Director, Talent Acquisition- Acute & Post Acute Care

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Overview:

Director Talent Acquisition/Recruitment - Acute & Post Acute Care

Location

Hybrid/Remote in Virginia within 200 miles of Sentara Park located in Virginia Beach Virginia. Relocation assistance available.

As Director of Acute & Post Acute Talent Acquisition/Recruitment you will lead a dedicated team of recruiters and coordinators focused exclusively on staffing our acute care hospitals rehabilitation centers skilled nursing facilities and post acute care settings. This is a high-visibility high-impact role for a leader who thrives on building systems developing teams and solving complex healthcare workforce challenges at scale.

You will report to the Vice President of Talent Acquisition and serve as a key partner to nursing executives regional presidents and HR leadership across the system. You will also play a central role in a transformational moment for our TA function including the launch of new AI-powered sourcing tools redesigned workflows and a strengthened employer brand.

Lead & Develop Your Team

• Build coach and inspire a team of clinical recruiters and coordinators dedicated to acute and post acute talent acquisition
• Create a culture of accountability continuous learning and exceptional service to candidates and hiring managers
• Drive recruiter development through structured mentorship training programs and career pathing initiatives

Shape Strategy & Drive Results

• Own and execute the acute and post acute recruitment strategy aligned with organizational workforce and patient care goals
• Partner with nursing executives regional presidents and hiring managers to forecast staffing needs and build proactive talent pipelines
• Develop strategies to reduce time-to-fill improve offer acceptance rates and decrease reliance on agency and premium labor

Innovate & Optimize

• Champion the adoption of AI recruiting tools CRM platforms and scheduling automation to modernize the recruitment experience
• Redesign and continuously improve intake sourcing screening and offer management workflows
• Build multi-channel sourcing pipelines including social media campus partnerships clinical residency programs employee referrals and targeted campaigns

Measure What Matters

• Track and report on KPIs including time-to-fill cost-per-hire quality of hire offer acceptance rate and requisition load
• Provide regular market intelligence and recruitment performance updates to senior leadership and regional partners
• Use national benchmarks and internal data to set realistic expectations and drive data-informed hiring decisions

Required

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration Healthcare Administration or related field
• 710 years of progressive talent acquisition experience with at least 5 years leading clinical or healthcare recruitment teams
• Proven ability to build and scale high-performing recruitment teams in complex matrixed health systems
• Strong command of ATS platforms (Workday preferred) AI sourcing tools and recruitment analytics
• Experience managing agency partnerships vendor performance and premium labor reduction strategies
• Exceptional communication and executive presence comfortable engaging regional presidents CNOs and C-suite leaders

Preferred

• Masters degree in HR Healthcare Administration or Business Administration
• SHRM-SCP SPHR or equivalent senior HR certification
• Demonstrated success recruiting for acute care post acute nursing or allied health roles in a high-volume environment
• Experience with AI recruiting platforms such as Paradox Findem HireScore or Talroo
• Background in employer branding EVP development or recruitment marketing
• Experience building specialized recruitment pods or center-of-excellence models within a health system

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30000-member workforce. Diversity inclusion and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission to improve health every day this is a tobacco-free environment.

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