Human Resources Director

Position Summary

The Human Resources Director provides strategic leadership and direction for all Newman Regional Healths HR functions and operations. They lead the recruiting and onboarding strategies, cultivate a high-performing workforce, provide data driven rational and guidance, and act as lead human resource team member aligning HR with operational goals initiatives and goals.

Essential Functions

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Supervisors and leads the following:

Recruitment, interview, hire, and training/development for new staff in the department.

Daily Human Resource workflow with weekly, monthly, and annual reporting on local and national data.

Oversees and updates Human Resources data card on high stakes metrics (e.g. Turnover Rate,Time-to-Hire/Fill,Employee Engagement (eNPS),Internal Mobility Rate,Time to Productivity)

Constructive and timely performance evaluation process. Manages discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policies

Essential Functions/ Job Duties

1. Administers or oversees the administration of human resource programs including, but not limited to, compensation, benefits, and leave; disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, and morale; occupational health and safety; and training and development.

2. Develop, implement, and monitor HR policies, dedicating time to recruiting strategies such as sourcing partnerships with Emporia State University and screening high-volume clinical roles.

3. Plans, leads, develops, coordinates, and implements policies, processes, training, initiatives, and surveys to support the organizations human resource compliance and strategy needs.

4. Direct benefits and wage programs and operations, incorporating onboarding incentives to enhance retention.

5. Oversee talent management, focused recruiting campaigns and comprehensive onboarding programs with 30, 60 90-day check-ins.

6. Monitor federal (e.g., EEOC, FMLA) and state (Kansas wage laws) regulations, including audits for equitable hiring practices during recruiting.

7. Collaborate on month/quarterly reporting of recruiting metrics (e.g., time-to-fill) and manage the HR budget, prioritizing tools for streamlined onboarding.

8. Actively participate in key recruiting events, such as job fairs, and review onboarding feedback to refine processes.

9. Address directors' staffing concerns at a strategic level by conducting quarterly reviews, analyzing trends in workforce shortages (e.g., nursing vacancies), and developing high-level action plans to mitigate risks, ensuring alignment with hospital objectives like patient safety and service expansion.

10. Implement best practices for performance management, such as setting clear goals, promoting continuous feedback, and investing in training to foster a culture of improvement, drawing from multidimensional metrics including operational efficiency and employee satisfaction.

11. Lead a value-based approach to coaching and evaluating performance by integrating outcome-focused frameworks, mediating change processes, and using data-driven tools to influence plans.

12. Collaborates with senior leadership to understand the organizations goals and strategies related to staffing, recruiting, and retention.

13. Monitors and ensures the organizations compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews and modifies policies and practices to maintain compliance.

14. Performs other duties as required.

Position Qualifications

Competency Statement(s)

Active Listening - The ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.

Adaptability - The ability to adapt to change in the workplace.

Problem Solving - The ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.

Tactful - The ability to show consideration for and maintain good relations with others.

Ethical - The ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.

Decision Making - The ability to make critical decisions while following company procedures.

Conflict Resolution - The ability to deal with others in an antagonistic situation.

Skills & Abilities