Sentara Health

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Sentara Health  •  United States (Remote)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

City/State

Norfolk, VA

Work Shift

First (Days)

The Talent Acquisition Specialist serves as a strategic partner to hiring managers and HR Business Partners, proactively identifying and delivering talent solutions aligned with workforce needs. This role is responsible for managing the full-cycle recruitment process across assigned business units, with a strong emphasis on innovative sourcing strategies and proactive pipeline development.

This individual will leverage both tactical execution and strategic insight to recruit diverse, high-quality talent while continuously improving hiring outcomes. The role requires the ability to manage a high volume of requisitions—including complex and hard-to-fill roles—while maintaining an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Talent Partnership

  • Partner with hiring managers and HR Business Partners to understand current and future hiring needs
  • Anticipate workforce trends and develop proactive recruiting strategies to address talent gaps
  • Serve as a trusted advisor on talent market insights, candidate availability, and hiring best practices

Full-Cycle Recruitment

  • Manage end-to-end recruitment processes for all assigned positions, from intake through offer
  • Execute and facilitate screening, interviewing, and selection processes
  • Ensure a consistent, efficient, and high-quality hiring experience for candidates and stakeholders

Sourcing & Pipeline Development

  • Identify and leverage new and diverse sourcing channels to attract top talent
  • Engage in both tactical and strategic sourcing to build robust talent pipelines
  • Proactively source passive candidates and cultivate relationships for current and future opportunities

Recruitment Strategy & Process Improvement

  • Support workforce planning by participating in forecasting and recruitment planning efforts
  • Develop and execute recruitment strategies aligned with business priorities
  • Continuously identify opportunities to enhance recruitment processes and improve outcomes

Project Leadership & Operational Excellence

  • Lead or contribute to talent acquisition projects and initiatives
  • Effectively manage a high volume of requisitions across varied job types and levels of complexity
  • Maintain strong organization and follow-through in a fast-paced environment

Qualifications

Education

  • High School Diploma or GED (Required)
  • Bachelor’s Degree (Strongly Preferred)

Experience

  • Minimum of 2 years of HR experience with a Bachelor’s Degree, OR
  • 4 years of recruiting experience with a High School Diploma/GED (Required)
  • 5+ years of recruiting experience required for consideration as a Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist

What You Bring

  • Strong relationship-building and consultative partnership skills
  • Ability to manage competing priorities and high requisition volume
  • Proven success in sourcing, engaging, and hiring high-impact talent
  • Commitment to inclusive hiring practices and diverse talent pipelines
  • A proactive, solutions-oriented mindset with a focus on continuous improvement

Work Environment & Travel

  • This is a remote position with regular travel required across Virginia and North Carolina
  • Residency within 50 miles of Virginia Beach, VA is strongly preferred
  • Flexibility to adjust hours as needed to support hiring events and business priorities as well as your scheduling needs.

Why Join Us

  • Opportunity to influence and shape talent strategy in critical business areas
  • Collaborative, mission-driven environment
  • Exposure to both strategic and high-impact recruiting initiatives
  • Ability to lead projects and drive meaningful process improvements

Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000

• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave

• Emergency Backup Care

• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans

• Life Insurance

• 401k/403B with Employer Match

• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education

• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000

•Pet Insurance
•Legal Resources Plan
•Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.


In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work,Sentara Health employs associates in the following states:

Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

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About Sentara Health

Sentara Health, an integrated, not-for-profit health care delivery system, celebrates more than 135 years in pursuit of its mission - "we improve health every day." Sentara is one of the largest health systems in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, and among the top 20 largest not-for-profit integrated health systems in the country, with 34,000 employees, 12 hospitals in Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina, including 10 hospitals with the prestigious Magnet®️ recognition, and the Sentara Health Plans division which serves more than 1 million members in Virginia and Florida. Sentara is recognized nationally for clinical quality and safety and is strategically focused on innovation and creating an extraordinary health care experience for our patients and members. Sentara was named a Health Quality Innovator of the Year (2024), was recognized by Forbes as "America’s Best-In-State Employer” (2024), "Best Employer for Veterans" (2022, 2023), and "Best Employer for Women" (2020), and named to IBM Watson Health's "Top 15 Health Systems" (2021, 2018).

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Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Hampton Roads, VA
Year Founded
Unknown
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