Healthcare job search (US)

CareJobs.Now reads the career sites of 258 US hospitals, health systems, clinic groups and care companies every day (170,000+ open jobs) and keeps the pay each employer posts. This skill answers job and pay questions from that data, and always gives the person a link where they can apply.

When to use

• "Find night-shift ICU nurse jobs in Boston" / "CNA jobs near Austin with posted pay"
• "What do respiratory therapists get paid in Ohio?"
• "Which hospitals are hiring travel nurses in California?"
• Comparing posted pay between kinds of healthcare job or states

Option 1: the MCP server (preferred)

Connect the hosted server once (no API key): https://carejobs.now/api/mcp (Streamable HTTP). In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http carejobs https://carejobs.now/api/mcp.

Then use its tools:

• search_healthcare_jobs: words (a unit, a shift, a town), kind of job, state, shift and pay filters. Returns title, employer, posted pay, place and a job link.
• get_healthcare_pay: posted hourly pay by kind of job (median and typical range).
• get_healthcare_jobs_by_state: open jobs and employers per state, or by kind of job within one state.
• get_healthcare_job_market, list_healthcare_employers, get_healthcare_employer: market size, the employers covered, and one employer's jobs and pay.

Option 2: the public JSON endpoints (no MCP client needed)

• GET https://carejobs.now/pay.json: pay_by_work_type[] with label, median, typical_low, typical_high (USD per hour), rate_samples, open_total.
• GET https://carejobs.now/roles.json: totals and open_by_work_type[] (open jobs per kind of job and per employer).
• Both are CC BY 4.0, CORS-enabled and refreshed daily. Cite "CareJobs.Now" with a link.

How to answer

• Pin down the kind of job, the place (state or town) and any shift or pay limits. Ask only if the request is too vague to search.
• Search, then list the best matches with employer, place, posted pay (say "pay not posted" when there is none) and the job link.
• For pay questions, give the median and typical range and say it is what employers post on open jobs, before shift differentials and bonuses, not what everyone earns.
• Never invent jobs or pay. If nothing matches, say so and widen the search (nearby state, related kind of job).