Healthcare Talent for Organizations That Make a Difference.
Lead Search Group recruits healthcare and life sciences professionals for organizations where expertise, judgment and the right fit matter. From healthcare leadership and specialized clinical roles to pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and life sciences, we build each search around the organization, the role and the people needed to move it forward.
Let's Talk About Your HiringSpecialized Talent Across Healthcare & Life Sciences.
Healthcare and life sciences organizations rely on people with very different kinds of expertise, from clinical care and provider leadership to operations, research and commercialization. Lead Search Group recruits across that landscape, with particular depth in dental, behavioural health and hard to find clinical talent.
Healthcare
Leadership
Executives, clinical leaders and senior operators responsible for growth, quality, patient experience, workforce strategy and organizational performance.
Dental
Talent
Dentists, hygienists, dental assistants, practice leaders, regional operators and specialized professionals across single site and multi location dental organizations.
Behavioural Health
& Psychiatry
Psychiatrists, therapists, psychologists and behavioural health leaders supporting outpatient, specialty and growing mental health organizations.
Advanced Practice
& Clinical Providers
Physician assistants, PMHNPs, nurse practitioners and other specialized providers who are often difficult to reach through traditional recruiting channels.
Life Sciences
& Pharmaceuticals
Professionals across biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical affairs, clinical research, commercialization and other specialized life sciences functions.
Healthcare Operations
& Support
Practice management, operations, revenue cycle, patient access, business development and support leaders who keep healthcare organizations moving.
The Best Healthcare Talent May Never Apply.
Strong healthcare and life sciences professionals are often already caring for patients, leading teams, building practices or advancing important work somewhere else. Finding the right person means understanding where that talent sits, what matters to them and what could make the right opportunity worth considering.
We Look Where Specialized Healthcare Talent Is Already Working.
The right candidate may be practicing inside another clinic, leading operations for a competing healthcare organization or bringing transferable expertise from an adjacent part of the industry.
We map the organizations, markets, specialties and talent pools where the right combination of clinical expertise, leadership capability, credentials and experience is most likely to exist, then build the search around what your organization actually needs.
Dental groups, behavioural health organizations, hospitals, outpatient clinics, physician practices, specialty care organizations, multi site healthcare groups, pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology firms, clinical research organizations and other healthcare and life sciences employers.
Find the People a Job Posting May Never Reach.
Many of the strongest healthcare professionals are not actively searching for a new role. Psychiatrists, PMHNPs, physician assistants, dentists, hygienists, healthcare leaders and other specialized professionals may already be busy, established and difficult to reach.
Lead Search Group combines targeted research, direct headhunting, professional relationships and referrals to reach beyond the active applicant market and create thoughtful conversations with people who may never respond to a traditional posting.
Healthcare executives, clinical leaders, psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists, PMHNPs, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, dentists, hygienists, practice leaders, healthcare operations professionals, medical affairs, clinical research and specialized life sciences talent.
Research. Relationships. Reach. Results.
We find healthcare and life sciences talent based on the expertise, credentials, leadership and fit your organization needs, not simply who happens to be looking.
What Does Your Organization Need From This Hire Next?
Healthcare hiring often begins with a title, credentials or an immediate vacancy. Those things matter, but the strongest search starts by understanding the environment this person is entering, the outcomes they need to influence and what will make someone successful once they are there.
What does success in this healthcare or life sciences role actually need to look like?
Improve Care
& Outcomes
What impact should this person have on patients, teams or care delivery?
In patient facing environments, the right hire can influence access, quality, experience, continuity of care and the strength of the clinical team around them. Understanding that impact helps define the candidate beyond the job title.
Match Credentials
& Capability
Which qualifications and capabilities are truly essential?
Licensure, specialty expertise, clinical scope, technical knowledge and industry experience can all shape the available talent market. We separate what is genuinely required from what may simply have appeared on the job description before.
Fit the Practice
& Organization
Where and how will this person need to succeed?
A high volume dental practice, growing behavioural health organization, multi site healthcare group and life sciences company can require very different people. Culture, pace, complexity, patient population and operating model all matter.
Lead People
& Change
What will this person be expected to lead, influence or improve?
Healthcare leadership can mean building a clinical team, improving operations, supporting growth, developing providers or navigating change. The strongest candidate needs the leadership style and judgment the organization requires next.
The Best Healthcare Candidate Is Not Always From the Most Obvious Competitor.
Strong healthcare searches look beyond titles and organization names to understand how someone has practiced, led, operated and performed in environments similar to yours. Where credentials or licensure are required, those remain essential, but looking intelligently across adjacent organizations and care settings can expand the candidate market considerably.
Let's Talk About Your Healthcare Hiring.
Tell us what your organization is trying to build, improve or solve. We can help shape the search around the credentials, experience, candidate market and capabilities the role actually requires.
Discuss a Healthcare SearchCare. Expertise. Environment. Leadership.
A practical guide to defining what your organization really needs from an important healthcare hire before the search begins.
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Healthcare Search With More Understanding Behind It.
Strong healthcare hiring goes beyond matching credentials to a job description. The strongest search considers the care environment, the organization, the candidate market and what this person will actually need to accomplish once they join the team.
Healthcare
Judgment
We look beyond credentials and titles to understand how candidates have practiced, led teams, supported patients and performed within real healthcare environments.
Principal
Led
Your search stays close to experienced recruitment leadership, from defining the role through research, outreach, assessment and the final hire.
Search Strategy
Built for You
Your care model, specialty, location, credentials, culture and growth plans determine where we search and which candidates we approach.
Relationships
Expand the Search
Targeted research, direct headhunting, referrals and professional relationships help us reach healthcare professionals beyond the active applicant market.
Relationships That Speak for Themselves.
Our reputation has been built one relationship at a time. Clients and candidates trust Lead Search Group with important hiring and career decisions, and their experiences say more about our approach than we ever could.
Jackie Sparking
Leslie Proulx
Magdalena is more than a recruiter – she takes the time to develop a close relationship with her clients. I had the pleasure of working with Magdalena when I was looking for a new HR role. Living in Calgary at the time, I was eager to move back to Ontario. The idea of finding a new job across the country was daunting. Magdalena and I connected and I immediately knew that I had her full support in my job search. She took the time to understand my interests and my career goals, ultimately leading to securing a position in a few weeks. Since that first initial contact with Magdalena more than two years ago, we have maintained a close relationship, both professionally and personally.
Victoria Almeida
It has been an absolute pleasure working with Magdalena. It’s very clear that she has a sincere interest in her clients’ success and she works so hard to ensure that they find the perfect role. She is always in touch every step of the way and makes sure you are confident and comfortable before going into an interview or putting you forth for a position. I love working with her and recommend any contact who is searching for a new role to her as a recruiter but more so as an advisor and confidant. She placed me in my current role (before providing me with quite a few amazing opportunities) and its been a great opportunity for me. I look forward to working with Magdalena in the future.
Questions Worth Asking Before a Healthcare Search.
Healthcare hiring can become complicated quickly. Credentials, specialty experience, geography, patient population, care model and competition for scarce talent can all influence who is available and what it will take to make the right hire.
Many experienced healthcare professionals are already established in practices, clinics or organizations and may never respond to a job posting. We use targeted research, market mapping, direct headhunting, professional relationships and referrals to identify and approach people who could be open to the right opportunity.
Yes. Behavioural health is an area where Lead Search Group has meaningful recruiting experience. Searches can include psychiatrists, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners, physician assistants, psychologists, therapists, clinical leaders and other specialized behavioural health professionals.
We recruit across the dental organization, from dentists and hygienists to dental assistants, practice managers, regional leaders, operations professionals and other clinical and support roles. Searches can support individual practices as well as multi location dental groups.
Required credentials, professional licensing, specialty training and scope of practice can significantly narrow the available talent market. We define those requirements early so the search focuses on candidates who can realistically meet the role while avoiding unnecessary restrictions that may eliminate otherwise strong talent.
Yes. Hard to fill and specialized searches are often where a proactive search approach matters most. We can map the available talent market, identify adjacent candidate pools, approach passive professionals directly and help the organization understand what may need to change if the initial candidate profile is too narrow.
Yes. Lead Search Group recruits individual clinical professionals as well as practice leaders, regional operators, healthcare executives and other senior leaders. The search strategy changes depending on whether the organization needs specialized clinical capability, operational leadership or both.
Yes. While Lead Search Group is based in the Toronto area, healthcare searches can extend across Canada and into the United States when the role or candidate market requires it. For specialized clinical and leadership roles, geography often needs to be considered as part of the search strategy from the beginning.
Have a Healthcare Role That Is Proving Difficult to Fill?
Tell us about the role, the organization and where the search is getting stuck. We can help determine what the candidate market looks like and how to approach it differently.
Discuss a Healthcare Search
More Confidence in Every Hire.
Hiring is a significant investment. Lead Search Group provides a six month replacement guarantee on qualifying permanent placements, giving clients added protection and confidence that our commitment continues beyond the placement.
Let's Talk About Your SearchExecutive Search Expertise Beyond the Search
Magdalena Duleba-Lapensee brings more than 25 years of recruitment experience and shares her perspective on personalized recruitment, leadership hiring and building stronger organizations.
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