Talent Acquisition Manager – Nurse Recruitment

City/State

Virginia Beach VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

About Sentara

Sentara Health is an integrated not-for-profit health care delivery system with more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission: we improve health every day. Sentara exists to be the trusted partner to individuals and the community in their journey to improved health and well-being and is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast with 12 hospitals across Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina.

Everything we do is guided by our core values: People Quality Patient Safety Service and Integrity. As the Talent Acquisition Manager over Nurse Recruitment youll live these values daily by building the nursing workforce that makes our mission possible.

Why This Role Matters

As one of two Talent Acquisition Managers over Nurse Recruitment youll help shape the operational foundation of our nursing talent strategy ensuring we attract engage and hire exceptional RNs and nursing professionals across our system. We hire over 2100 nurses each year and youll co-lead a team of 20 to 25 nurse recruiters driving that a healthcare landscape where nursing talent is one of the most competitive and mission-critical hires an organization makes this role is central to our ability to deliver quality safe patient care in the communities we serve.

Job Summary

The Talent Acquisition Manager Nurse Recruitment is responsible for planning developing managing and overseeing operational Talent Acquisition staff and system-wide recruitment initiatives dedicated to nursing roles. This position co-leads a team of 20 to 25 nurse recruiters and owns all full-time part-time flexipool and temporary nurse hiring across the system supporting more than 2100 nurse hires annually.

This Manager leads the operational framework for the nurse recruitment strategy establishing programs and policies that drive contemporary data-informed practices tailored to the realities of clinical hiring including licensure requirements specialty pipelines and competitive nursing labor markets. This position serves as an influential advisor who understands evolving clinical staffing needs and stakeholder expectations translating them into innovative sourcing and recruitment strategies.

The Manager builds and maintains the organizations employer brand within the nursing community owns workforce planning for nursing hiring needs and tracks key metrics such as time to fill cost per hire and quality of hire for nursing roles using that data to continuously strengthen team performance.

This role influences outcomes and communicates closely with Talent Acquisition Advisors Consultants and Specialists focused on nurse recruitment sharing best practices and modeling a customer-focused approach to understanding the needs of nursing leaders and hiring managers. The Manager oversees the effective attraction screening selection and development of a high-performing diverse and sustainable nursing talent pipeline that supports safe staffing levels and quality patient outcomes at scale.

This role requires maintaining confidentiality and operating with efficiency and integrity in a fast-changing clinical staffing environment while driving accountability and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Co-lead and develop a team of 20 to 25 nurse recruiters supporting 2100 nurse hires annually
• Develop and execute nurse recruitment strategy programs and policies across the system
• Own full-cycle hiring oversight for full-time part-time flexipool and temporary nursing roles
• Lead nursing workforce planning and hiring forecasts in partnership with Chief Nursing Officers nursing leaders and HR Business Partners
• Build and strengthen employer brand presence within the nursing community (schools of nursing professional associations nursing conferences)
• Monitor and report on nurse recruitment metrics (time to fill cost per hire quality of hire specialty pipeline health) to drive continuous improvement
• Coach mentor and develop Talent Acquisition Advisors Consultants and Specialists focused on clinical/nursing recruitment
• Partner with nursing leadership using a consultative customer-focused approach to fill high-acuity and hard-to-fill specialty roles
• Ensure compliance with licensure credentialing and clinical hiring requirements throughout the recruitment process
• Maintain confidentiality integrity and operational efficiency in a fast-changing environment

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration Nursing or a related field required
• 5 years of recruitment experience and 3 years of leadership experience required; recruitment leadership experience preferred
• Experience managing a team of recruiters at scale (high-volume hiring environment) preferred
• Experience with applicant tracking systems and recruitment analytics platforms preferred
• SHRM CP/SCP or PHR/SPHR certification preferred
• Candidates with a clinical nursing background (RN or nursing degree/licensure) are strongly preferred given the specialized understanding of clinical workflows credentialing requirements and nursing career pathways this brings to the role

We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $117540.80 - $173472.00 annually. Additional compensation may be available for this role such as shift differentials standby/on-call pay overtime shift premiums extra-shift incentives or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications experience location market conditions and business needs. Note: If an annual salary is posted it is based on a full-time colleague working 2080 hours annually.

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

Medical Dental Vision plans

Adoption Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10000

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave

Emergency Backup Care

Long-Term Short-Term Disability and Critical Illness plans

Life Insurance

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance $5250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education

Student Debt Pay Down $10000

Pet Insurance
Legal Resources Plan
Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus ifestablished system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

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.

For positions that are available as remote work Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

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