Come work as a Talent Acquisition Advisor (Medical Staff) with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)!

We are searching for a Talent Acquisition Advisor to join our growing Executive & Medical Staff Talent Acquisition team.

Reporting to the Manager, Talent Acquisition, the Talent Acquisition Advisor will provide expert guidance and develop recruitment strategies to support Vancouver Coastal Health’s (VCH) Medical Staff—including Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Physicians, Dentists, and Associate Physicians. This role focuses on identifying, sourcing, screening, and qualifying candidates to fill vacancies in a competitive job market.

The Talent Acquisition Advisor builds strong internal and external relationships to drive recruitment success. They assess staffing needs, research and advise on emerging trends, implement best practices, and lead recruitment initiatives to meet critical hiring demands. The Advisor facilitates the end-to-end recruitment process by leveraging innovative and strategic recruitment methods, coordinating and developing customized advertising material, and developing proposals for new and creative avenues for advertising.  

As a strong team communicator and relationship builder, the Advisor ensures alignment and transparency among hiring leaders, candidates and team members throughout the recruitment process. They foster effective partnerships with academic institutions, professional associations, and other organizations while maintaining an up-to-date directory of eligible candidates.

The ideal candidate will have experience working in a healthcare setting and have a proven track record in medical staff recruitment, successfully sourcing, engaging, and placing medical staff across variety of practice settings.

This is a hybrid role with the expectation of being in person 1-2 days per week.

As a Talent Acquisition Advisor (Medical Staff Portfolio) with Vancouver Coastal Health, you will:

• Provide expert advice and develop strategies and services to support Vancouver Coastal Health’s (VCH) Medical Staff portfolio.
• Lead the full-cycle recruitment process by proactively sourcing, screening, and identifying qualified Nurse Practitioners, Midwives, Physicians, Dentists, and Associate Physicians in a competitive job market.  
• Identify recruitment needs, research and advise on emerging trends, best practices. 
• Plan and carry out recruitment initiatives to meet critical staffing needs. 
• Facilitate the end-to-end recruitment process by utilizing innovative, creative and professional recruiting methods, coordinate and develop advertising material, and develop proposals for new and creative avenues for promoting medical staff opportunities. 
• Maintain strong internal and external working relationships across the organization to foster continuous performance excellence. 
• Foster effective working relationships with representatives from academic institutions, professional associations, recruitment agencies, and other organizations, and maintain an up-to-date pipeline of eligible candidates. 
• All other duties as required.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Commerce (with a concentration in Human Resources) plus three (3) to five (5) years’ recruiting experience in a dynamic and diverse organization or an equivalent, combination of education, experience and training.
• Experience working with modern integrated cloud-based human capital management system such as Workday is preferred. 
  
  

Knowledge & Abilities: 

• Develops and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external partners to promote Develops and maintains strong relationships with key internal and external partners to promote and enhance services provided with sensitivity to diversity and indigenous lens.
• Practices the recognition, inclusion and support of all types and aspects of diversity at all stages of engagement, with an understanding of the issues faced by people from equity-deserving groups.
• Proven innovative, motivated, and enthusiastic talent professional. Extensive knowledge of human resources and recruitment principles and practices, hiring regulations, codes of ethics and health care professional licensing.
• Extensive knowledge of human resources and recruitment principles and practices, hiring regulations, codes of ethics and health care professional licensing.
• Extensive experience using LinkedIn Recruiter, recruitment search methods, and social media.
• Proven time management and organizational skills.
• Demonstrates excellent communication (both written and verbal), facilitation and influencing skills.
• Advanced skill in current computer applications (word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and database).
• Promotes VCH brand by providing effective and professional recruitment services to external candidates and external organizations.
• Ability to work in a hybrid work environment. 
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Olivia Todd, Manager Medical Staff Talent Acquisition at medstaffcareers@vch.ca.

As per Ministry of Health policy, all health care workers working in publicly-funded health care facilities are required to report their past receipt of certain vaccines or history of certain infections. Collecting these records will allow for offering of any missing vaccines, and for appropriate actions to be taken in the event of any future exposure to a communicable disease or during outbreaks. For all new hires and appointments to Vancouver Coastal Health, you will be asked to provide this information as part of the onboarding process.

WHY JOIN VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH?

VCH is a world class innovator in medical care, research, and teaching, delivering service to more than one million BC residents. At VCH, we embrace thinking boldly, taking smart risks, and "going first" when we believe it will lead to the best possible outcomes for patients and their families. We invite you to join us in creating healthy lives in healthy communities by showcasing our passion for care, connection to the communities we serve and our culture of teamwork that makes VCH a great place to work.

• Comprehensive health benefits package, including MSP, extended health, and dental and municipal pension plan.
• Grow your career with employer-paid training and leadership development opportunities.
• Wellness supports, including counselling, critical incident and innovative wellness services are available to employees and their immediate families.
• Award-winning recognition programs to honour staff, medical staff and volunteers.
• Access to exclusive discount offers and deals for VCH staff.

At Vancouver Coastal Health, our vision of healthy lives in healthy communities inspires us and our values and pillars guide us. We support equitable practices, diverse teams, and inclusive environments, which are integral to creating welcoming spaces where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and feel supported. We encourage applications from equity-deserving communities, including Indigenous Peoples and members of racialized groups, people with disabilities and people of all gender identities and expressions and sexual orientation.

Vancouver Coastal Health is proud to be recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in 2024.

Only short-listed applicants will be contacted for this posting.

***Employees of VCH must apply online via the Internal Career Portal on CareerHub, you are currently viewing the External Career Portal. Refer to the https://my.vch.ca/working-here/job-postings site for instructions on how to view internal job postings and how to apply as an employee. Current VCH employees who apply to this posting using this external site will be considered as an external candidate. Seniority will not apply.***

Thank you for your interest in Vancouver Coastal Health.