TalentGrid
A New Zealand healthcare staffing platform connecting facilities directly with independent contractors — facilities post shifts, contractors claim them.
The Challenge
Healthcare facilities in New Zealand filling shift gaps — a sick call, an unplanned vacancy — relied on phone trees and agency middlemen to find a qualified contractor in time, with no shared system tracking who was available, verified, and compliant.
A Direct Line Between Facilities and Contractors
Agency-mediated shift-filling adds a markup and a delay neither side wants. TalentGrid removes the middle layer: facilities post directly, contractors claim directly, and the platform's job is just to make that handoff fast and trustworthy.
Post, Claim, Confirm
The core workflow is deliberately simple — a facility posts a shift, contractors who meet its requirements can claim it, and both sides get a confirmation. No back-and-forth phone calls to find out who's actually available.
Verification Before Access
Contractors go through a vetting step before they can claim shifts, so a facility posting a shift isn't gambling on who shows up. That verification data lives alongside each contractor's profile, not as a one-time checkbox.
Real-Time by Design
Push notifications via Firebase Cloud Messaging mean a newly posted shift — or a claim on one — reaches the right people immediately, on web and mobile, rather than depending on someone checking a dashboard.
Our Solution
TalentGrid is a direct marketplace: facilities post a shift, verified independent contractors claim it, and the platform handles the coordination — real-time notifications, invoicing, and compliance tracking — for a disclosed fee, without an agency in between.
Tech Stack
Results
- Facilities post a shift and reach every verified contractor directly — no agency intermediary
- Firebase Cloud Messaging pushes new and claimed shifts to contractors in real time
- Compliance and verification data tracked per contractor before they can claim a shift
- Separate contractor, facility, and admin apps share one backend for consistent shift state