Senior Clinical Healthcare Recruiter – Independent Contractor

Purple Cow Recruiting

. Recruit qualified clinical healthcare and allied health professionals for available openings .

Posted 9/22/2026contractRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in full-cycle healthcare recruiting, with a strong focus on sourcing, screening, and evaluating clinical healthcare and allied health professionals. Proficient in managing candidate pipelines and communication throughout the recruitment process while adhering to state-specific licensing and credential requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle Healthcare RecruitingCandidate Sourcing and HeadhuntingClinical Experience EvaluationStrong Communication SkillsIndependent Candidate Management

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Hard Skills

Candidate ScreeningCandidate OutreachQualifications EvaluationLicensure VerificationCompensation AnalysisRelocation ConsiderationsScheduling CoordinationActive Candidate Pipeline ManagementRecruiting MethodologiesSpecialty-Specific Experience Evaluation

Soft Skills

Excellent Written CommunicationExcellent Verbal CommunicationIndependent Work AbilityMulti-TaskingFollow-Up Skills

Industry Keywords

Clinical Healthcare ProfessionalsAllied Health ProfessionalsNursing RecruitmentBehavioral Health RecruitmentPharmacy RecruitmentU.S.-Based RecruitingPassive Candidate EngagementRecruiting ExperienceCredential RequirementsState-Specific Licensing

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Recruit qualified clinical healthcare and allied health professionals for available openings
Independently source and headhunt passive and active candidates
Conduct candidate outreach, discovery, and screening
Evaluate candidate qualifications against position requirements
Verify applicable clinical experience, education, licenses, certifications, credentials, and other required qualifications
Evaluate specialty-specific experience and position requirements
Identify compensation, relocation, geographic, scheduling, and availability considerations during candidate discovery
Prepare accurate and complete candidate submissions
Manage candidate communication throughout the recruiting process
Follow candidates through interviews, offers, and placement
Maintain active candidate pipelines and consistent follow-up
Recruit nursing, allied health, behavioral health, pharmacy, and other clinical healthcare professionals for nationwide opportunities

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 5 years of professional recruiting experience
Demonstrated experience recruiting clinical healthcare and/or allied health professionals
Full-cycle healthcare recruiting experience
Strong candidate sourcing and headhunting skills
Experience independently identifying and engaging passive healthcare candidates
Strong candidate discovery, screening, and qualification skills
Ability to evaluate clinical experience, education, licensure, certifications, credentials, and specialty-specific requirements
Ability to understand position-specific and state-specific licensing or credential requirements
Ability to distinguish required clinical qualifications from preferred qualifications
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Ability to independently manage multiple searches and candidate pipelines
Established sourcing methods and ability to recruit without basic recruiter training
Comfortable working as a 1099 independent contractor on a commission-only basis
Must be U.S.-based

Benefits

Comp & perks

Recruiting commissions paid according to the commission and payment terms outlined in the Independent Contractor Agreement
100% remote work
Independent contractor opportunity (1099)
No employee benefits are offered; contractors are responsible for their own equipment, sourcing tools, business expenses, and applicable taxes