Independent Business Development Contractor (1099)
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing
Posted: March 6, 2026
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Quick Summary
An independent contractor with a focus on building long-term relationships and developing new business opportunities in the healthcare industry. The ideal candidate will have experience in business development, sales, and relationship-building. Strong communication and negotiation skills are a must.
Job Description
Independent Business Development Contractor (1099) - Arizona (Remote + Local Travel) (#GLHS01)
• Location: Arizona (Remote + Local Travel)
• Company: Greenlife Healthcare Staffing (GLHS)
• Work Type: Commission-Only | Independent Contractor
About Greenlife Healthcare Staffing:
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing (GLHS) is a national healthcare staffing firm supporting hospitals, health systems, clinics, and long-term care facilities with Permanent Placement, Travel, and Locums solutions.
Position Overview:
GLHS is seeking a motivated, relationship-driven Independent Business Development Contractor (1099) to generate net-new healthcare facility relationships within an assigned territory.
This role is front-end only: prospecting, discovery, qualification, and warm handoff. You will not recruit, contract, price, or manage accounts. Your responsibility is to turn cold or under-penetrated markets into GLHS-ready opportunities and transition them to internal teams for execution.
Schedule & Work Style:
• Flexible, self-managed schedule
• Consistent weekly prospecting and meetings expected
• Remote work with local field travel as needed
Skills:
• Strong outbound sales and discovery skills.
• Executive-level communication.
• Clear qualification and opportunity assessment.
• High professionalism and integrity.
• Organized, disciplined follow-up and time management
What You’ll Represent:
• Permanent Placement
• Travel Staffing
• Locums Coverage
• A compliant, national healthcare staffing partner with a mature delivery engine
Key Responsibilities:
• Prospect and engage hospitals, health systems, clinics, and long-term care organizations within a defined territory.
• Secure conversations with decision-makers (CNO, CMO, COO, HR, Medical Directors, Procurement).
• Conduct structured discovery to uncover staffing gaps, timelines, and decision processes.
• Present a concise GLHS capabilities overview.
• Qualify opportunities to GLHS-ready status (Open requisitions, MSA/NDA discussions, scope or volume conversations).
• Schedule joint handoff calls with internal GLHS leaders to advance opportunities.
• Maintain light follow-up to keep GLHS top-of-mind.
• Log activity, notes, and next steps in GLHS-approved systems
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Requirements:
Requirements:
• Healthcare or B2B sales experience (hospital or health system sales strongly preferred).
• Proven success in new business development and prospecting.
• Strong understanding of the healthcare landscape in at least one target state.
• Comfortable in a commission-only, performance-based role.
• Able to work independently within a structured qualification and reporting framework.
• CRM or sales tracking experience preferred
Benefits:
Compensation:
• Commission only (1099) — no base, no benefits.
• Estimated annual commission earnings ($60,000 - $120,000)
• High earning potential tied to:
• Qualified opportunities created
• Resulting revenue generated
• Commission terms defined in the 1099 contractor agreement