Kashley Battles
Snellville,GA
Summary
Results-oriented and meticulous Recruiter with years of experience in providing exceptional talent acquisition services for diverse industries. Proficient in using innovative sourcing techniques, building strong candidate relationships, and efficiently filling open positions. Demonstrated ability to excel in fast-paced environments and communicate effectively with both clients and candidates. Committed to delivering high-quality talent for organizational success.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Staffing Coordinator
Seniors First Quality Home Care
08.2023 - Current
- Interviewed, hired, and onboarded new caregiving staff (PCAs, CNAs, LPNs and RNs).
- Utilized online applicant tracking system to screen resumes for all job openings.
- Performed various supervisory activities for scheduling appropriate LPN, RN, caregivers, LPN to clients; scheduling nursing visits; timecard processing, where necessary; and monitoring of telephony system for documentation completion and other payroll responsibilities.
- Assisted with training in accordance with policies and procedures
- Coordinated background checks, reference evaluations, and drug screenings, as part of due diligence for successful placements.
- Negotiated offers between clients and candidates, ensuring successful placements and long-term retention rates.
- Responsible for maintaining the client and caregiving staff relationship and ultimately helping to provide the best in home care experience for clients and employees
- Prepared staffing reports and generated reports for the manager
- Organized regular team meetings to discuss progress on open positions, share best practices, and strategize future growth opportunities.
- Performed all other office coordination duties including but not limited to filing and answering the phones
Contract Recruiter II
Viva USA Inc / Blue Cross Blue Shield
05.2022 - 07.2023
- Served as strategic recruiting partner to business units, and responsible for attracting, identifying, interviewing, selecting and converting top talent for highly specialized, Clinical, Director level, Health IT and Behavioral Health positions.
- Sourced and identified potential candidates through job postings, job boards, social media, and other recruitment channels, resulting in a 20% increase in the number of qualified candidates
- Managed candidates' expectations throughout entire recruitment process; provide information regarding
compensation, benefits, company history, career paths and policies, and promote positive image of Blue Cross Blue Shield. - Managed full cycle recruiting to include screening, sourcing, coordinating interviews, initiated reference checks and background checks/drug screenings when applicable, and onboarding
- Managed over 50-75 calls per day
- Provided mentorship and guidance to other recruitment staff
- Initiated & maintained consultative, strategic partnerships with Directors and Hiring Managers to understand their talent acquisition needs to fulfill business objectives
- Provided weekly updates to hiring managers concerning requisitions while successfully managing requisitions
- Determined appropriate salaries; negotiate and closed offers with selected candidates, and initiate onboarding process
- Followed up and maintained communication with key candidates not selected
- Ensured recruitment strategies supported enterprise diversity initiative and drive performance metrics (quality of hire, time-to-fill, cost of hire, customer satisfaction, etc)
Contract Recruiter
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
01.2022 - 08.2022
- Identified, sourced, recruited and built relationships with technical candidates for current/ future hiring needs within St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (specializing in Research, Nursing and C-suite level positions)
- Met with hiring managers to develop and discuss recruitment strategies for filling complex research positions
- Provided proactive and accurate status updates to hiring managers and candidates
- Assisted in the development, implementation and application of recruitment strategies and metrics to include organizational directives and fiscal responsibility and ensuring all activities meet with hospital and departmental policies and procedures and federal, state and local regulations
- Continued growth through attending conferences, webinars and other sourcing community events
- Trained new recruiters on recruitment processes/strategies
- Handled salary negotiations, offer letters, benefits and onboarding of new hires
- Developed recruiting strategies to identify the most qualified candidates using networking tools such as LinkedIn, Monster, Indeed, Job boards, Boolean searches, and proprietary software
Contract Healthcare Recruiter
Insight Global / Brookdale Senior Living
09.2020 - 12.2021
- Posted positions, reviewed resumes, screened applicants over the phone, coordinated interviews, administered tests to applicants, checking references, extended offers to top candidates and prepared employment agreements.
- Worked with management to ensure timely understanding of current and future workforce needs and implement improvement needs in the recruitment process
- Developed strong relationships and partnered with hiring managers, business leaders and HR
- Worked closely with hiring managers to ensure job requirements and expectations are clearly understood and candidates are assessed against appropriate criteria
- Tracked and reported key metrics designed to measure and predict staffing activity
- Followed up regularly with respective hiring managers and candidates to ensure timeliness of the recruitment process
Healthcare Recruiter
FFAM Staffing 360
09.2018 - 03.2020
- Internally and externally recruited and interviewed Primary Care Physicians, NP's, RN's, Directors, Health IT, PCT's, Lab Technicians, Phlebotomist, Revenue Cycle Specialist, Schedulers, and other medical roles in a high growth, fast-paced environment
- Negotiated wages, ran background checks and new hire orientations
- Posted positions, reviewed resumes, screened
applicants, checked references, extended offers to top candidates and prepared employment agreements - Built a pipeline of candidates utilizing HRIS, LinkedIn, Indeed, CareerBuilder, Monster, etc
- Assisted with keeping candidates up to date with their requirements such as renewing their license, CPR card, all wellness and flu vaccinations while ensuring all candidates are following all state and company guidelines
- Followed up on background checks, scheduling and tracking of post-offer drug tests and physical examinations
- Provided customer service by being on-call, responding to emails and solving staffing issues
- Worked with management to ensure timely understanding of current and future workforce needs and implement
improvements to recruitment processes - Developed strong relationships and partner with hiring managers, business leaders, and HR
- Worked closely with multiple hiring managers to ensure job requirements and expectations are clearly understood
and candidates are assessed against appropriate criteria - Assisted payroll managers in all tasks, including racking hours worked for employees, scheduling staff, and dispensing payroll to employees
- Participated in job fairs and other recruitment events, resulting in a 30% increase in the number of qualified candidates
Contract Healthcare Recruiter
Keystone Staffing
01.2018 - 09.2018
- Remotely pre-screened candidates via phone and email
- Sourced employees for specific assignments using various job posting/ search mediums
- Networked and used social media to contact/ search for applicants
- Aggressively pursue both active and passive
candidates, search on job boards - Created and maintained a tracking system
- Acted as a liaison between client facilities and newly hired candidates
- Ensured compliance with all employment laws
- Collaborated with hiring managers to create accurate job descriptions, ensuring alignment with organizational requirements and candidate expectations.
Medical Coder
TOA / Medix Staffing, Outpatient
08.2017 - 01.2018
- Assigned and sequenced all codes for orthopedic surgery and daily charges
- Generated reports to identify coding trends and discrepancies.
- Understood all aspects of CPT-4, ICD-9, ICD-10, HCPCS Coding and correct Modifier usage
- Complied with all legal requirements regarding coding procedures and practices
- Conducted audits and coding reviews to ensure all documentation is accurate and precise
- Collaborated with billing department to ensure all bills are satisfied in a timely manner
- Communicated with insurance companies about coding errors and disputes
- Submitted statistical data for analysis and research by other departments
- Maintained a 97% coding accuracy rate and 97% accuracy rate for APC assignment and maintained site designed productivity standards
- Contacted physicians and other healthcare professionals with questions about treatments or diagnostic tests given to patients regarding coding procedures
Hyperbaric Technician /Charge Entry Specialist
DeKalb Medical Wound Care Center
01.2013 - 06.2017
- Administer hyperbaric oxygen therapy and diagnostic testing to patients under the supervision of a hyperbaric physician
- Educated and reinforced patient knowledge of hyperbaric chamber system and equipment
- Obtain all therapeutic and diagnostic modalities that were ordered by the hyperbaric physician/provider
- Monitored patient's respiration activity, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels.
- Executed all Billing and Insurance Verification for Outpatient Wound Care.
- Understood all aspects of CPT-4, ICD-9, ICD-10, HCPCS Coding
- Worked as a Charge Entry/ Back-Up Outpatient Coder for wound care.
- Teamed with Certified Professional Coders to put in modifiers and analyzed provider's documentation
Patient Care Technician
Life Care Hospital
07.2011 - 01.2013
- Provided direct patient care to patients with chronic illnesses or disabilities under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or other healthcare professional.
- Checked vital signs and recorded intake information to monitor patient stability.
- Placed ECGs for observing, monitoring, and documenting cardiac arrhythmias.
- Preserved patient dignity and minimized discomfort while carrying out duties such as bedpan changes, diapering, emptying drainage bags and bathing
- Commended for chart accuracy, effective team collaboration, patient relations and consistent delivery of empathetic care
- Reported changes in patient status to nursing staff in a timely manner.
- Trained new employees
- Performed hourly rounds and responded promptly to call lights.
- Participated in mandatory in-service education
Education
HYPERBARIC TECHNICIAN -
American Board of Quality Assurance & Utilization
2015
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT -
Quality Healthcare Options
2007
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Greendale High School
2003
Skills
- Zoom
- Paycom
- Lawson
- Adobe
- Peoplesoft
- HireVue
- Bullhorn
- Workday
- ICIMS
- SharePoint
- Webex
- Outlook
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
Timeline
Staffing Coordinator
Seniors First Quality Home Care
08.2023 - Current
Contract Recruiter II
Viva USA Inc / Blue Cross Blue Shield
05.2022 - 07.2023
Contract Recruiter
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
01.2022 - 08.2022
Contract Healthcare Recruiter
Insight Global / Brookdale Senior Living
09.2020 - 12.2021
Healthcare Recruiter
FFAM Staffing 360
09.2018 - 03.2020
Contract Healthcare Recruiter
Keystone Staffing
01.2018 - 09.2018
Medical Coder
TOA / Medix Staffing, Outpatient
08.2017 - 01.2018
Hyperbaric Technician /Charge Entry Specialist
DeKalb Medical Wound Care Center
01.2013 - 06.2017
Patient Care Technician
Life Care Hospital
07.2011 - 01.2013
HYPERBARIC TECHNICIAN -
American Board of Quality Assurance & Utilization
CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT -
Quality Healthcare Options
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA -
Greendale High School
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