Healthcare Recruitment Specialist (People Operations)

Housing Works in Brooklyn, NY is seeking a Healthcare Recruitment Specialist within our People Operations team. This onsite role offers a salary of USD 65,000–68,000 per year and focuses on full-cycle clinical talent acquisition, including physicians, nurses, and allied health staff. We provide three comprehensive healthcare plans, generous paid time off, tuition-related support, and robust professional development to help you thrive in a collaborative, mission-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Source and attract healthcare professionals through ATS, LinkedIn, Indeed (sponsored postings), healthcare job boards, and professional networks.
• Build pipelines for physicians, nurses, and allied health staff.
• Partner with nursing schools, medical programs, workforce development groups, and healthcare associations.
• Perform cold outreach and targeted engagement for hard-to-fill clinical roles.
• Represent Housing Works at healthcare job fairs, conferences, and recruitment events.
• Track weekly sourcing activity and pipeline health.
• Review 30–40 healthcare resumes weekly with focus on licensure, credentials, and clinical experience.
• Conduct at least 15 structured phone screens weekly to assess clinical competency, certifications, and culture fit.
• Coordinate interviews with physicians, clinic leadership, and department heads.
• Verify credentialing requirements early and maintain compliance with healthcare hiring regulations and internal policies.
• Manage requisitions for clinic and healthcare roles through UKG.
• Partner with HR and clinical leadership on offers and onboarding readiness.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates throughout the recruitment lifecycle.
• Maintain trackers for open clinical roles, candidate pipelines by specialty, resume flow, screenings, interviews, and hiring outcomes.
• Prepare monthly recruiting reports highlighting activity, pipeline trends, and outcomes with accurate credentialing data.
• Coordinate onboarding for clinical hires, ensuring licenses, certifications, immunizations, and other compliance requirements are met by start date.
• Support orientation logistics and onboarding schedules for clinic staff and track 30/60/90-day milestones.
• Identify process improvements and propose new sourcing strategies for clinical talent pipelines.
• Stay informed on healthcare labor market trends, compensation benchmarks, and licensing requirements to support workforce planning.
• Contribute to broader People Operations initiatives and workforce planning efforts.

Requirements

• 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, with at least 2 years in healthcare recruiting strongly preferred
• Proven experience hiring for clinical roles (RN, NP, MD, MA, etc.)
• Strong understanding of healthcare credentials, licensing, and compliance requirements
• Experience managing high-volume recruitment in fast-paced environments
• Proficiency in Excel and applicant tracking systems
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with clinical and non-clinical teams

Technologies

• UKG
• Excel
• ATS (Applicant Tracking System)
• LinkedIn
• Indeed
• Health eCareers
• PracticeLink

Experience

• Recruiting: 1 year (Required)

What success looks like in this role

• Strong pipelines built for critical clinical roles
• Reduced time-to-fill for nurses, providers, and clinic staff
• High-quality hires that meet clinical and compliance standards
• Positive candidate and hiring manager experience
• Accurate, consistent recruitment data and reporting

Benefits

• Three comprehensive healthcare plans
• Paid time off (PTO) up to 30 days earned in the first year
• Educational benefit including tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and textbooks
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance