Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Timeline
Generic

Sarah Sanders

Denham Springs,LA

Summary

Established Healthcare Professional with over 20 years of experience. Results-driven, decisive leader with proven adaptability and a successful history in implementing efficient business models, new market development, and restructuring situations. Healthcare marketing, sales, and development professional with well-developed interpersonal, creative, and visionary skills. Tenacious in building a new business, securing customer loyalty, and forging strong relationships with external business partners.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Travel Recruiter/ Team Lead

Gifted Healthcare
Metairie, LA
04.2019 - Current

Team Lead:

  • Facilitate training, support, and direction to members of my team. Perform in a player-coach capacity by guiding, directing, and leading the recruitment team in day-to-day operations and holding them accountable to set metrics.

Recruiter:

  • Deployment of recruiting strategies, employing traditional sourcing technologies and resources as well as developing new, creative recruiting ideas
  • Prospect database and identify and call on top healthcare professionals to build rapport, and referrals to qualify high-quality candidates for submission.
  • Develop, manage, and maintain a pipeline of qualified candidates and communicate consistently and effectively throughout the recruiting process.
  • Engage and convert inquiries to interested candidates.
  • Conduct interview, reference check; skill market candidates; evaluate, qualify and disqualify applicants.
  • Manage the nurse experience throughout the 13-week assignment, providing superior customer service and assistance throughout all aspects, including payroll, scheduling, benefits, and credentialing requirements

Donor Recruiter

Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
Baton Rouge, LA
07.2014 - 06.2019
  • Led high-volume recruitment efforts around capital city and surrounding parishes to source and recruit potential candidates
  • Increased donation pipeline 47% by effectively using recruitment platforms and resources, including social media, and referrals
  • Drove performance improvements and profitability increases in targeted accounts within the company's portfolio
  • South Central Association of Blood Banks Round Table Advisor

Vocational Coordinator

UpLIFTD
Baton Rouge, LA
06.2012 - 07.2014
  • Provide vocational services designed to offer individuals with physical or mental disabilities help in attaining the skills, resources, attitudes, and expectations needed to obtain and maintain competitive employment.
  • Reduced time spent on administrative tasks by implementing an efficient case management system for tracking client progress.
  • Work independently with participants to find employment that is consistent with vocational goals and capabilities.
  • Enhanced job placement rates by developing strong relationships with local employers and community organizations.

Donor Recruitment Supervisor

United Blood Services
Baton Rouge, LA
10.2003 - 04.2012
  • Manage daily operations of the donor recruitment program with oversight of a cross-functional team of 4 direct reports, 13 indirect reports, and 23 dotted-line reports.
  • Devised and executed key strategies for special events and campaigns.
  • Developed strategic corporate communications, sales, and marketing plans.
  • Exceptional selling and customer service skills. Achieves financial objectives by preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
  • Established and maintained comprehensive information system on all Education materials relating to product knowledge, display concepts, sales techniques, promotion programs, and system/procedural requirements
  • Brainstorm and work with Marketing on ideas for Special Events, Counter-Launch support activities, and special Brand meetings
  • Accelerated growth as much as 5x annually

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business - Healthcare Management

Western Governors University
03.2025

Associate of Science - Management

Montgomery County Community College
2003

Skills

  • Leadership/communication skills
  • Business operations organization
  • Client account management
  • Customer-oriented
  • Self-motivated
  • Training and Development
  • Social Media Recruiting
  • Data-driven decision-making

Accomplishments



Select Accomplishments:

  • Led the launch of Apheresis to field and tele-recruitment staff.
    Chair Donor Recruitment and Collections for South Central Association of Blood Banks (SCABB)
  • CO – Chair Donor Recruitment Strategy’s for Blood Emergency Readiness Corps (BERC)
  • Protégé/Mentor South Central Association of Blood Banks (SCABB)
  • Spearheaded mobile apheresis program which increased donation and component retention.

Timeline

Travel Recruiter/ Team Lead

Gifted Healthcare
04.2019 - Current

Donor Recruiter

Our Lady Of The Lake Regional Medical Center
07.2014 - 06.2019

Vocational Coordinator

UpLIFTD
06.2012 - 07.2014

Donor Recruitment Supervisor

United Blood Services
10.2003 - 04.2012

Bachelor of Science - Business - Healthcare Management

Western Governors University

Associate of Science - Management

Montgomery County Community College
Sarah Sanders