Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Recruiting
and Locum Tenens Staffing
Our top priority is your bottom line
ENSEARCH provides neonatal nurse practitioner staffing to hospitals and NICUs nationwide — permanent placement, locum tenens, and temporary coverage. Every step of our search process is designed with your unique needs in mind: hiring the best fit for your unit. ENSEARCH has focused exclusively on neonatal nurse practitioner placement since 1994. It’s the only thing we do, so our experience, resources, and candidate relationships are unmatched. Because NNPs are our sole specialty, we already speak your language, from acuity levels and patient ratios to credentialing requirements, and you’ll never have to educate us on how a NICU operates.
Because we handle full time placement and locum tenens staffing under one roof, clients who use ENSEARCH for both receive discounted rates. Many units rely on us to bridge a coverage gap now while we recruit their permanent hire, so one call covers both needs.
Whatever your unit needs, we offer three ways to help:
1. NICU Staffing Analysis and Salary Benchmarking
Free for all NICUs. No cost, no obligation.
Before you make any decision, it helps to know where your unit stands. Our complimentary NICU Staffing Analysis gives you a clear, data-backed picture of how your NNP staffing compares to units like yours across the country. Because we stay on top of workforce trends and maintain strong relationships with NNPs nationwide, this analysis does more than benchmark numbers. It helps you stay one step ahead in a competitive hiring market.
One of our recruitment professionals will learn about your unit and share comparative industry information, including NNP roles, pay, and shift configurations, benchmarked against comparable NICUs. We draw on the most current proprietary salary survey data available, relationships with top educational institutions, and insight gathered from decades of networking with the industry’s key decision-makers.
Here is what you will receive when you sign up for this complimentary service:
- A one-on-one consultation with a member of our tenured recruitment team.
- Comparative benchmarking on NNP compensation, staffing ratios, and shift structures for units like yours.
- An honest read on how your unit is positioned to attract and retain talent in today’s market.
- An open Q&A session, with no pressure and no obligation to move forward.
2. Customized Full Time Search
When you’re ready to hire a staff NNP or a NICU executive, we build a search plan around your unit rather than forcing you into a one-size-fits-all process. As specialized headhunters who work this niche and nothing else, we listen to your needs, your priorities, and your financial considerations first. Only then do we recommend the search approach best suited to your situation, whether that’s filling a single staff opening or conducting a confidential executive search for a leadership role.
Over the years, we’ve built relationships with the industry’s 7,000-plus neonatal nurse practitioners, and we maintain the most comprehensive, up-to-date NNP database available. That access lets us present you with well-qualified candidates who are not only screened for their credentials, but pre-screened for their genuine interest in your opportunity, so you never waste time interviewing candidates who were never a real fit.
Hiring the wrong person is expensive, and so is interviewing the wrong candidates. Partnering with a specialized search firm protects your process and gives you the peace of mind of professional support on your side.
We offer contingency and fully-retained searches, including executive searches for NICU leadership positions. We help you decide which one fits based on how time-sensitive your opening is and how you prefer to work.
3. Locum Tenens Staffing
When your NICU needs coverage on short notice, ENSEARCH is your best bet for finding the most qualified locum tenens NNPs for temporary assignments. Whether you call it locum tenens, temporary staffing, contract coverage, or a temp agency arrangement, we provide it. ENSEARCH was the first firm in the country to offer NNP locum tenens placement, and we remain the industry leader in it.
We offer peace of mind that you don’t have to lower your standards to get urgent coverage. Here’s how we find the best locum NNPs for your NICU:
- Comprehensive vetting. We review each NNP’s clinical background and procedural skills, not just their resume.
- Right fit, not just available. We match candidates to your unit’s specific acuity, culture, and scheduling needs.
- Hard-to-fill positions are our specialty. We reach qualified candidates others simply can’t, thanks to long-term relationships we build with NNPs across their entire careers.
- Unmatched access to talent. We maintain relationships with every school of nursing in the country that graduates NNPs, giving us access to candidates other firms can’t reach.
We charge a flat hourly rate that includes everything: administration, payroll, taxes, travel assistance, and malpractice coverage. Because ENSEARCH employs the provider, you get the coverage you need without taking on the paperwork. There’s no payroll to run, no benefits or taxes to administer, and no employment relationship to manage. We also offer flexible terms with no minimum commitments, and you can cancel anytime.
