Director, Talent Acquisition- Acute & Post Acute Care

City/State

Virginia Beach, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

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.

The Opportunity

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.

What You'll Do

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
• Lead the build-out of a dedicated Nurse Recruitment Pod - a specialized model designed to accelerate nursing talent acquisition across the system
• 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

What We're Looking For

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field
• 7-10+ 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

• Master's 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

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• 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 - $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down - $10,000
• Reimbursement for certifications and free access to complete CEUs and professional development
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established 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 30,000-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:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.