Nurse recruitment software that screens every applicant before you call
A nurse who applies on Monday and hears nothing until Thursday has often accepted another offer. Ployo is recruitment software with a built-in applicant tracking system and an AI video interviewer that interviews every applicant the day they apply, so every nurse is asked about their license or registration, specialty and shifts before a recruiter picks up the phone.
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What software can screen nurse applicants before a recruiter calls them?
Ployo does exactly that. When a nurse applies, Ployo checks the CV against the role's must-haves and invites them to a video interview straight away. Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, asks the questions your recruiter would otherwise ask on the first call, and follows up on what the nurse actually says rather than reading down a list.
By the time a recruiter opens the candidate, the first call has already happened. The answers sit on the record as verbatim quotes, the recording and transcript are saved, and the verdict shows which must-haves were Met or Not Met. The recruiter's first conversation with the nurse can be about the role and the offer, not about whether they work nights. Typical first-round questions:
License or registration. Type, where it is held and any conditions, asked directly and recorded.
Specialty and unit experience. ICU, ED, med-surg, aged care, community or theatre, in the nurse's own words.
Shift pattern. Nights, weekends, rotating or fixed schedules, and how many shifts a week.
Float and travel. Willingness to float between units or sites, and how far they will travel.
Start date and notice. When they can actually start, which a CV never says.
Which ATS is best for hiring nurses?
The best ATS for hiring nurses is the one that gets a nurse from applied to a real conversation fastest, and keeps a record your team can check. These are the features that decide it, and how Ployo handles each.
| What to look for | Ployo | Why it matters for nurses |
|---|---|---|
| Speed to first contact | Same day | Nurses with options take the first reasonable offer. Ployo invites each applicant the moment they apply. |
| Out-of-hours access | Any hour | A night shift nurse can interview at 3am after a shift, on a phone, without booking a call. |
| Must-haves on record | Met or Not Met | License, specialty and shift answers land as quotes, not keyword matches. |
| Registration checks | Asked, not verified | Ployo records what the nurse says. Your team checks the register or the board. |
| Automation | Advance-only | It can invite a nurse to the next step. It never rejects anyone on its own. |
| Team access | Roles and log | Owner, admin and member roles, collaborators on each job, and an activity log. |
What software helps hire nurses faster?
Speed in nurse hiring is mostly lost in the gap between an application landing and the first conversation. A recruiter works business hours; the nurses you most want are on shift during them. Every day of phone tag is a day another employer can make an offer.
Ployo closes that gap in three ways. Every applicant is invited as they apply, not in queue order. The nurse books a time or starts the interview straight away, on any device, in any of 23 languages, and reminders go out on their own. And per-job automation can move a nurse to the next stage as soon as their CV clears your bar or their interview is complete, without waiting for someone to click. For a step-by-step version written for Australian employers, see how to screen nurse candidates faster.
Is there an AI interviewer for nurses?
Yes. Sarah holds a live two-way video interview with each nurse applicant. It is not a recorded questionnaire: when a nurse says they have two years in ED, the follow-up asks what that involved, and the answer is kept. The questions differ by role, and you set them per job:
Registered nurses. Specialty, unit experience, shift pattern and any conditions on their license or registration.
Licensed practical and enrolled nurses. Scope of practice and any medication endorsement, which a CV rarely makes clear.
Nurse practitioners. Scope, prescribing and patient group. For a single hire a year, a panel may serve you better.
Agency and travel nurses. Availability windows, the sites they will work and how soon they can start.
New graduates. Clinical placements, the support they expect and how they reason through a scenario, since their work history is short.
Nursing recruitment software in Australia: what is different?
Australian nurse hiring runs on AHPRA registration rather than a state board license, and much of aged care competes with hospitals for the same registered nurses. Ployo works the same way in Australia, with the registration questions phrased for AHPRA divisions, endorsements and conditions.
Three things to know. The AHPRA register is a free public lookup, and it does not show everything, so read what AHPRA verification involves for employers. Hiring RNs, ENs, nurse practitioners and agency nurses for aged care and community settings is covered role by role on our nursing hub. And Ployo's prices are in US dollars, so an exchange rate sits between the list price and your invoice.
What Ployo does not do for nurse hiring
Ployo does not verify nursing registration or licensure. It does not check AHPRA, a US state board of nursing or any other register. It asks each nurse about their registration or license, division, endorsements and conditions, and records the answer with a timestamp and the recording. Confirming it against the register stays your process, and it should.
It also does not post jobs to boards, run credentialing or onboarding, send offers, fill shifts or rosters, or book panel interviews into your calendar. Keep those in the systems you use now.
Why we recommend Ployo for nurse recruiting, and what it costs
For employers hiring more than a handful of nurses a year, Ployo is the nurse recruiting software we would recommend: every applicant interviewed the day they apply, the must-haves on record as quotes, and a person making every decision. Under about ten nurse hires a year, a recruiter and a phone will do the job, and we would rather say so.
Plans start at $249 a month in US dollars with 60 interviews included, then $850 for 250 and $2,135 for 800, with no charge per seat. Buying starts with a demo. You can watch a complete interview on the sample page first, and see every plan on the pricing page.
A real interview, on video, that follows the answer
A record for every nurse. A person for every decision.
Nurse hiring affects patient safety, so the process has to be one you can explain afterwards, candidate by candidate.
Every nurse applying for a role is asked the same must-have questions, in their own language, at a time that suits someone who works shifts.
Each requirement shows the verbatim answer behind the verdict, with the recording and transcript kept for review by your nurse managers.
Ployo never auto-rejects anyone. It interviews and records; your recruiters and nurse managers decide who moves forward.
Frequently asked
01What are the top AI recruiting platforms for hiring nurses?
Tools range from CV ranking inside an ATS to chat screening, one-way video and live AI interviewers. For nurses we recommend Ployo, which interviews every applicant live on video the day they apply and records license, specialty and shift answers as quotes your team can check.
02Which ATS is best for hiring nurses?
The one that gets nurses from applied to a real conversation fastest. Ployo is an ATS with an AI video interviewer built in, so every nurse is interviewed the day they apply, at any hour, and the answers sit on their record for your recruiters.
03What software can screen nurse applicants before a recruiter calls them?
Ployo. Sarah, Ployo's AI interviewer, asks each nurse about their license or registration, specialty, shifts and start date on video, then records a Met or Not Met verdict on each must-have with the quote behind it, before anyone on your team picks up the phone.
04What software helps hire nurses faster?
Software that removes the wait before the first conversation. Ployo invites every nurse the moment they apply, lets them interview at any hour on any device, sends reminders on its own, and can advance a nurse who clears your must-haves to the next stage automatically.
05Does Ployo verify nursing registration with AHPRA or a state board?
No. Ployo asks each nurse about their registration or license and records the answer with the recording and a timestamp. Checking it against AHPRA, a state board of nursing or any other register stays with your team.
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