Director - Human Resources

U.S. Anesthesia Partners; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic HR Director to lead HR initiatives across multiple physician practice locations. This hybrid role demands a strategic thinker with a proven track record in employee relations and stakeholder management. You will be pivotal in fostering an exceptional employee experience while navigating the complexities of a fast-paced healthcare environment. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills, a collaborative spirit, and the ability to influence at all levels. Join this innovative firm and make a significant impact on the future of HR in healthcare.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of HR experience, preferably in healthcare.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing HR staff and driving strategy.

Responsibilities

• Support critical HR functions including employee relations and training.
• Drive HR initiatives and provide leadership to committees.
• Collaborate with corporate HR centers of excellence.

Skills

Strategic Consulting

Employee Relations

Communication Skills

Critical Thinking

Digital Agility

Relationship Management

Business Acumen

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or Business Administration

Tools

Microsoft Office

Workday

Job description

Overview

US Anesthesia Partners is the highest-quality single-specialty anesthesia practice in the United States, with over 6,000 employees distributed across 12 states. Our clinical and non-clinical staff support each other as they work toward a common vision: Empowering people to advance exceptional care. This HR Director (HRD) is a business partner role supporting one or more physician practice locations and will liaise with teams across the business. This is a hybrid role.

As a Director, the role will support critical HR functionality in the areas of employee relations, facilitation of training and development, practice policy/procedure development, employee recognition programs, performance management, and succession planning work. This role also partners with the corporate HR centers of excellence in Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards and Talent Management to deliver value-added programs. Other key responsibilities of this role are to drive HR initiatives, provide leadership to physician-led committees and participate in mergers and acquisitions as needed. The Director will provide support for the full scope of human resources responsibilities in the assigned practice/platform under the leadership of a VP.

Since this role is a direct interfacing role with both the clinical and MSO teams, the role requires someone adept with balancing competing priorities that isn’t afraid to roll-up their sleeves, leverage HR Operational resources and be able to translate corporate guidance to the local market. The Director should approach the work with providing an exceptional employee experience in mind. As such, building trust and rapport with operational and clinical leaders is imperative as the Director facilitates day-to-day human resources needs.

The incumbent will have significant visibility while being supported by a collaborative and engaged HR leader.

At this time, US Anesthesia Partners does not hire candidates residing in New York, California, Hawaii, or Alaska.

Job Highlights

COMPETENCIES:

The successful candidate will have/be:

• A history of thriving, navigating and executing in fast-paced and ambiguous environments
• Strategic Consulting: Approach with a consultative problem-solving view; project and risk management awareness.
• Motivation: The fire within to excel; intrinsically inspired to seek out big collective goals, proactively initiate change and invest in themselves to do better and leave a legacy
• Intellectual Curiosity: Penchant for seeking out new experiences, knowledge and candid feedback; an openness to learning and change.
• Engaged: Excellent stakeholder management skills with an ability to collaborate and communicate using logic and emotion across all levels
• Communication: Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communications skills and the ability to influence at all levels; ability to present material to USAP clinical and MSO leaders in a professional and confident manner.
• Progressive: Forward thinking and creative, track record of driving initiatives that address future state; does not take a reactive mindset; strong EQ
• Critical Thinking/Insightfulness: Must have the ability to effectively analyze information/data and formulate appropriate interventions/recommendations; able to tell effectively tell a story with data.
• Drive: Ability to navigate and execute in fast-paced environments by balancing competing priorities
• Digital Agility: Ability to operate, navigate and understand process flows within systems along with how they inter-relate.
• Execution Excellence: Intrinsic drive to achieve high-quality work product through focus on details to obtain accuracy; accepts and incorporates feedback.
• Relationship Management/Collaboration: Thrives in a matrixed environment and excels working both in teams and independently; ability to build and sustain relationships as well as persuade and influence.
• Business Acumen: Familiar with the healthcare industry, as well as the overall operations and mechanics of practice operations.
• Determination: Wherewithal to achieve difficult goals despite challenges and to bounce back from adversity
• Strategic: Ability to make the link between HR management and the overall strategic plan of the business in an effort to assist the organization in meeting goals A track record of assessing issues in the context of an organization’s processes, structures and capabilities and support development of holistic strategies
• Adaptability/Agility: Proactive in formulating options in times of change, ability to forecast needs, keeps pulse on group dynamics and trends, ability to support competing priorities; growth mindset.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications/Experience:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or Business Administration, or equivalent degree
• Minimum eight (8) years Human Resources exempt level experience; preference for candidates with strong background in healthcare, and integrated hospital system or multi state medical group.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience managing human resources staff.
• Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office products.
• Knowledge of multiple HR disciplines including but not limited to talent acquisition, employee relations, talent management, and federal and state employment laws.
• Previous experience as an HR leader building relationships, influencing and driving change with senior leaders.
• Experience driving strategy while simultaneously executing on day-to-day.
• The highest ethical and professional standards
• Ability to maintain strictest confidentiality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including board, public and staff presentations.
• Demonstrable employee relations skills.
• Well organized, capable of juggling multiple projects and accustomed to tight deadlines.
• Skilled in gathering, summarizing and reporting information to senior management.
• Ability to work effectively and independently with staff, physicians and external customers.
• Must have a service-oriented disposition and a strong collaborator.
• Excellent analytical, judgment and decision-making skills.
• "Politically savvy."
• Excellent attention to accuracy and detail yet possesses a "big picture" perspective.
• Ability to travel up to 10% and as needed. Most travel will be local to the platform.

Preferred:

• HR certification
• Workday experience

Working conditions and physical requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Requires prolonged sitting, some bending, stooping and stretching.

• Must possess sufficient eye-hand coordination/manual dexterity to operate a keyboard, photocopier, telephone, and other office equipment.

• Required normal range of hearing and eyesight to record, prepare, and communicate appropriate reports and evaluations.

• Requires dexterity to type at least 35 wpm.

• Work performed is in office and/or home environment.

• Involves frequent contact with professional staff.

• Work may be stressful at times.

• Interaction with others is frequent and often disruptive.