Job Description
Welcome to AMN Healthcare — Where Talent Meets Purpose
Ever wondered what it takes to build one of the largest and most respected healthcare staffing and total talent solutions companies? It takes trailblazers, innovators, and exceptional people like you.
At AMN Healthcare, we don’t just offer jobs — we build careers that make a difference.
Why AMN Healthcare? Because Excellence Is Our Standard
- Named to Becker’s Top 150 Places to Work in Healthcare — three years running.
- Consistently ranked among SIA’s Largest Staffing Firms in America .
- Honored with Modern Healthcare’s Innovators Award for driving change through innovation.
- Proud holder of The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Staffing Companies since 2006
Job Summary
The Senior Recruiter, Nursing & Allied is responsible for sourcing, qualifying, interviewing, and placing nursing and allied healthcare professionals in contract travel assignments. This role develops and maintains a pipeline of qualified clinicians by understanding their experience, licensure, skills, availability, career goals, and assignment preferences.
The Senior Recruiter serves as a consultative partner to clinicians throughout the recruitment process, providing information about travel healthcare opportunities, market conditions, compensation, and assignment expectations. This role partners closely with Account Managers to match qualified clinicians with client staffing needs and drive successful placements.
Job Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a pipeline of qualified nursing and allied healthcare professionals for contract travel assignments.
- Meet established recruiting activity and placement goals while developing new clinician relationships and retaining clinicians currently on assignment.
- Execute prospecting and sourcing strategies using the applicant tracking system, phone, email, and other approved recruiting tools to identify and engage prospective clinicians.
- Maintain accurate and current candidate information in the applicant tracking system, including contact information, professional experience, qualifications, licensure, availability, documentation, and assignment preferences.
- Conduct candidate screens to understand clinicians' professional experience, skills, career objectives, compensation expectations, availability, and preferred assignments.
- Evaluate clinician qualifications and assignment readiness based on relevant experience, licensure, skills, availability, and job requirements.
- Advise clinicians on travel healthcare opportunities, market conditions, assignment expectations, career goals, and realistic placement timelines.
- Discuss and negotiate compensation packages with clinicians in accordance with established guidelines.
- Present qualified candidates to Account Managers for consideration against current client openings.
- Maintain clinician engagement throughout the recruitment and placement process to support successful placements, assignment retention, and future redeployment.
Use recruiting technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve sourcing, candidate prioritization, productivity, and decision-making while following company policies and responsible AI practices.
Required Qualifications
Education & Experience
- Associate's Degree plus 2–5 years of relevant work experience, OR High School Diploma/GED plus 4–7 years of relevant work experience.
- Experience in recruiting, staffing, sales, or another candidate/customer-facing role.
- Experience sourcing, screening, interviewing, or qualifying prospective candidates or customers.
- Experience using an applicant tracking system (ATS), CRM, or similar technology to manage candidate or customer activity.
- Experience managing multiple candidates, customers, or priorities in a fast-paced, goal-driven environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in healthcare staffing, travel nursing, allied healthcare staffing, or healthcare recruiting.
- Experience recruiting or working with healthcare professionals.
- Experience with candidate sourcing, pipeline development, placement, or redeployment.
- Experience discussing or negotiating compensation with candidates or customers.
- Experience using recruiting technology, automation, or AI-enabled recruiting tools.
Key Skills & Competencies
- Candidate Sourcing & Pipeline Development
- Full-Cycle Recruiting
- Candidate Screening & Qualification
- Relationship Management
- Consultative Recruiting
- Healthcare Staffing
- Negotiation
- Candidate Engagement & Retention
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Recruiting Technology & AI Tools
- Communication
Organization & Prioritization
Work Environment / Physical Requirements
- Work is performed in an office/home office environment.
Team Members must have the ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.
AMN Healthcare will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job.
Our Core Values
Respect Passion Continuous Improvement Trust Customer Focus Innovation
At AMN we embrace the ways we are similar and different; respecting all voices and ensuring everyone has the opportunity to contribute to our collective success. We acknowledge our shared responsibility to foster a welcoming environment where everyone feels recognized and valued. We cast a wide net to recruit and retain competitive talent and build healthcare workforces supportive of the communities we serve. We believe in the power of compassion and collaboration to build healthy communities where access to quality care is available to all. Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
At AMN we recognize that in-person connections have value and promote collaboration. You will be expected to come into an AMN Healthcare office at a frequency dependent on the work arrangement for your role.
Pay Rate
$20.25 - $25.25 Hourly
Final pay rate is dependent on experience, training, education, and location.
This position may include additional compensation such as bonus or commission. Please ask your recruiter for more information.