Recruiter/Hiring Manager
Company Overview
In 1980, Homewatch CareGivers established its mission to preserve dignity, protect independence, and provide peace of mind to our clients and their loved ones by providing exceptional home care. By delivering high-quality caregiver services, Homewatch CareGivers helps improve the quality of life for those in our communities as well as provide meaningful employment opportunities. We offer employees a strong family-oriented culture and professional, accredited training that addresses relevant health and wellness issues. Homewatch CareGivers welcomes individuals into our family who are eager to continually learn in order to best serve customers’ evolving needs, and who demonstrate the passion for connecting people to the quality services they deserve.
For more information about the company and our services, please visit our website: www.homewatchcaregivers.com
Role: The primary responsibility of the Recruiter/Hiring Manager is leading our recruitment effort, identifying, interviewing, screening and hiring caregivers, Certified Nurse Assistants (CNA) and Home Health Aides. This key person will develop local recruiting plans, employ candidate sourcing strategies, create and implement new recruiting tactics.
Additionally, this role will include on-boarding and caregiver management.
Scope of Position: Reports to the President/Owner
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required
Must have strong organizational skills
Experience with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Must be highly motivated and a team player
Must be able to communicate clearly and effectively over the phone
Must have a patient personality
Office and clerical skills
Ability to identify and solve problems in a timely manner
Ability to respond promptly to caregiver/client and family needs
Must display a professional demeanor and be dependable
Must have the ability and desire to learn new things and skills
Must pass all background screening with satisfactory results
Major Responsibilities
Create and implement a recruiting platform including online, job fairs, and ongoing college placement programs.
Research, recommend and develop new candidate recruiting sources.
Develop a pool of qualified candidates while building a deep network to identify and attract qualified candidates.
Track and report new job candidate applications, new hires, and recruiting source effectiveness via our health management system.
Conduct pre-screening and employment interviews. Hire new employees, complete employee background checks, DMV reports (if applicable), and new employee paperwork.
Complete weekly orientation for qualified candidates.
Ensuring caregivers are completing required training.
Implement and track caregiver recognition.
Responsible for caregiver file management.
Schedule performance reviews.
Ensuring that all caregiver credentials are up to date; managing expirations, and updating any necessary forms/reports.
Ability to conduct an intake call and enter pertinent information into our health management system
Schedule client evaluation/meeting
Matching client schedules with compatible caregivers.
Assuring the schedules are current and up to date at any given time.
Input of information into our health management system
Overtime Management
Manage incoming communications (telephone, email, mail, etc…)
Transfer phones at end of the day to on call staff
Caregiver management activities including caregiver log sheets and time sheet collection and recording.