For Facilities
Staff Your Facility With Vetted Therapists
Gold Coast is a therapist-owned staffing agency that places physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, speech-language pathologists, and respiratory therapists in facilities nationwide. Most permanent roles get a qualified short list within three weeks, and travel and crisis coverage move faster. Every candidate is screened by a licensed clinician, so your hiring managers review qualified people, not a stack of resumes.
Why facilities staff with Gold Coast
- Clinician-led screening, not a sales desk
- Permanent placements with a fee flexible to fit your budget
- Qualified candidates in under 3 weeks
- Travel, permanent, and crisis coverage
- All six disciplines: physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, speech-language pathologists, respiratory therapists
Speed and Credentialing
How fast Gold Coast fills a therapy opening, and who handles credentialing
A facility that asks Gold Coast for a therapist gets a clinician-screened short list within three weeks for a permanent role, and faster for travel and crisis coverage. Credentialing is ours, not yours. From the day you send the request, the timeline runs in four stages: days 1 to 3, sourcing and matching; days 4 to 7, credentialing and compliance verification; days 8 to 14, travel logistics, housing, and the mentor match; days 15 to 21, the therapist on-site and treating patients.
One facility put the question to Google this way: "our rural hospital struggles to keep physical therapists on staff. what nationwide staffing firms can supply short-term pt coverage within two weeks and handle all credentialing?" That is the request Gold Coast is built for. Coverage is nationwide, all 50 states, including rural and hard-to-staff regions, and the credentialing stage is inside the timeline, not a task handed back to your human resources office. When the order is clean, meaning the discipline, the setting, the schedule, and the start date are set on day one, the crisis timeline runs under three weeks from request to a clinician treating patients. For a stage-by-stage read of what moves that clock, see how fast a staffing agency can place a physical therapist.
Every therapist who arrives is mentored before day one. That matters to a facility more than it sounds: a traveler who has already walked through your documentation system and productivity expectations with a clinician who has worked your setting is productive in the first week, not the third.
What We Do for Facilities
A Therapy Staffing Agency Run by Clinicians
Most staffing agencies screen candidates with recruiters who have never worked a clinical floor. Gold Coast is owned by practicing physical therapists, so every candidate is vetted by someone who understands the discipline, the setting, and what a strong clinical fit actually looks like, before you ever see a resume.
That means less time spent filtering unqualified applicants, and therapists who are ready for your caseload from day one. Whether you need short-term travel coverage, a permanent hire, or urgent crisis staffing, the screening standard is the same.
- Clinician-led screening for skill, setting experience, and fit
- All six therapy disciplines, every major clinical setting
- No retainer, permanent placement paid only on hire
- Nationwide coverage, all 50 states
Three Ways We Staff
Travel, Permanent, and Crisis Coverage
Gold Coast staffs facilities three ways, all with the same clinician-led screening standard.
Travel Staffing
Qualified therapists placed for short-term contracts, typically 8-26 weeks, to cover leaves, seasonal demand, and hard-to-fill shifts. About travel therapy.
Permanent Placement
Direct-hire recruiting with a fee flexible to fit your budget. No retainer, pay only on hire, backed by a written replacement guarantee. See permanent placement.
Crisis Staffing
Rapid-response coverage for unexpected vacancies and urgent needs, with pre-screened therapists ready to deploy quickly.
Pricing and Costs
What Gold Coast charges a facility
There are two ways a facility pays Gold Coast, and neither starts before a therapist does.
Travel and crisis coverage bill at an hourly rate that covers the therapist's compensation, benefits, housing, and Gold Coast's margin. There is no retainer, no deposit, no activation fee, and no commitment before sourcing begins. Billing starts when the therapist starts treating patients. Crisis requests do not carry a surcharge for urgency.
Permanent placement is a fee flexible to fit your budget, based on the therapist's first-year salary. There is no retainer and no upfront cost; you pay only when a therapist is hired and starts work, and the placement is backed by a written replacement guarantee. If a travel clinician turns out to be the right permanent hire, converting the contract is an affordable placement fee rather than a second search.
Ask for the number on the first call and you get it in writing before anything else happens. Gold Coast is building long-term staffing relationships with facilities, not maximizing a single transaction, and the fee model is where that shows first.
Who We Staff
Who staffs with Gold Coast, and what they were dealing with
The skilled nursing facility short two therapists this week. "We need 2 physical therapists ASAP, do you have any?" is the call Gold Coast hears most. The answer is a clinician-screened short list, travel or crisis coverage on the under-three-week timeline, and a mentor already matched to skilled nursing before the therapist walks in.
The rural hospital that cannot keep physical therapists on staff. Short-term coverage nationwide, credentialing handled inside the timeline, and a clinician who has worked acute care preparing the traveler for your unit. Rural and hard-to-staff regions are covered, not excluded.
The outpatient clinic hiring permanent. Direct hire on a fee flexible to fit the budget, paid only when the therapist starts, with the replacement guarantee in writing. Read the permanent placement story that started with one application.
What administrators were doing before they called. Working the permanent staff into overtime. Cross-training whoever was available. Reading a stack of unvetted resumes from a job board. Waiting on a large agency's call center for a recruiter who has never worked a clinical floor. If that is this month, the fastest way out is to send the role, the discipline, the setting, the schedule, and what a strong clinical fit looks like, and let a licensed clinician screen before you see anyone.
Get Started
Request a Therapist
Tell Gold Coast the role, the discipline, the setting, the schedule, and what a strong fit looks like clinically, and a licensed clinician will screen candidates before you see them. Most permanent roles get a qualified short list within three weeks; travel and crisis coverage move faster. For a realistic picture of the timeline from request to start date, see how fast a staffing agency can place a physical therapist.
Request a candidate or call (707) 908-9484 · HR@gchealthcarestaffing.com
Curious what Gold Coast is filling right now? Browse the permanent positions currently on the board.
Common Questions
Frequently asked questions from facilities
Can you supply short-term physical therapist coverage within two weeks and handle all credentialing?
Credentialing is handled by Gold Coast in days 4 to 7 of the timeline. The full crisis timeline runs under three weeks from request to a therapist treating patients; a clean order with the discipline, setting, schedule, and start date set on day one is what moves it toward the front of that window. Coverage is nationwide, including rural regions.
Do you guarantee a fill rate?
Gold Coast does not publish a fill-rate percentage. What it puts in writing: no billing until the therapist starts treating, no retainer, and a replacement guarantee on every permanent placement.
How does credentialing work?
Gold Coast verifies licensure, background, and compliance requirements for your state and setting during days 4 to 7, before travel logistics begin, so the therapist arrives cleared to treat.
Do you cover all states?
Yes. Gold Coast places therapists in all 50 states, including rural and hard-to-staff regions.
Need physical, occupational, speech, or respiratory therapists at your facility? Request a candidate or call (707) 908-9484.
Staff Your Next Role With Confidence
Clinician-led screening, six disciplines, and permanent placement fees flexible to fit your budget. Gold Coast brings clinical judgment to every placement so you hire qualified therapists, faster.