I BELIEVE THAT BETTER CARE BEGINS AT HOME.
Compassionate care, uncompromising service and clinical excellence – that’s what our patients have come to expect from our clinicians. Kindred at Home, a division of Kindred Healthcare Inc., is the nation’s leading provider of comprehensive home health, hospice, and non-medical home care services.
Kindred at Home, and its affiliates, delivers compassionate, high-quality care to patients and clients in their homes or places of residence, including non-medical personal assistance, skilled nursing and rehabilitation and hospice and palliative care. Our caregivers focus on each unique patient to deliver the appropriate care and emotional support to our patients and their families.
As a PERSONAL HOME CARE ASSISTANCE PCA ACQUISITION SPECIALIST you will be responsible for full-cycle recruiting of caregivers(PCAs) within an assigned Region/Branch.
- Responsible for maintaining adequate staff in terms of skill and availability within a defined region to meet the needs of our clients.
- Outreach in the community to schools, churches, and other groups to create awareness of our job opportunities.
- Evaluates resumes and interviews candidates to ensure that their skills/abilities and availability meet the requirements for open positions. Schedules in-person interviews at the respective Branch through a shared calendar. Maintains resume files for future employment possibilities.
- Confirms all interviews at least 24 hours in advance and communicates all changes to the Branch.
- Schedules, advertises and attends job fairs on a monthly basis. Utilizes recruitment and social media to create buzz about our employment opportunities. Utilizes e-recruiting tools.
- Lead Monthly Recruiting Meeting with Regional Manager, Branch Manager and FOS to collaboratively understand skill, availability and geographic coverage of current PCA team as well as needs for growth areas.
- Implements recruitment strategies, identifies/tracks the cost, benefit, and effectiveness of recruitment sources/activities, analyzes local job markets and forecasts employment needs.
- Builds relationships with local community colleges and nursing schools to facilitate candidate referrals for students and graduates.
- Monitors job market and pay practices of competitors. Forecasts employment needs based on Region goals and develops a quarterly recruitment plan to produce hiring activity that will support the goals.
- Refers qualified candidates for additional interviews and ensures that interviews are conducted as appropriate. Analyzes interview results, extends job offers as appropriate and documents acceptance/non-acceptance.
- Adheres to and participates in Company’s mandatory HIPAA privacy program/practices and Business Ethics and Compliance programs/practices.
- Reviews and adheres to all Company policies and procedures and the Employee Handbook.
- Supports effort to gather required data for EEO and AAP reporting requirements.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Required Skills
- Associate’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources or equivalent experience.
- Minimum of three years clinical/health care or general recruitment related experience generally required.
- Strong knowledge of recruitment/interviewing methods/techniques required.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, computer and communication/presentation skills also required.
Required Experience
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.