Primary Location:

Nucleus Building - UMC

Address:

300 E. Market St. Louisville, KY 40202

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Job Description Summary:

About UofL Health:
UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.
With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Job Description:

Position Summary and Purpose
The RN Talent Acquisition Specialist is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive recruitment strategies to attract, engage, and hire high-quality registered nursing professionals across the organization. This role serves as a strategic partner to nursing leadership, leveraging healthcare industry expertise and clinical knowledge to identify talent needs, build robust candidate pipelines, and deliver an exceptional candidate experience. The RN Recruiter manages the full recruitment lifecycle for nursing positions, ensuring timely, compliant, and cost-effective hiring practices that support organizational workforce goals, patient care excellence, and employee retention. Through proactive sourcing, relationship building, market intelligence, and data-driven decision-making, the recruiter helps ensure the organization maintains a highly skilled and engaged nursing workforce.

The RN Talent Acquisition Specialist is required to maintain an active, unrestricted Kentucky Registered Nurse (RN) license.
 

Essential Functions:
•    Manage the full-cycle recruitment process for registered nurses and other assigned clinical positions, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding coordination.
•    Partner with nursing leaders and hiring managers to understand workforce needs, staffing challenges, and recruitment priorities.
•    Develop and execute proactive recruitment strategies to attract qualified nursing candidates in a competitive healthcare market.
•    Source active and passive candidates through job boards, social media, professional networking, employee referrals, nursing schools, and industry associations.
•    Conduct candidate screenings to assess clinical experience, qualifications, licensure, certifications, competencies, and organizational fit.
•    Build and maintain robust talent pipelines for hard-to-fill, high-volume, and critical nursing roles.
•    Ensure a positive candidate experience through timely communication, relationship management, and recruitment process transparency.
•    Coordinate and facilitate interviews between candidates and hiring leaders.
•    Extend employment offers and partner with candidates throughout the pre-employment and onboarding process.
•    Maintain knowledge of nursing labor market trends, compensation benchmarks, and competitive recruitment practices.
•    Attend career fairs, nursing school events, professional conferences, and community outreach activities to promote the organization's employment brand.
•    Ensure compliance with all federal, state, regulatory, and organizational employment policies and healthcare hiring requirements.
•    Verify nursing licensure, certifications, and credentialing requirements in collaboration with HR and compliance teams.
•    Serve as a trusted advisor to hiring leaders on recruitment best practices, interview techniques, and talent market conditions.
•    Foster relationships with internal stakeholders to support workforce stability and long-term talent acquisition goals.
•    Participate in special projects, process improvement initiatives, and workforce strategy development as assigned.

Essential Functions:
•    Clinical Sourcing: Proactively source qualified candidates using healthcare databases, professional networks, social media, and nursing alumni associations. 
•    Peer-Level Screening: Conduct initial phone and video screenings, utilizing your clinical knowledge to assess candidates' skills, experience, and cultural fit. 
•    Credential Verification: Review and Verify applicable credentials. 
•    Hiring Manager Collaboration: Partner with Nursing leaders to understand unit-specific staffing gaps and match the right candidates. 
•    Relationship Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for candidates, guiding them transparently through interview scheduling, clinical onboarding, and orientation logistics. 
•    Community Outreach: Represent the organization at healthcare job fairs, university