Built by operators who've felt the cost of getting clinical hiring wrong.
Elios Healthcare is the clinical division of Elios, a talent solutions firm founded in 2025 by former strategy consultants, operators, and clinicians. We exist because neither model, volume staffing or expensive consulting, was serving organizations actually trying to build great clinical teams.
The talent solutions industry is broken in two directions.
Traditional healthcare staffing firms optimize for volume. They send 40 resumes, charge 25 to 30% of salary, and disappear after placement. They don't understand clinical roles at the specialty level. When the wrong person ends up in a surgical suite or leading a department, everyone pays the cost.
Consulting firms charge enterprise prices for enterprise overhead. If you need a CMO recruited or a perioperative team staffed for a new ASC, you shouldn't have to sign a six-figure engagement to get started.
Elios Healthcare exists because neither model serves hospitals, surgery centers, and specialty clinics that need the right clinician, not just a clinician. We were built by operators who have hired at scale, led clinical teams, and felt the cost of getting it wrong firsthand.
“Consulting-grade quality. Talent solutions economics.”
Our primary positioning, and the promise behind every engagement.
Clinicians recruiting clinicians.
Our team includes former clinical practitioners who understand the roles they're sourcing at a depth that keyword-matching can't replicate. We're not here to move resumes. We're here to solve clinical talent problems.
Clinical domain depth
Our recruiters include former clinical practitioners who evaluate candidates the way a clinical leader would, not the way an ATS would.
Speed without shortcuts
7-day average time to first qualified clinician. We don't sacrifice vetting for speed. We built our process to deliver both.
Risk reversal
100-day performance guarantee on every permanent placement. If the clinician doesn't perform, we replace them. No argument, no fee.
Evaluation processes designed by clinicians, recruiters enhanced by AI through our proprietary platform. Every shortlist is a clinical judgment call, not a keyword match. Clients get full access from day one.
Company facts
Elios at a glance
Founded January 2025
Elios was founded by former strategy consultants, operators, and clinicians who experienced firsthand how broken clinical hiring is. Traditional staffing firms optimize for volume. Consulting firms charge enterprise prices for enterprise overhead.
We built Elios Healthcare to sit in the middle: consulting-grade quality at talent solutions economics. Every engagement is designed to deliver the right clinician, not just a clinician, with the rigor and speed that healthcare organizations actually need.
Meet the team
Seasoned operators. Strategic healthcare partners. Every member of our healthcare team brings deep industry experience and a track record of results.
Martin Paeplow
VP of Healthcare, Co-Founder
Martin has spent over a decade in healthcare staffing leadership, building and scaling clinical recruiting teams from the ground up. He specializes in permanent and travel nursing, physician placement, and allied health, with a track record of long-term client partnerships across major health systems.
Work History
- Co-Founder and VP of Healthcare, Elios
- Co-Founder, Hire With Near
- 10+ years in healthcare staffing leadership
Education
BA, University of Vermont
Tim Costa
Regional Director, Healthcare
Tim brings over a decade of healthcare staffing experience spanning permanent placement, travel nursing, allied health, and EMR/EHR roles. He has built and led recruiting teams at some of the industry's top firms, across clinical and technical healthcare verticals.
Work History
- Regional Director, Healthcare, Elios
- Healthcare Recruiter/Manager, Jobot
- Senior Recruiter, Core Medical Group
Education
MBA, Thomas College
Brad Maxfield
Talent Manager, Healthcare
Brad brings 10+ years of healthcare recruitment experience specializing in permanent clinical placement. A consistent top performer, he was named Rookie of the Year at Core Medical Group and became the top recruiter in his division for three consecutive years.
Work History
- Healthcare Recruiter, Elios Talent
- Senior Recruiter, Cross Country Search
- Top Recruiter and 3x President's Trip Winner, Core Medical Group
Education
BS, Southern New Hampshire University
Clinical talent solutions that don't make you settle.
Your first shortlist in 7 days. Every clinician vetted by people who understand the role. 100-day performance guarantee on every placement.