Healthcare staffing provider AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AMN) announced CFO and Chief Accounting Officer Brian Scott will step down effective Aug. 9 to pursue another opportunity, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. AMN plans to name Christopher Schwartz as interim principal financial officer upon Scott’s resignation. Schwartz joined the company in February 2005 and currently serves as its controller.

“The decision to leave AMN was one of the most difficult of my life and was made due to a unique chance to join another organization in the early stages of a large growth opportunity,” Scott wrote in his resignation letter. “And the team I am joining is much like AMN in having a positive culture based on collaborating to achieve a mission that makes the world a better place.”

Scott joined AMN in December 2003 and was appointed CFO in January 2011. He has served as senior VP of operations, finance and business development; president of the company’s pharmacy staffing division; and as director, senior director and VP of finance.