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DIR - HUMAN RESOURCES

The Ridge Behavioral Health System
Lexington, KY Full Time
POSTED ON 10/22/2025 CLOSED ON 12/21/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the DIR - HUMAN RESOURCES position at The Ridge Behavioral Health System?

Responsibilities:
The Ridge Behavioral Health System is a 110-bed hospital offering psychiatric and substance use disorder treatment for children, adolescents, and adults. Our specialized treatment services are provided by a multidisciplinary team of highly trained psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, addiction counselors, nurses, and activity therapists. The Ridge Behavioral Health System prides itself as being the only free-standing psychiatric hospital in the Central Kentucky area. We have provided behavioral health services to over 92 Kentucky counties for over 39 years.


Position Summary:
The Human Resources Director is responsible for executing Human Resource activities for all functional areas, (e.g., recruitment, employee relations, compensation, compliance, etc.) and serves as a professional resource for facility management on all HR–related activities. This position serves as a strategic partner and key member of hospital leadership and may serve as Administrator On-Call (AOC) as assigned, including completing rounding on patient units and throughout the facility.

Essential Job Duties/Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for full cycle recruitment: research positions, full understanding of the Facility’s staffing needs, sourcing for candidates, leveraging the ATS, interviewing, selection, negotiating employment offers, assisting with new employee orientation, etc.). Implements and maintains proactive recruitment and retention strategies.
  • Maintains and collaborates with management on position control in accordance with Facility budget.
  • Knowledgeable of the HRIS systems and data input requirements and report writing.
  • Implements and directs engagement and retention programs including the onboarding program for the Behavioral Health facilities. Oversees employee engagement activities.
  • Ensure overall compliance of the Human Resources Department to include proper maintenance of HR files and records, proper hiring and employment practices, and regulatory requirements.

Benefit Highlights:
  • Loan Forgiveness Program
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300 Subsidiaries!
About Universal Health Services:
One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. www.uhs.com
Qualifications:
Job Requirements:
  • Bachelor's Degree Required, Master's preferred.
  • PHR, SPHR and/or SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP preferred.
  • 5-8 years of related work experience required. 8-10 years preferred.
  • Previous management experience required.
  • Use of Microsoft Office programs.
  • Previous related healthcare/hospital experience preferred.
  • Effective communication skills, ability to problem-solve, conflict resolution skills
  • Knowledge of federal, state, and local HR/employment laws and regulations.
  • Compliance with administrative agencies.
Required Travel:
0-5% Local

EEO Statement
All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS
and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

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