Sr. Clinical Talent Acquisition Specialist

UConn Health - Community Network; Connecticut; On-site; USD 75,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UConn Health - Community Network is seeking a Senior Clinical Talent Acquisition Specialist to lead recruitment for high-priority clinical roles. You will partner with clinical leaders, provide market insights, and develop proactive sourcing strategies to attract top healthcare professionals.

responsible for building strong clinical pipelines, engaging passive candidates, and driving time-to-fill improvements while ensuring an excellent candidate experience and compliance with policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, healthcare administration, or related field required.
• 3+ years of talent acquisition/recruiting experience, preferably in healthcare.
• Proven ability to recruit clinical professionals and build talent pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for high-priority clinical roles.
• Develop proactive talent pipelines for nursing, behavioral health, allied health and other clinical areas.
• Engage passive candidates using advanced sourcing strategies and market insight.
• Partner with clinical leaders to tailor recruitment strategies to workforce needs.
• Represent the organization at career fairs and recruitment events to attract qualified candidates.

Skills

Full-cycle recruitment

Passive candidate sourcing

Market intelligence

Healthcare recruiting

Stakeholder mgmt

Talent pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Healthcare Administration

Tools

Applicant Tracking System (ATS)

Job description

The Senior Clinical Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for leading recruitment strategies for high-priority, specialized, and hard-to-fill clinical positions across the organization. This position serves as a strategic talent acquisition partner to clinical leaders and hiring managers, providing market insight, proactive sourcing strategies, and guidance throughout the recruitment process.

The Senior Clinical Talent Acquisition Specialist will build strong clinical talent pipelines, engage passive candidates, develop external partnerships, and identify innovative approaches to attract and secure qualified healthcare professionals.

Salary Range: $75,000.00 - $120,000.00

• Lead full-cycle recruitment for high-priority clinical and hard-to-fill positions.
• Develop and maintain proactive talent pipelines for nursing, behavioral health, allied health, and other clinical roles.
• Utilize advanced sourcing strategies to identify and engage passive candidates.
• Partner with clinical leaders and hiring managers to understand workforce needs and develop targeted recruitment strategies.
• Provide market intelligence regarding talent availability, compensation, competition, and recruitment trends.
• Develop relationships with nursing schools, colleges, professional associations, community organizations, and other talent sources.
• Represent the organization at career fairs, recruitment events, professional conferences, and community outreach activities.
• Consult with hiring managers regarding candidate qualifications, market conditions, recruitment challenges, and selection strategies.
• Ensure a positive and timely candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.
• Monitor recruitment metrics, identify trends, and recommend strategies to improve time-to-fill, quality of hire, and offer acceptance.
• Support initiatives designed to reduce vacancy duration and reliance on external staffing agencies.
• Collaborate with HR, Compensation, Employee Relations, Marketing, and clinical leadership on workforce initiatives.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and resource to other Talent Acquisition team members.
• Ensure recruitment practices comply with organizational policies and applicable employment laws.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or a related field.
• 3+ years of talent acquisition or recruiting experience, preferably within a healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated experience recruiting clinical professionals, particularly nurses and other hard-to-fill healthcare positions.
• Experience with proactive sourcing, passive candidate engagement, and talent pipeline development.
• Strong knowledge of full-cycle recruitment practices and applicant tracking systems.
• Excellent communication, relationship-building, consultation, and organizational skills.

Preferred

• Healthcare recruiting experience within a hospital or health system.
• Experience recruiting for unionized or highly regulated healthcare environments.
• Experience developing academic, community, and professional recruiting partnerships.
• Professional certification such as PHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, or related credential.
• Candidate experience and engagement