Healthcare Recruiter

Healthcare Recruiter role supporting Compassionate Arms by recruiting and matching caregivers and, at lower volume, sourcing LPN and RN candidates to keep client care staffed.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle recruiting for caregivers, from job posting through offer and onboarding handoff.
• Write and post openings on job boards, social media, and community channels; maintain the applicant pipeline daily.
• Develop referral sources through community organizations, churches, cultural centers, schools, and workforce programs, including outreach within the Chaldean and Arabic-speaking community.
• Represent the agency at job fairs, hiring events, and community outreach activities.
• Track open needs by program, county, shift, and language to target recruiting to actual gaps.
• Conduct phone screens and structured interviews focused on reliability, experience, temperament, and home-care fit.
• Verify candidate eligibility for program requirements, including background checks, exclusion list checks, references, driver's license and insurance (where needed), and required training/certifications.
• Coordinate offers and start dates, then hand off to onboarding and training.
• Maintain complete, accurate applicant and hiring records for audits by CMH agencies, health plans, and the state.
• Review each new client’s care plan, authorized hours, service type (such as CLS, personal care, respite, homemaking), and preferences.
• Match clients and caregivers using skills, schedule, location, language, culture, and gender preference, plus personality fit.
• Introduce caregivers to clients and families; follow up after the first visits to confirm the match is working.
• Secure replacement or backup caregivers quickly when a match ends, a caregiver becomes unavailable, or client needs change.
• Collaborate with care coordinators, supervisors, and scheduling staff to keep authorized hours covered.
• Source and screen LPN and RN candidates for skilled nursing visits and supervisory or assessment duties.
• Confirm active Michigan nursing licenses and relevant clinical experience.
• Coordinate clinical interviews with nursing leadership.
• Check in with new caregivers during their first 90 days to address concerns early and reduce turnover.
• Use exit interview and match feedback to improve recruiting and caregiver-client matching.
• Provide weekly reporting on applicants, hires, time to fill, open cases, and retention.

Requirements

• 2+ years of recruiting experience, preferably in home care, healthcare, or other high-volume hourly hiring.
• Working knowledge of home care roles including caregivers, home health aides, and direct support professionals.
• Strong interviewing skills and sound judgment about reliability and fit.
• Excellent phone, written, and in-person communication skills.
• Highly organized and able to manage many open positions and client cases at once.
• Comfortable using applicant tracking systems, job boards, Microsoft Office or Google Workspace, and scheduling software.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation for hiring events and occasional client visits.
• Ability to pass a criminal background check.
• High school diploma or equivalent.

Technologies

• Applicant tracking systems
• Job boards
• Microsoft Office
• Google Workspace
• Scheduling software

Preferred

• Fluency in Arabic and/or Chaldean (Sureth) (not required, strongly valued).
• Familiarity with Michigan Medicaid programs, including MI Home Help, CMH services, CLS, and Medicaid health plans.
• Experience recruiting LPNs and RNs.
• Associate's or bachelor's degree in human resources, healthcare administration, or a related field.
• Experience with HHAeXchange or other home care scheduling and EVV systems.
• Ties to the Macomb, Oakland, or Wayne County community.

What Success Looks Like

• Open client cases staffed quickly with caregivers who fit.
• New caregivers stay past their first 90 days.
• Clients and families report that the caregiver is a good match.
• Hiring files are complete and audit-ready.

Work Environment

• On-site role based in Sterling Heights and Troy offices.
• Some local travel for hiring events and client introductions.
• Occasional evening or weekend availability may be needed to cover urgent staffing gaps.

Location: Sterling Heights, MI (onsite)
Pay: USD 24 - 27 per hourly