Relief Staffing Specialist

Department: Recruiting

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Team Member - American Veterinary Group

Reporting To: Brittany Manzella Parker

Description

Are you adept at connecting talented veterinarians with opportunities that match their skills and schedules? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you! As a Relief Staffing Specialist, you'll play a pivotal role in our team, ensuring that veterinary practices have the support they need by coordinating placements for relief veterinarians.

The Relief Staffing Specialist is tasked with building a pipeline of relief veterinarian talent for our rapidly-growing division of UrgentVet hospitals, as well as our general practice locations, nationwide. In addition to sourcing and contracting new veterinarians, this position also supports the introduction and onboarding of new relief veterinarians to our scheduling platform, Vetcher. This position requires strong sourcing/research skills and a sense of urgency for candidate follow-up and onboarding.

Prior experience in recruiting, particularly fast-paced staffing, would lend itself well to this role. Due to the nature of this role, this position requires a high level of professionalism, attention to detail, and a strong command of the English language.

This is a remote position reporting to the Director of Relief Staffing. Therefore, time management skills and the ability to communicate effectively across departments in a remote setting is paramount.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify relief veterinarian talent by sourcing resume databases, directories, practice websites, social media profiles, and testing extensive name generation techniques.
• Generate a pipeline of interested relief veterinarians via targeted email campaigns to both passive candidates and prior applicants.
• Conduct phone screens with prospective candidates to understand rate, travel radius, and scheduling availability.
• Schedule relief veterinarians on our scheduling platform, Vetcher.
• Attend local veterinary conferences to discuss relief opportunities with both American Veterinary Group and UrgentVet.
• Contribute to the maintenance, accuracy, and growth of the candidate database/CRM (Pinpoint).
• Provide market intelligence on relief trends and research with Recruiting Team.
• Work with our Recruiting Team to continuously evolve our capabilities and identify opportunities to improve workflow efficiency, quality of work, and lead conversion rate.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in recruiting/staffing.
• Prior experience sourcing healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses) preferred. Veterinary experience is a plus!
• Prior experience using an Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Experience with Pinpoint a plus!
• Experience maintaining a high volume of sensitive information and building scalable structure around data.
• Experience working independently with little direction; able to work in ambiguous environments and comfortable with the unknown.
• Strong communication skills (especially written) with a focus on proper grammar and spelling.
• Ability to think 'outside of the box' and create staffing plans for hospitals within region.
• Ability to handle rejection in a highly competitive labor market.
• Ability to pivot focus and priorities based upon the ever-changing needs of our veterinary practices.
• Ability to travel on a limited basis (up to 25%).

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare: health, dental, & vision insurance
• Paid time off
• 401k plan options
• Generous veterinary care discounts
• Performance bonuses