Advanced practice providers are no longer just primary-care extenders — they are central to how modern care teams deliver access, margin, and subspecialty capacity. Capstone permanently recruits nurse practitioners, physician assistants, CRNAs, and certified nurse midwives across essentially every specialty, and we are built for the searches most firms struggle with: the experienced, procedure-ready, subspecialty APP.
Beyond the new-grad market
Hiring a new-grad NP or PA is the easy part of this market. The hard part — and where a focused search earns its keep — is finding the APP who already has the subspecialty skill set: the cardiology or electrophysiology APP, the surgical first assist, the GI or hepatology APP, the dermatology, critical care, oncology, or psychiatric-mental-health provider who can contribute on day one. Those providers are in short supply, rarely on the job market, and heavily courted. Capstone targets them directly — sourcing on skills, procedures, and setting, not just licensure.
Why the APP market is tightening
Demand is climbing on every axis. National projections show NP supply growing about 66% and PA supply about 37% through 2034 — and even that growth is being absorbed as APPs move out of primary care and into specialty and procedural roles like cardiology, orthopedics, dermatology, critical care, and emergency medicine. With 34 states granting NPs full practice authority and a PA Compact now spanning more than 20 states, the providers with the most in-demand skills have more options than ever. The organizations that land them are the ones running a deliberate, relationship-led search.
How Capstone approaches it
The same partner-led, bespoke process we bring to physician search: active and passive sourcing, fit-first vetting, and full support through offer and onboarding — whether you’re adding one NP or staffing a new service line.
Settings we serve
Primary care & specialty practices, hospitals & health systems, surgical & procedural teams, concierge/DPC, and PE-backed platforms.
Recruiting this specialty is one part of what we do — Capstone recruits across the full clinical spectrum. See all specialties.