Travel Nurse Recruiter

Cross Country Healthcare

2d

About The Position

The Recruiter is responsible for recruiting, screening, negotiating with, and hiring healthcare professionals for travel assignments. The role uses independent recruiting strategies to increase revenue and profitability while producing quality candidates for open job orders in line with company and client expectations. The Recruiter builds relationships with healthcare travelers, cultivates a network of potential candidates, generates referrals, and prospects for new candidates. The position also involves maintaining candidate records, meeting weekly productivity and performance goals, and supporting traveler satisfaction throughout assignments.

Requirements

• Minimum 3–4 years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including sourcing, qualifying, networking, and relationship management; staffing experience is preferred.
• Strong sense of urgency.
• Effective phone presentation skills.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Negotiation and sales skills.
• Ability to collaborate with people across all aspects of the selling cycle to achieve goals.
• High school diploma or equivalent, or an equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions.

Nice To Haves

• Staffing industry recruiting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

• Recruit viable nurses for travel assignments through prospecting, referrals, and lead follow-up.
• Present and sell assignments to prospective travelers using a consultative sales approach and probing for unspoken needs.
• Recruit, screen, interview, and evaluate healthcare professionals based on clients’ specific needs.
• Cultivate a network of potential healthcare professionals and maintain and grow the candidate pool.
• Negotiate compensation packages with healthcare professionals while maintaining acceptable margins.
• Develop new candidate-recruiting avenues and use tools such as email campaigns and social media to build relationships and expand the candidate pool.
• Conduct regular competitive shops in the local market.
• Meet or exceed performance expectations for outbound calls, candidate submittals, and weeks booked.
• Build relationships and provide customer service to maintain a loyal, active base of working healthcare professionals.
• Maintain positive relationships with healthcare travelers to support patient care through supplemental staffing.
• Attend trade shows, conventions, job and career fairs, workshops, and other company- or client-sponsored events as needed.
• Complete weekly recruitment reports and special recruiting projects as needed.
• Meet weekly productivity metrics and goals.
• Maintain and update candidate database files and required documents.
• Plan and follow through to support traveler satisfaction on each assignment.
• Build and sustain positive business relationships with clients and co-workers.
• Maintain communication with active nurse staff, follow up appropriately, and uncover nurses’ needs, situations, and problems by asking questions.
• Maintain flexible schedules to service nurse staff requests and handle issues.
• Perform other duties as assigned, with or without accommodation.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Voluntary insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Tuition assistance
• Pet insurance
• Wellness options through Burnalong, including online classes and programs and local gym access
• Competitive compensation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED