Talent Acquisition Manager - Acute/Post-Acute

sentara; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentara Health, a major Mid-Atlantic health system, seeks a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead acute/post-acute recruitment. You will oversee 12-15 recruiters and coordinators, shaping system-wide staffing strategies for clinical and operational roles across acute care settings.

You will drive workforce planning, brand-building, and data-informed hiring practices, ensuring timely, compliant, and quality hires that support safe patient care at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required.
• 5 years of recruitment experience and 3 years of leadership experience required; recruitment leadership experience preferred.
• Experience managing a team of recruiters at scale (high-volume hiring environment) preferred.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of 12-15 recruiters and coordinators.
• Develop and execute recruitment strategy, programs, and policies across the system.
• Own full-cycle hiring oversight for full-time, part-time, flexipool, and temporary roles.
• Lead workforce planning and hiring forecasts with clinical and operational leaders.
• Build and strengthen employer brand within the acute/post-acute care community.
• Monitor recruitment metrics and drive continuous improvement.
• Coach and develop Talent Acquisition Advisors, Consultants, and Specialists.
• Partner with leadership to fill high-acuity and hard-to-fill roles.
• Ensure compliance with licensure, credentialing, and hiring requirements.

Skills

Leadership experience

High-volume hiring

Team management

Healthcare recruiting

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or Business

Tools

Applicant tracking systems

Job description

City/State

Virginia Beach, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

About Sentara

Sentara Health is an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system with more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission: we improve health every day. Sentara exists to be the trusted partner to individuals and the community in their journey to improved health and well-being, and is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, with 12 hospitals across Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina.

Everything we do is guided by our core values: People, Quality, Patient Safety, Service, and Integrity. As the Talent Acquisition Manager over Acute/Post-Acute Recruitment, you'll live these values daily by building the workforce that makes our mission possible.

Why This Role Matters

As the Talent Acquisition Manager over Acute/Post-Acute Recruitment, you'll shape the operational foundation of our talent strategy across acute and post-acute care settings, ensuring we attract, engage, and hire exceptional clinical and operational talent across our system. This is one of two Recruitment Manager roles reporting into the Director of Acute/Post-Acute, and you'll lead a team of 12-15 team members, including recruiters and coordinators. In a healthcare landscape where acute and post-acute talent is highly competitive, this role is central to our ability to deliver quality, safe patient care across the continuum.

Job Summary

The Talent Acquisition Manager, Acute/Post-Acute is responsible for planning, developing, managing, and overseeing operational Talent Acquisition staff and system-wide recruitment initiatives dedicated to acute and post-acute care roles. This position is one of two Recruitment Manager roles reporting into the Director of Acute/Post-Acute, and leads a team of 12-15 recruiters and coordinators, owning all full-time, part-time, flexipool, and temporary hiring across acute and post-acute settings.

This Manager leads the operational framework for the acute/post-acute recruitment strategy, establishing programs and policies that drive contemporary, data-informed practices tailored to the realities of clinical and operational hiring, including licensure requirements, specialty pipelines, and competitive labor markets. This position serves as an influential advisor who understands evolving staffing needs and stakeholder expectations, translating them into innovative sourcing and recruitment strategies.

The Manager builds and maintains the organization's employer brand within the acute and post-acute care community, owns workforce planning for hiring needs across these settings, and tracks key metrics such as time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, and quality-of-hire, using that data to continuously strengthen team performance.

This role influences outcomes and communicates closely with Talent Acquisition Advisors, Consultants, and Specialists focused on acute/post-acute recruitment, sharing best practices and modeling a customer-focused approach to understanding the needs of hiring leaders across these care settings. The Manager oversees the effective attraction, screening, selection, and development of a high-performing, diverse, and sustainable talent pipeline that supports safe staffing levels and quality patient outcomes at scale.

This role requires maintaining confidentiality and operating with efficiency and integrity in a fast-changing clinical staffing environment, while driving accountability and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of 12-15 recruiters and coordinators, as one of two Recruitment Managers reporting into the Director of Acute/Post-Acute
• Develop and execute recruitment strategy, programs, and policies across the system
• Own full-cycle hiring oversight for full-time, part-time, flexipool, and temporary roles
• Lead workforce planning and hiring forecasts in partnership with clinical and operational leaders, and HR Business Partners
• Build and strengthen employer brand presence within the acute and post-acute care community
• Monitor and report on recruitment metrics (time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality-of-hire, specialty pipeline health) to drive continuous improvement
• Coach, mentor, and develop Talent Acquisition Advisors, Consultants, and Specialists focused on acute/post-acute recruitment
• Partner with hiring leadership using a consultative, customer-focused approach to fill high-acuity and hard-to-fill specialty roles
• Ensure compliance with licensure, credentialing, and hiring requirements throughout the recruitment process
• Maintain confidentiality, integrity, and operational efficiency in a fast-changing environment

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required
• 5 years of recruitment experience and 3 years of leadership experience required; recruitment leadership experience preferred
• Experience managing a team of recruiters at scale (high-volume hiring environment) preferred
• Experience with app