Human Resources Director

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Organization:

SAFH-Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital

Position Overview:

Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital is a 64-bed acute care hospital nestled in the heart of California's Gold Country at the base of the majestic Sierra Nevada Mountains in Auburn, California. An integral part of the Auburn community, Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital provides health care, using the latest technologies, while maintaining the small-town friendliness and charm. Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital is now the hub of a network of Sutter Health services in Auburn and surrounding foothill communities. The hospital's services and relationship with the not-for-profit Sutter Health system bring a wealth of resources and advanced technologies that ensure quality patient care. Today the hospital continues to focus on the needs of the people it serves, advancing with the times and growing with the community. Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.

About Sutter Coast Hospital:
Resting on the scenic Northern California Coast, Sutter Coast Hospital continues to evolve to meet the changing needs of the residents of Crescent City, California and Brookings-Harbor, Oregon and the surrounding areas. As a part of Sutter Health - one of the nation’s leading community-based, health care networks - we are a 49-bed, not-for-profit hospital, serving a population of approximately 43,000. Our services include a 24-hour emergency department, intensive care/critical care units, surgery, obstetrics, diagnostic imaging, laboratory, rehabilitation, skilled nursing, psychiatric care, senior care, and home health services.
About Crescent City:
Moderate in climate and nestled along a gorgeous ocean coastline with a surrounding mountain landscape, Crescent City is beautiful, peaceful, affordable, and perfect for those with a propensity for outdoor activities such as hiking, fishing, surfing, and camping. With lush groves of redwood trees and wildlife in abundance, it’s a hidden gem and the ideal place to write the next chapter of your life, both professional and personal.

Serves as a member of the affiliate's senior leadership team and provides expert knowledge and support to these leaders and the rest of management on human resource (HR) related issues and provides input and support on the affiliate leadership team on overall business issues. Acts as an employee and management champion and change agent. Assesses and anticipates HR-related needs and communicates needs proactively with senior HR and operations leadership to meet business objectives. Formulates partnerships across the HR function to deliver value added service to management and employees that reflect the business objectives of the organization. Actively participates in the local community and serves on a local board to ensure that the Sutter Health affiliate is known in the community it serves and to represent Sutter Health positively in that role.

Job Description:

This Director will oversee the HR functions at Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital in Auburn, CA and Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City, CA.  The primary location is Auburn with the expectation that this Director travel to Crescent City each quarter or more as business necessitates.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's: Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Industrial Relations or related field or equivalent education/experience.

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

• DL-California Drivers Class C

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

• 12 years recent relevant experience.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Must be familiar with national labor market trends and the development of effective labor forecasting and recruitment and/or development strategies. must have well established concept of the contemporary definition of human resources management and how to make it effective within the organization. the successful individual must have the ability to understand and manage change and transition.
• Must be open to sharing information and collaborating with others in the organization. leadership skills will be most important to the success of this individual as s/he must be politically savvy, have good persuasion and negotiation skills, be a good facilitator and consensus builder who is able to lead change while being politically sensitive. must be able to develop and maintain working relationships with the operating entities.
• Must have the tenacity to deal with complex structures and tasks over a period of time and must be able to influence others without direct lines of authority. the successful candidate will have keenly developed human relations skills