Senior Permanent Recruiter

STAFFING MANAGEMENT; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Critical Connections, Inc. (CCI) is seeking a Permanent Placement Recruiter to support the perm desk, recruiting therapy clinicians for direct hire roles with a large health system client. This is a full-desk remote position.

You will focus on PT, OT, SLP roles across inpatient and outpatient settings, build new openings with healthcare employers, and coordinate interviews with HR teams, delivering qualified candidates and strong client partnerships.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of recruiting experience, ideally in healthcare or permanent placement.
• Comfort with high-volume outreach and a steady weekly activity rhythm.
• Confidence reaching out to hiring managers to market candidates and uncover new openings.
• Strong communication skills by phone, text, and email.

Responsibilities

• Source therapy clinicians through job boards, LinkedIn, Indeed, our careers site, referrals, and student and campus events.
• Screen candidates for licensure, experience, setting fit, schedule, and compensation expectations.
• Present openings in a consultative way that highlights the opportunity and the client's culture.
• Submit qualified candidates and coordinate interviews with hiring managers.
• Manage offers, start dates, and pre-employment steps in partnership with the client's HR team.
• Check in with new hires through their first 90 days to support a successful start and retention.
• Market strong candidates to healthcare employers to uncover new permanent openings.
• Build relationships with hiring managers and HR leaders at new clients, and manage the openings you bring in.
• Partner with leadership on fee agreements and client setup for new accounts.
• Keep candidate records, activity, and placements current in ATS/Salesforce.
• Share market insights on candidate availability and compensation trends.

Skills

Healthcare recruiting

High-volume outreach

Relationship building

Remote communication

Self-management

Tools

ATS/CRM

Salesforce

TargetRecruit

Job description

Permanent Placement Recruiter

Critical Connections, Inc. (CCI)

Reports To: Recruiting Manager, Perm
Location: Remote; preference in the DC, Maryland, Virginia region
Schedule: Fulltime; 40 hours

Position Summary

The Permanent Placement Recruiter supports CCI's growing perm desk, recruiting therapy clinicians for direct hire roles with a large health system client and other permanent openings in our system.

This is a full desk role. Your primary focus is recruiting for our established health system client, working closely with the Recruiting Manager, Perm to fill PT, OT, SLP, PTA, COTA, and hand therapy openings across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will also build new opportunity by finding permanent openings with other healthcare employers for strong candidates in your network.

Key Responsibilities

Sourcing & Candidate Engagement

• Source therapy clinicians through job boards, LinkedIn, Indeed, our careers site, referrals, and student and campus events.
• Screen candidates for licensure, experience, setting fit, schedule, and compensation expectations.
• Present openings in a consultative way that highlights the opportunity and the client's culture.

Placement Execution

• Submit qualified candidates and coordinate interviews with hiring managers.
• Manage offers, start dates, and pre-employment steps in partnership with the client's HR team.
• Check in with new hires through their first 90 days to support a successful start and retention.

Business Development

• Market strong candidates to healthcare employers to uncover new permanent openings.
• Build relationships with hiring managers and HR leaders at new clients, and manage the openings you bring in.
• Partner with CCI leadership on fee agreements and client setup for new accounts.

Systems & Partnership

• Keep candidate records, activity, and placements current and accurate in TargetRecruit/Salesforce.
• Partner with the Recruiting Manager, Perm on priorities, pipeline reviews, and client feedback.
• Share market insights on candidate availability and compensation trends.

Success Measures

Success in this role is measured by

• Placements per month, against the ramp schedule shared at hire
• New client openings and placements generated
• Weekly submittals and interviews scheduled
• 90-day retention of placed candidates
• Candidate and hiring manager experience
• Data accuracy in our ATS

Qualifications

Required

• 1+ years of recruiting experience, ideally in healthcare or permanent placement.
• Comfort with high-volume outreach and a steady weekly activity rhythm.
• Confidence reaching out to hiring managers to market candidates and uncover new openings.
• Strong communication skills by phone, text, and email.
• Self-directed and organized, able to produce in a remote, part time schedule.
• Experience with an ATS or CRM.

Preferred

• Experience recruiting therapy clinicians (PT, OT, SLP, PTA, COTA, CHT).
• Experience recruiting for a hospital or health system.
• Experience with Salesforce or TargetRecruit.

Compensation

• $60,000 - $65,000, based on experience
• Commission of 10% of the placement fee on recruiting, and 20% when you also bring in the client opening.

CCI and Elite365 are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.