Human Resource Director
Job Description
Lead the human resources team to align practices with applicable laws while ensuring qualified candidates are recruited, onboarded, and developed.
Responsibilities
- Support the planning, development, organization, implementation, evaluation, and leadership of the HR function.
- Evaluate staffing requests from department directors for new hires or replacements, process approvals, and coordinate interviews and scheduling.
- Screen applications and references for candidates and arrange interviews with department directors as needed.
- Maintain an efficient and compliant personnel records system that supports facility operations and current employment practices.
- Ensure that hiring and discharge procedures follow established policies and processes.
- Perform background checks in line with the facility's approved procedures.
- Onboard new staff by explaining policies, payroll, safety, and grievance procedures as outlined in operational guidelines.
- Provide counseling or disciplinary actions as required.
- Conduct exit interviews and document outcomes in personnel records.
- Maintain a constructive employee relations program that serves the facility and the surrounding community.
- Coordinate year-round all staff in-service training, including OSHA, HIPAA, and compliance requirements.
- Assist in developing the department budget related to personnel administration.
- Uphold strict confidentiality for all employee information.
- Ensure new hires receive a copy of residents' rights.
- Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
- Guard residents' rights to fair treatment, self-determination, privacy, and civil rights, including wage-related rights, at all times.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration preferred but not mandatory.
- Minimum of two years' experience in HR administration.
- Strong knowledge of the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing personnel administration in nursing care facilities.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan after six months of service
Physical Demands
- Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday.
- Ability to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
- Ability to push, pull, move, and/or lift at least 25 pounds to a height of 5 feet, and to carry or move such weight for up to 50 feet.