Pivot Health unveils a data-enabled job matching platform for healthcare

Pivot Health

Even the “regular” hiring and job searching comes with a set of challenges. And when it comes to healthcare, those challenges are extrapolated to a whole new level.

A new Seattle-based startup, Pivot Health, has launched to tackle those challenges with a web-based hiring and job matching service. The company has kick off the service in Washington, with plans to expand to Oregon and California later this year.

“Healthcare is the fastest-growing labor market in the U.S. and also the most inefficient,” Pivot Co-Founder and CEO Simon Frey told GeekWire. “On average, it takes about four months for a clinician to change jobs or for a hospital to hire talent, and every additional day that stems from that inefficient process contributes to higher admin costs, lower reimbursements for the hospital and, most importantly, it contributes to worse patient and medical outcomes.”

Frey founded Pivot in January along with its CFO Tony Campos; they have bootstrapped the company so far and are now looking to raise their first venture round and begin building out their team.

He says that staffing in healthcare is a huge business, with healthcare employers spending $21 billion on outside staffing fees in 2016. At least part of that process could be digitized, leveraging data to drive the matching process between an employer and a job seeker.

For start, Pivot has built a database of registered clinical workers in Washington state to make filling out digital application forms much simpler. Also, the platform uses a machine learning algorithm to match job seekers with employers they would likely want to work for, while also offering career coaching and resume advice for job seekers.

On the other hand, hospitals could use Pivot to increase the number of nurse practitioners on staff or diversify the staff they hire.

The company makes its money by charging employers a placement fee per hire, while job seekers can use the platform free.