Jackson Healthcare Names Chris Franklin Group President of Physician and Advanced Practice

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jackson Healthcare^®, the trusted authority in healthcare talent and workforce solutions, today announced the promotion of Chris Franklin to group president of physician and advanced practice. This new role reflects both Franklin’s proven track record of leading high-performing, client-focused businesses, and the continued growth of Jackson Healthcare’s physician and advanced practice companies.

“I’m proud to see Chris take on this expanded leadership role. Over the past decade, he has consistently driven performance, developed strong leaders, and successfully led through innovation, growth and change,” shared Shane Jackson, president of Jackson Healthcare. “He understands this market deeply, and I can’t think of a better leader for the next chapter of our physician and advanced practice businesses.”

“Our goal is simple: understand what our clients and healthcare professionals need and help them succeed,” said Franklin. “I’m excited to work even closer with the leaders and teams across our companies as we partner with health systems, hospitals and physician groups to find the right workforce solution, whether that comes from one of our companies or several working together."

The businesses within Jackson Healthcare’s physician and advanced practice group include LocumTenens.com, Jackson Physician Search, Jackson and Coker Locum Tenens and Venn Workforce Optimization, along with specialty brands Inlightened and Kimedics. While Franklin will provide leadership and strategic direction, each company will retain its operational autonomy, brand, leadership, teams and client relationships.

With more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and technology staffing, Franklin has held progressive leadership roles across sales and operations at LocumTenens.com, serving as its president for the past decade. During this time, the company has achieved significant growth while maintaining a strong focus on customer experience, operational excellence and leadership development. It also continues to earn numerous awards, including Best Places to Work and Best of Staffing honors.

About Jackson Healthcare
Jackson Healthcare^® leads with its mission of improving the delivery of patient care and the lives of everyone it touches. As the parent company to many of the healthcare industry’s leading brands, it provides health systems, hospitals and care facilities of all types with innovative talent and workforce solutions to help ensure patients receive quality care when and where they need it. Serving more than 20 million patients a year, Jackson Healthcare is honored to be recognized by Forbes^®, Fortune^®, PEOPLE^® and Great Place To Work^® – not just for its business and culture, but for the results it delivers and lives it impacts in communities across the nation and around the world. Learn more at JacksonHealthcare.com.