Advanced Practice Recruiters (APR) is the nation's first dedicated APP recruiting firm. Founded in 2006 by Blake Moser and headquartered in Tyler, Texas, APR has spent two decades placing nurse practitioners and physician assistants exclusively — never physicians, never broad allied health, never temp staffing. That focus is why our hiring partners get a subspecialty-matched candidate slate within 48 to 72 hours and why 94% of our placements remain in their roles for at least twelve months.
We work with hospital systems, multi-specialty groups, single-specialty clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, behavioral health platforms, telehealth companies, retail health chains, and physician-owned private practices in all 50 states. Every search is run by a recruiter who specializes in the subspecialty being filled — PMHNP searches go to a PMHNP recruiter, surgical PA searches go to a surgical-PA recruiter — not a generalist who learns the role on your dime.
Subspecialty matching, not paper-blasting. Generalist staffing firms send any credentialed resume to any open req. APR matches the candidate's subspecialty — fellowship, scope, EHR, productivity history, supervision model — to the role. That is the single biggest driver of twelve-month retention.
Contingency, no upfront fee. Employers pay nothing until a placed candidate starts work. No retainers, no exclusivity, no exposure if the search runs long. Standard placement fees fall between 15% and 25% of the candidate's first-year base compensation.
Replacement guarantee. Every placement carries a written replacement guarantee covering the initial employment period. If the placed provider departs within the guarantee window, we re-run the search at no additional fee.
Recruiter ownership. A senior APR recruiter owns the search end to end — intake, sourcing, screening, interview coordination, reference checks, offer construction, counter-offer management, credentialing support, and start-date logistics.
Blake Moser founded Advanced Practice Recruiters in 2006 after recognizing that the explosive growth in NP and PA hiring was being served by generalist healthcare staffing firms with no subspecialty fluency. Twenty years later, APR is the firm hiring managers call when a search has stalled with another agency. Reach Blake directly at 346-515-5160 or blake@advancedpracticerecruiters.com.
APR was founded in 2006 by Blake Moser and is the nation's first recruiting firm built exclusively around nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
APR is headquartered in Tyler, Texas, and places NPs and PAs in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories.
No. APR is dedicated exclusively to nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Our subspecialty focus is the reason our placements have a 94% twelve-month retention rate.
Yes — APR is a permanent direct-hire firm. We do not run a locum tenens or contract-staffing desk. Employers hire candidates directly and pay APR a one-time contingency fee on first-year base compensation.