At Elara Caring, we have a unique opportunity to play a huge role in the growth of an entire home care industry. Here, each employee has the chance to make a real difference by carrying out our mission every day. Join our elite team of healthcare professionals, providing the Right Care, at the Right Time, in the Right Place.
Job Description:
Full Time/Monday through Friday/Remote
The Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist – Skilled Home Health serves as a strategic recruiting partner supporting our skilled home health service lines. This role is responsible for attracting, engaging, and hiring high-quality clinical and operational talent—including nurses, therapists, and field-based clinicians—who deliver care where it matters most: at home.
You will partner closely with home health leaders to understand fluctuating census, territory coverage, and patient care needs, and translate those realities into agile, effective recruiting strategies. This role requires a recruiter who understands urgency, autonomy, and the unique challenges of field-based healthcare hiring.
At Elara Caring, we believe the best place for care is where patients live. Our skilled home health teams provide compassionate, high-quality care to more than 60,000 patients each day across the country.
As a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist – Skilled Home Health, your work directly supports continuity of care by ensuring our clinicians and support teams are staffed, supported, and positioned for success.
Partner with Skilled Home Health leadership to assess staffing needs driven by census, coverage, and patient acuity
Develop and execute customized recruiting strategies to support field-based clinical roles, including RNs, LPNs, PTs, OTs, SLPs, and HHAs
Proactively source active and passive candidates using both traditional and non-traditional methods, including:
Professional networking platforms and social media
Job boards and advanced internet sourcing
Cold outreach, referrals, and pipeline development
Local networking, career fairs, and campus recruiting
Niche healthcare and therapy-specific advertising
Build and maintain strong, market-specific talent pipelines across assigned territories
Act as a consultative advisor to home health leaders, providing insight into labor market conditions, candidate availability, and hiring timelines
Screen candidates, conduct interviews, and present qualified shortlists aligned to licensure, compliance, and patient care standards
Coordinate structured interview processes while balancing speed, quality, and regulatory requirements
Maintain timely, transparent communication with hiring managers regarding requisition status and hiring progress
Ensure an exceptional candidate experience while meeting service level agreements
Accurately update requisitions, candidate activity, and recruiting metrics in Workday
Manage follow-up activities including reference checks, offer letters, and candidate communications
Partner with the Recruitment Coordinator to support onboarding and ensure completion of all pre-employment requirements
Attend local hiring events, job fairs, and industry conferences as needed
Promote Elara Caring’s mission, values, and commitment to quality home-based care
Maintain confidentiality and compliance with HIPAA and organizational policies
Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communication, or a related field required
Minimum of 5 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, highly preferable in in Skilled Home Health, Hospice, healthcare, or field-based clinical environments
Proven success in recruiting licensed clinicians and filling hard-to-fill healthcare roles
Experience using Workday Applicant Tracking System preferred
Strong understanding of skilled home health operations, licensure, and staffing models
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, census-driven environment
Excellent relationship-building skills with field leaders, clinicians, and executive stakeholders
Strong organizational, problem-solving, and time-management skills
Clear, professional verbal and written communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel)
Up to 10% travel required
Valid driver’s license, dependable vehicle, and current auto insurance required
Directly impact patient outcomes and continuity of care through strategic hiring
Work in a collaborative, mission-driven home health organization
Partner closely with operational leaders and clinical teams
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package
Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities
Career growth and advancement opportunities
401(k) with employer match
Paid time off, paid holidays, and family and pet bereavement
Pet insurance
We value the unique skills of veterans and military spouses. We encourage applications from military veterans and their families.
Elara Caring provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), race, color, age (40 and older), national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender reassignment, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law.
Elara Caring participates in E-Verify and we will provide the Federal Government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. Employers like Elara Caring can only use E-Verify once you have accepted the job offer and completed the Form I-9.
At Elara Caring, pay and compensation are determined by a variety of factors, including education, job-related knowledge, skills, training, and experience. Our compensation structure reflects the cost of labor across different U.S. geographic markets, and may vary based on location.
This is not a comprehensive list of all job responsibilities and requirements; upon request, a job description can be provided.
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