Senior Travel Healthcare Recruiter

Purple Cow Recruiting

. Recruit qualified healthcare travelers for active contract opportunities .

Posted 9/29/2026contractRemote • United StatesSeniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in full-cycle healthcare recruiting, with a focus on sourcing and engaging travel healthcare professionals. Proficient in managing candidate pipelines and ensuring compliance with healthcare licensing and certification requirements.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Full-Cycle Healthcare RecruitingTravel Healthcare Recruiting ExperienceCandidate Sourcing and HeadhuntingHealthcare License VerificationCandidate Communication and Follow-Up

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Hard Skills

Candidate DiscoveryCandidate ScreeningCandidate QualificationActive Candidate Pipeline ManagementTime-Sensitive Requisition Management

Soft Skills

Relationship BuildingIndependent WorkMulti-Tasking

Industry Keywords

Healthcare TravelersContract Healthcare RecruitingNursesAllied Health Travelers1099 Independent Contractor

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Recruit qualified healthcare travelers for active contract opportunities
Independently source, headhunt, and engage candidates
Work an existing network and build new candidate pipelines
Conduct candidate discovery and screening before submission
Verify licenses, certifications, relevant experience, availability, and position-specific requirements
Discuss schedule flexibility, requested time off, start availability, travel expectations, and potential barriers to starting an assignment
Evaluate candidates for the specific clinical environment, including corrections when applicable
Prepare accurate, complete, submission-ready candidate files
Maintain consistent candidate communication and follow-up
Move quickly on active requisitions and time-sensitive openings
Follow candidates through submission, interview, offer, onboarding, and assignment start
Build relationships with travelers who can successfully complete assignments and return for future contracts

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 5 years of professional recruiting experience
Demonstrated travel healthcare and/or contract healthcare recruiting experience
Experience recruiting nurses and/or allied health travelers
Full-cycle healthcare recruiting experience
Strong sourcing and candidate headhunting skills
Established methods for identifying and engaging healthcare travelers
Ability to independently build and maintain an active candidate pipeline
Strong candidate discovery, screening, and qualification skills
Working knowledge of healthcare licenses, certifications, clinical experience requirements, and travel candidate documentation
Ability to evaluate candidates against detailed assignment requirements before submission
Ability to work quickly and consistently on time-sensitive healthcare requisitions
Excellent candidate communication and follow-up
Ability to independently manage multiple active requisitions and candidate pipelines
Ability to recruit without basic recruiter or travel staffing training
Comfortable working as a 1099 independent contractor on a commission-only basis
Must be U.S.-based

Benefits

Comp & perks

Commission-based compensation according to the Independent Contractor Agreement
1099 independent contractor arrangement
No employee benefits are offered