Job Title: Nurse Recruiter/Head Nurse (N3)
Company: Westchester Medical Center
City/State: Valhalla, NY
Category: Nursing/Nursing Management
Department: Human Resources
Union: Yes
Union Name: NYSNA
Position: Full Time
Hours: 8 am to 4:40 pm Variable
Shift: Day
Req #: 50521
Posted Date: Nov 13, 2026
Hiring Range: $70.51/hr to $84.07/hr
Job Details:
Internal Posting:
11/13/26 to 11/26/26 Nurse Recruiter — N3 Head Nurse
Job Summary:
The Nurse Recruiter is responsible for providing consultative and concierge level recruitment services to departments and service lines with a focus on the recruitment, screening and sourcing of candidates. This position provides support to HR leadership and service lines in the establishment of organizational retention goals, objectives and strategies.
Responsibilities:
- Maintains accurate records regarding all provider recruitment efforts, current candidate statuses, onboarding queue information, and submits supporting reports to leadership in HR and respective service lines for evaluation of recruitment efforts.
- Creates and maintains relationships with optimal candidates to enhance our applicant pool for future openings.
- Promotes and maintains relationships with external candidate sourcing venues such as educational institutions, associations, programs, hospitals, and networking with other health care centers.
- Works directly with medical services leadership and executives to address staffing needs, occupational specifications, job duties, qualifications, and skill sets necessary to recruit for active medical providers.
- Posts jobs using multiple sourcing techniques to identify qualified active and passive applicants.
- Identifies from an experienced selection of optimal candidates, the targeted compensation and appropriate credentials for the healthcare providers.
- Utilizes recruitment resources including, but not limited to, social media, external job boards, and personal networking.
- Develop sourcing strategies including marketing campaigns, career event planning, internal referral sources and database management.
- Communicates professionally and timely with colleagues, business clients and candidates.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education:
Minimum Acceptable Training and
Experience:
Possession of a valid license and current registration issued by the New York State Education Department as a Registered Nurse, a Bachelor's degree* or Master's degree* in Nursing.
Experience:
Minimum of 5 years of high-volume recruitment experience in a large organization and working with an applicant tracking system, preferred.
About Us:
Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center is the premier provider of advanced medical care in New York’s Hudson Valley. The flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, this 895-bed academic hospital in Valhalla, NY, provides local residents with acute-care services — Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants and advanced neurovascular procedures and more — found nowhere else in the region. Westchester Medical Center is the primary referral facility for other Hudson Valley hospitals and serves as a lifeline for more than 3 million.