or personnel may disrupt existing processes.

    • Mitigation: We offer change management support to help your teams adapt smoothly. Our ongoing support includes onboarding assistance and coaching to facilitate seamless transitions.

    Market Conditions:

    • Potential Issue: Talent shortages and high demand may limit the available candidate pool.

    • Mitigation: We approach recruitment differently than others. Our unique approach yields higher candidate identification and engagement than that of our competitors. We expand our candidate sourcing channels and employ data-driven insights to identify alternative solutions. Our agile approach allows us to adapt strategies based on real-time market dynamics.

    5. Agile Implementation and Continuous Feedback

    We emphasize an agile approach with iterative adjustments based on continuous feedback. This ensures our strategies remain effective and adaptable to evolving circumstances, minimizing risks and maximizing results.

    6. Commitment to Long-Term Success

    Our industry-leading performance guarantee reflects our confidence in delivering exceptional outcomes. We are committed to building a trustworthy and reliable workforce that enhances your operational efficiency and elevates patient care outcomes.

    By partnering with TMS Associates, you gain a dedicated ally in overcoming your workforce challenges. Our strategic, risk-aware approach is designed to support your mission of providing exceptional healthcare through a team you can trust and rely on.ption

  • At TMS Associates, we believe in a collaborative partnership to implement our healthcare talent solutions effectively. We work closely with your operations, clinical, and HR leadership teams to ensure our strategies align seamlessly with your organization’s goals and culture.

    Our implementation process begins with an in-depth consultation to understand your specific needs and the unique challenges your healthcare organization faces. By engaging directly with your key stakeholders, we gain valuable insights into your operational dynamics and patient care objectives.

    We then develop customized talent solutions, including clinical staffing, executive recruitment, and talent advisory services, tailored to address your workforce challenges. Throughout the process, we maintain open communication, providing regular updates and incorporating your feedback. This ensures our approach remains agile and adaptable to any changes in your needs or the healthcare landscape.

    By partnering closely with your leadership teams, we ensure the professionals we recruit are not only highly qualified but also a strong cultural fit. This collaboration enhances operational efficiency, elevates patient care outcomes, and supports your mission of providing exceptional healthcare.

    Our commitment to a hands-on partnership guarantees that we build a trustworthy and reliable workforce you can depend on. By integrating our expertise with your organization’s vision, we implement solutions that drive success and foster long-term growth in the ever-evolving healthcare industry.

  • At TMS Associates, we offer a transparent pricing structure designed to align with your budget and hiring goals:

    • Talent Advisory Services: When coupled with a search assignment, our talent advisory services are provided complimentary, offering you strategic insights and expert guidance at no additional cost.

    • Contingent Search Services: For our contingent search efforts, we operate on a success-based model with fees ranging from flat fees up to 20% of the placement’s first-year annual salary. You incur costs only when we successfully place a candidate who meets your requirements.

    • Retained Search Services: For specialized or executive roles, our retained search fees range from 25% to 33% of the position’s specified annual salary. This dedicated approach ensures we allocate the necessary resources to find the most qualified candidates for your critical positions.

    Return on Investment (ROI):

    Our services are designed to deliver significant ROI through several key factors:

    • Industry-Leading 6–18 Month Performance Guarantee

      • We stand behind the quality of our placements with an industry-leading 6 to 18-month performance guarantee. If a placed candidate does not meet performance expectations within this period, we will find a suitable replacement at no additional cost. This guarantee minimizes the risk of mis-hires, ensuring your investment yields long-term benefits and maximizing ROI.

    • Onboarding Assistance

      • Our ability to assist with onboarding helps new hires integrate smoothly into your organization. By facilitating a seamless transition, we accelerate their productivity and contribution to your team. Effective onboarding reduces the time it takes for new employees to reach full performance, enhancing operational efficiency and delivering faster returns on your investment.

    • 6–18 Month Retention Support

      • We provide ongoing retention support for 6 to 18 months after placement. This includes regular check-ins, coaching, and addressing any challenges that may arise. By fostering employee engagement and satisfaction, we improve retention rates, reducing turnover costs and ensuring sustained performance. Long-term employee retention amplifies ROI by maintaining continuity and stability within your workforce.

    • Improved Team Performance and Productivity

      • By placing high-quality, trustworthy professionals who align with your organizational culture, we enhance your team’s effectiveness. Improved team performance leads to higher productivity and better patient care outcomes, contributing to your organization’s success and profitability.

    • Risk Mitigation and Cost Savings

      • Our rigorous assessment processes and performance guarantee significantly reduce the risk of mis-hires. This helps you avoid the substantial costs associated with replacing key personnel, further maximizing your ROI.

    By investing in our services, you can expect measurable returns through enhanced operational efficiency, reduced turnover, and elevated patient care outcomes. Our comprehensive approach not only meets your immediate staffing needs but also contributes to your organization’s long-term success in delivering exceptional healthcare. We are committed to providing you with a workforce you can trust and rely on, ensuring that your investment leads to sustained growth and stability.