Senior Healthcare Recruiter
Job Description
Location: Downtown Brooklyn, NY (on-site)
Onsite requirement: 5 days/week for first 90 days, after that, may earn 1 remote day/week based on performance metrics
Type: Full-Time, Permanent
Schedule: Monday–Friday
Salary: $75,000–$85,000 base + Commission + Benefits (Paid Holidays, PTO, employee-contributed 401(k), etc.)
Work Authorization: Must be authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer without sponsorship
About the Role
A Brooklyn-based staffing firm is hiring a true full-desk (360) recruiter with a headhunter mentality—someone who can source and engage talent (not “post and pray”), operate confidently on both sides of the desk, and help support a portfolio of City/State agency clients (plus a smaller private-client portfolio).
This is a primarily contract staffing environment with meaningful emphasis on post-placement management and retention of talent on assignment.
What You’ll Do
- Run 360/full-desk recruiting: business development + recruiting delivery + stakeholder management.
- Proactively source and recruit healthcare talent (and some non-clinical roles), including passive candidates.
- Take on account management responsibilities and help support/expand existing client relationships.
- Own full lifecycle recruiting: intake/qualify, interview coordination, feedback, negotiation, and close.
- Manage post-placement success: support retention and performance of talent on assignment.
- Contract staffing focus: ideally has managed ~12+ contractors on billing at once.
- Maintain strong workflow hygiene in the ATS and support accurate pipeline/activity tracking.
- Navigate VMS-driven client processes.
- Use AI tools as part of day-to-day productivity (company uses Microsoft Copilot within Office 365).
Must-Haves
- Demonstrated history of 360/full-desk recruiting (client + recruiting), not recruiting-only.
- Strong sourcing capability (outreach, networking, passive talent strategies).
- Client-facing confidence and experience with account management and/or business development.
- Contract staffing experience with post-placement / on-assignment management.
- Experience using an ATS, job boards, and social recruiting.
- Traits: good humor, emotionally intelligent (“read the room”), scrappy/resilient, professionally curious.
- Exposure to state/local government clients and/or working a public-sector portfolio.
- Familiarity with VMS environments (Vector experience a plus).
- Healthcare (contract, long-term): RNs, Nurse Practitioners, Medical Assistants, Phlebotomists.
- Non-clinical/non-healthcare: Senior Accountants, Tax Accountants, Paralegals.
- Plus a smaller portfolio of private clients.
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Additional Information
MeeDerby is an executive search firm uniquely dedicated to serving the staffing industry. For nearly three decades, we've helped thousands of executives, managers, senior sales and senior recruiters who have worked in staffing find their place in this robust industry. You spend your days helping people find the perfect job. Don’t you deserve a partner who can do the same for you? Leverage our hard-won connections to take the next step in your staffing career.
Meet Your Recruiter
Alex Hills
Executive Recruiter
With a decade of experience in the staffing industry, Alex has built a career rooted in connection, strategy, and results—specializing in healthcare staffing nationwide. Before joining MeeDerby, Alex held an executive leadership role, where she led a permanent placement division with a people-first approach and a deep understanding of the ever-evolving healthcare talent landscape.
As a previous mental health therapist, Alex often jokes that in her “former life,” she was preparing for staffing all along. The interpersonal and psychological skills she honed in that field have become her secret weapon—because at the end of the day, it’s all about the people.
Known for her passion for building meaningful relationships and making connections that truly make a difference, Alex is driven by the opportunity to positively impact lives and careers every day.
Based in the Kansas City metro, Alex is a proud wife and mom of two, a lifelong Husker fan, and always planning her next travel adventure.
