Director, Talent Acquisition- Acute & Post Acute Care

City/State

Virginia Beach, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

Overview:

Director, Talent Acquisition/Recruitment - Acute & Post Acute Care

Location

Hybrid/Remote in Virginia within 200 miles of Sentara Park located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.  Relocation assistance available.

As Director of Acute & Post Acute Talent Acquisition/Recruitment, you will lead a dedicated team of recruiters and coordinators focused exclusively on staffing our acute care hospitals, rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing facilities, and post acute care settings. This is a high-visibility, high-impact role for a leader who thrives on building systems, developing teams, and solving complex healthcare workforce challenges at scale.

You will report to the Vice President of Talent Acquisition and serve as a key partner to nursing executives, regional presidents, and HR leadership across the system. You will also play a central role in a transformational moment for our TA function — including the launch of new AI-powered sourcing tools, redesigned workflows, and a strengthened employer brand.

Lead & Develop Your Team

• Build, coach, and inspire a team of clinical recruiters and coordinators dedicated to acute and post acute talent acquisition
• Create a culture of accountability, continuous learning, and exceptional service to candidates and hiring managers
• Drive recruiter development through structured mentorship, training programs, and career pathing initiatives

Shape Strategy & Drive Results

• Own and execute the acute and post acute recruitment strategy aligned with organizational workforce and patient care goals
• Partner with nursing executives, regional presidents, and hiring managers to forecast staffing needs and build proactive talent pipelines
• Lead the build-out of a dedicated Nurse Recruitment Pod — a specialized model designed to accelerate nursing talent acquisition across the system
• Develop strategies to reduce time-to-fill, improve offer acceptance rates, and decrease reliance on agency and premium labor

Innovate & Optimize

• Champion the adoption of AI recruiting tools, CRM platforms, and scheduling automation to modernize the recruitment experience
• Redesign and continuously improve intake, sourcing, screening, and offer management workflows
• Build multi-channel sourcing pipelines including social media, campus partnerships, clinical residency programs, employee referrals, and targeted campaigns

Measure What Matters

• Track and report on KPIs including time-to-fill, cost-per-hire, quality of hire, offer acceptance rate, and requisition load
• Provide regular market intelligence and recruitment performance updates to senior leadership and regional partners
• Use national benchmarks and internal data to set realistic expectations and drive data-informed hiring decisions

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field
• 7–10+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, with at least 5 years leading clinical or healthcare recruitment teams
• Proven ability to build and scale high-performing recruitment teams in complex, matrixed health systems
• Strong command of ATS platforms (Workday preferred), AI sourcing tools, and recruitment analytics
• Experience managing agency partnerships, vendor performance, and premium labor reduction strategies
• Exceptional communication and executive presence — comfortable engaging regional presidents, CNOs, and C-suite leaders

Preferred

• Master’s degree in HR, Healthcare Administration, or Business Administration
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent senior HR certification
• Demonstrated success recruiting for acute care, post acute, nursing, or allied health roles in a high-volume environment
• Experience with AI recruiting platforms such as Paradox, Findem, HireScore, or Talroo
• Background in employer branding, EVP development, or recruitment marketing
• Experience building specialized recruitment pods or center-of-excellence models within a health system

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.

In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.