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:

Skilled Home Health Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

Full Time/Monday through Friday/Remote

About the Role

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.

About Elara Caring

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications & Requirements

• 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