Human Resources Director - Shelby Baptist Medical Center

MARKET SUMMARY:

Shelby Baptist Medical Center 

Shelby Baptist Medical Center is a 252-bed acute care facility located in Alabaster, AL with over 1,000 employees and 300 active medical staff members.  The hospital offers a comprehensive range of clinical services, including but not limited to cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, general surgery, orthopedics, urology, robotic surgery, and emergency services.  The emergency department provides over 30,000 visits annually and serves as the preferred provider for many counties in Central Alabama. Shelby Baptist is focused on bringing advanced technology to the local community that include state of the art cardiovascular labs, 3-Tesla MRI, multiple surgical robotic systems, and a 256-Slice CT scanner.  Equally, the facility is proud of its various quality accolades that include Chest Pain Accreditation, Primary Stroke Center Designation, and one of only 11 hospitals in the State to be recognized as a 4-star or higher rated facility from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

In October of 2015, Baptist Health System and Tenet Healthcare Corporation (NYSE/THC) signed a definitive agreement that created a joint venture to operate a healthcare network serving Birmingham and central Alabama. This new network includes all Baptist Health System hospitals, Tenet’s Brookwood Medical Center and each organization’s related businesses.  Under the joint venture arrangement, Tenet is the majority partner and manages the network’s operations.  The new company unites Baptist Health System’s four hospitals: Citizens Baptist Medical Center, Princeton Baptist Medical Center, Shelby Baptist Medical Center, and Walker Baptist Medical Center with Brookwood Medical Center.  Together, the new system has more than 1,700 licensed beds, 77 outpatient and physician office facilities, approximately 7,300 employees and approximately 1,500 affiliated physicians.

 

https://www.shelbybaptistmedicalcenter.com/ 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Hospital Human Resources Director (HRD) is responsible for strategic workforce plan, as well as the day-to-day HR Operations within a hospital. He/she focuses on the acquisition, development and culture of the best talent, critical drivers to achieve Tenet’s goal of becoming the best place to work in health care.  The HRD proactively works with hospital leadership to manage the people metrics with the expected outcomes of minimal turnover, effectively managed SWB expense, high employee engagement, high quality patient care, and excellent experiences for all patients, visitors, physicians and employees.

FUNCTIONAL EXPECTATIONS & REQUIREMENTS: 

RESPONSIBILITY/STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE:

• Develop and execute HR strategies, programs and initiatives that directly align with the hospital business plans and strategies.
• Champion the journey toward the “best place to work in health care” by fostering a high-performance culture focus that delivers high quality patient care and excellent patient experience.
• Be a valuable business partner and high performing member to the Hospital A-Team, including problem-solving, decision support and leadership development.
• Deliver core HR services including recruiting, employee relations, employee health/safety, employee learning/development, and HR legal/regulatory compliance.
• Drive efficiency in overall HR operations, including implementation of HR enterprise services, oversight of salary/wages/benefits (e.g., labor standards/staffing, contract labor, overtime, premium pay), and performance on HR operations scorecard/metrics. 
• Design and implement a one to three- and three-to-seven-year workforce plan based on local and national trends and projections.

Responsible for day-to-day operations that drive low turnover, high retention, and efficient SWB within the hospital to include:

• Deliver sound selection, onboarding, and orientation activities to create positive new employment experience and reduce first-year turnover.
• Foster high employee engagement through the development of strong HR programs and team execution of engagement action plans.
• Establish effective employee recognition programs.
• Deliver timely and informative internal communications to employees.
• Oversee overall pay and labor staffing seeking opportunities to improve productivity.
• Deliver on HR KPIs and m