Talent Acquisition Specialist

We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives. It’s extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients “Ask for Mary,” they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and innovatively serve them. This is true of every employee, from support staff and leadership, to clinicians and care providers. 

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care.

Mission Statement                                                                                                                           

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Employment Value Proposition     

At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture:

• Focus on Patient Care.  A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
• Clinical Variety and Challenge. An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.
• Family Culture.  We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.
• Trust in Each Other.  Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community.
• A Proud Tradition. Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride. 

Summary                                                                                                                                          

The Talent Acquisition Specialist will perform the full lifecycle recruitment process while building and maintaining excellent relationships with hiring managers, candidates, and the Mary Free Bed community.

This individual will be an integral part of the Talent Acquisition team and will be instrumental in providing high quality candidates to fill hiring needs by implementing targeted sourcing initiatives, leveraging social networking, and other recruitment tools with sense of urgency, enhancing the hiring manager and candidate/customer experience. 

Essential Job Responsibilities                                                                   

• Responsible for the full lifecycle recruitment process for assigned departments/open positions 
  • Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with hiring managers and serve as a subject matter expert in recruitment/HR matters 
  • Consult and partner with hiring managers and key stakeholders to obtain pertinent information that will aide in drafting postings, sourcing, and qualifying active and passive candidates 
  • Source, screen, prequalify, interview, and evaluate candidates to determine their competencies and qualification for employment 
  • Proactively search active and passive talent to develop and maintain a pipeline of candidates across client groups and levels within our organization 
  • Utilize efficient and effective recruitment strategies and techniques to source for various clinical and non-clinical positions including social networking, cold calling, internet searching, and professional networks 
• Identify and cultivate external relationships with antidiscrimination focused organizations 
• Build and manage productive partnerships with organizational leaders, hiring managers, and HR team 
• Attend high value conferences and job fairs to promote and recruit for the Mary Free Bed and Rehabilitation Professionals systems 
• Manage data integrity within the applicant tracking system, managing each candidate's movement through the recruitment process to minimize time to fill and provide a world-class candidate experience 
• Develop professional relationships with colleges and universities, and networks with other professional recruiters and agencies for future sourcing of high-quality candidates 
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives 
• We’ll embrace all people by: 

Treating everyone with dignity and respect. 

Opening more doors to opportunity for others to succeed. 

Growing talent and people. 

Ensuring a welcoming experience for all we serve, regardless of origin, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.  

Taking action against discrimination. 

Honoring our differences and how we collaborate. 

Educating staff, patients and the communities we care for. 

Restoring hope and freedom, together. 

Customer Service Responsibilities                                                                                               

Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information. 

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement                                                                         

Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications                                                                                                          

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or other related area. 
• At least 2 years recruiting and/or human resources experience preferred. 
• Experience in high volume recruiting.
• Experience as a change agent; comfort with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment.
• Requires excellent skills in influence, negotiation, collaboration, and handling difficult conversations required.
• Skilled with competency and behavior-based interview and assessment required.
• Past experience in health care preferred.   
• Experience in developing and delivering recruitment strategies and processes to improve outcomes required.
• Adept with using a variety of recruiting technologies to source talent.
• Some air travel required to attend job fairs and conferences.

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Qualification

Levels:

• None (No specific requirements)
• Occasionally (Less than 1/3)
• Frequently (1/3 to 2/3)
• Majority (More than 2/3)

Remain in a stationary position: Majority

Traverse or move around work location: Occasionally

Use keyboard:  Frequently

Operate or use department specific equipment:  None

Ascend/Descend equipment or ladder: None

Position self to accomplish the Essential Functions of the role: None

Receive and communicate information and ideas for understanding: Majority

Transport, position, and/or exert force:

Up to 10 pounds:   Occasionally

Up to 25 pounds: None

Up to 50 pounds: None

Up to 75 pounds:  None

More than 100 pounds: None

Other weight: Up to___ pounds  _____

       Other:  _____

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at recruitment@maryfreebed.com.  

Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status, disability or other legally protected characteristic.