Nurse staffing firm Gifted Healthcare hired Mark Ennis as executive director of its government team; he most recently worked at IBSS as a business development director. Ennis will work remotely from Atlanta. Donna Bowers joined the Tulsa, Okla., office as the division director; she most recently was a nurse navigator at Cancer Treatment Centers of America and previously worked at Saint Francis Health System in a variety of roles, most recently as an administrative supervisor. And Tania Loumiet was named director of clinical workforce solutions; she most recently served as director of emergency services at Slidell Memorial Hospital in Slidell, La., and has more than 25 years of experience in acute care. Gifted is based in New Orleans.  

Floyd Lee Locums, a physician staffing firm based in Charleston, SC, announced a formal partnership with locums doctor and career coach, Stephanie Freeman, MD, as brand ambassador. In addition to career coaching for Floyd Lee Locums clinicians, Freeman will collaborate on the company’s marketing and referral programs. Floyd Lee Locums is an expansion of the locum tenens division formerly part of Trinity, which was acquired earlier this year by Travel Nurse across America.

TaleMed, a travel nursing company headquartered in Cincinnati, announced Susan Abbott, RN, joined its leadership team as the clinical director. Abbott brings nearly 20 years of nursing and nurse management experience and has worked in a variety of fields. She has also facilitated or participated in research initiatives, including in her most recent role at a research laboratory.