Job Description

Welcome to AMN Healthcare — Where Talent Meets Purpose

Ever wondered what it takes to build one of the largest and most respected healthcare staffing and total talent solutions companies? It takes trailblazers, innovators, and exceptional people like you.

At AMN Healthcare, we don’t just offer jobs — we build careers that make a difference.

Why AMN Healthcare? Because Excellence Is Our Standard:

• Named to Becker’s Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare — three years running.

• Consistently ranked among SIA’s Largest Staffing Firms in America.

• Honored with Modern Healthcare’s Innovators Award for driving change through innovation.

• Proud holder of The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Staffing Companies since 2006.

Job Summary

The Senior Recruiter is responsible for identifying, engaging, and placing healthcare professionals for direct hire opportunities through a proactive, consultative recruiting approach. This role focuses heavily on passive candidate sourcing, talent mapping, relationship building, and full-cycle recruiting, leveraging multiple sourcing channels to build and maintain a high-quality talent pipeline.

Success in this role requires a strong "headhunter" mentality, including the ability to proactively identify talent beyond active applicants, build candidate relationships, and deliver qualified candidates to clients in a competitive market. The Senior Recruiter manages a portfolio of searches, develops sourcing strategies, and partners closely with clients and hiring teams to deliver top talent while achieving established recruiting, sourcing, and submission goals.

Job Responsibilities

Sourcing & Talent Acquisition

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies to identify and engage both active and passive healthcare candidates
• Utilize LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, CRM databases, professional networks, referrals, and other sourcing tools to build talent pipelines
• Conduct direct outreach to prospective candidates through phone, email, text, and social media channels
• Build and maintain a network of healthcare professionals for current and future hiring needs
• Perform talent mapping and market research to identify qualified candidates within target healthcare markets

Candidate Qualification & Recruitment

• Conduct candidate screenings to assess qualifications, experience, career goals, and alignment with client requirements
• Present qualified candidate profiles to hiring teams, highlighting relevant experience and fit
• Manage candidates throughout the full recruitment lifecycle, including sourcing, screening, submission, interview coordination, offer negotiation, and placement
• Build consultative relationships with candidates and serve as a trusted career advisor

Client Delivery & Performance

• Maintain a strong focus on candidate delivery and client satisfaction
• Consistently meet or exceed recruiting performance metrics, including sourcing activity, candidate submissions, interviews, and placements
• Support priority searches through proactive pipeline development and market intelligence
• Prepare and maintain accurate recruiting activity, candidate records, and reporting in ATS and CRM systems

Team Support & Leadership

• Assist in onboarding, mentoring, and supporting Recruiters and Recruitment Coordinators
• Share sourcing strategies, market insights, and recruiting best practices
• Support special projects and process improvement initiatives as needed

Key Skills & Competencies

• Full-Cycle Recruiting
• Direct Hire Recruiting
• Headhunting & Passive Candidate Sourcing
• Healthcare Recruiting
• Candidate Relationship Management
• LinkedIn Recruiter
• Indeed Sourcing
• CRM & ATS Systems
• Candidate Qualification & Screening
• Market Mapping
• Talent Pipeline Development
• Negotiation & Closing
• Time Management & Organization
• Resilience & Persistence

Qualifications

Education & Years of Experience

• Associate's Degree plus 2-5 years of work experience OR
• High School Diploma/GED plus 4-7 years of work experience

Required Experience

• Experience in recruiting, talent acquisition, direct hire recruiting, staffing, or sales
• Experience sourcing candidates through LinkedIn, Indeed, CRM databases, referrals, and other recruiting channels
• Experience identifying and engaging passive candidates
• Experience managing multiple requisitions and competing priorities simultaneously
• Proven success working in a metrics-driven environment

Preferred Experience

• Healthcare recruiting or healthcare staffing experience
• Experience supporting direct hire or permanent placement searches
• Experience utilizing ATS and CRM platforms to manage candidate pipelines
• Experience with candidate sourcing tools such as LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed Resume, and talent databases

Success Profile

• Comfortable with high-volume outreach activities, including approximately 100+ candidate calls per week
• Driven to consistently deliver qualified talent to clients
• Demonstrates resilience and persistence when facing rejection or difficult searches
• Operates with a proactive, business-development mindset rather than relying solely on inbound applicants
• Builds and maintains a personal network of healthcare talent that can be leveraged across future searches

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in an office/home office environment.
• Team Members must have the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.

AMN Healthcare will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job.

Our Core Values

Respect Passion Continuous Improvement Trust Customer Focus Innovation

At AMN we embrace the ways we are similar and different; respecting all voices and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to contribute to our collective success. We acknowledge our shared responsibility to foster a welcoming environment where everyone feels recognized and valued. We cast a wide net to recruit and retain competitive talent and build healthcare workforces supportive of the communities we serve. We believe in the power of compassion and collaboration to build healthy communities where access to quality care is available to all. Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

At AMN we recognize that in-person connections have value and promote collaboration. You will be expected to come into an AMN Healthcare office at a frequency dependent on the work arrangement for your role.

Pay Rate

Final pay rate is dependent on experience, training, education, and location.