Human Resource Director CRMC

Choctaw Regional Medical Center; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Choctaw Regional Medical Center in Kentucky seeks a Human Resource Director to plan, direct, and evaluate HR activities, ensuring top-quality service to employees and applicants while aligning with the hospital's mission and values.

The role emphasizes benefits enrollment, policy development, employee communications, orientation, and data handling, requiring a bachelor’s degree or five years HR experience and strong management and interpersonal skills within a collaborative leadership team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related area or five years HR experience.
• Human resource experience.

Responsibilities

• Implements and enrolls employees in applicable benefits.
• Creates and tracks HR, Payroll and Benefits data.
• Participates in employee relations, communications and advocacy programs.
• Represents the organization at community functions and professional organizations.
• Notifies employees about benefit status changes and enrollment procedures.
• Informs employees about benefits and enrollment procedures.
• Communicates with external insurance providers on benefits issues.
• Responds to references and income/employment verification requests.
• Develops and administers policies for applications, notifications, and references.
• Assists in new employee orientation to communicate house-wide policies.
• Responds to data requests from Payroll, Accounting, Infection Control, Management.

Skills

Communication skills

Management skills

Collaboration

Interpersonal skills

Word processing

Spreadsheets

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related area

Job description

General Summary: The Human Resource Director will plan, direct, and evaluate the activities and functions of Human Resources management to assure adequate service to hospital employees and applicants. Promotes a professional image and manner consistent with the corporation’s missions and values. Acts as liaison between employees and management.

Essential Functions:

• Implements and enrolls employees in all applicable benefits.
• Creates and tracks Human Resources, Payroll and Benefits data.
• Assumes an active role in all aspects of employee relations, employee communications, recognition programs and employee advocacy programs.
• Actively participates in hospital management activities, represents the organization at community functions and programs and in professional organizations.
• Ensure that employees are notified regarding the status of their benefits due to a status change, termination, leave of absence, part-time to full-time.
• Assures employees are well informed as to their benefits under each subsection of the benefit package, processing procedures, and enrollment procedures.
• Promotes professional image during interactions involving any benefits-related issue, especially when communicating with outside contracted insurance providers.
• Responds to requests for references and other employee information, such as income and employment verification, according to established procedure and in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations.
• Develop and administer policies and procedures for application process, applicant notification, and reference checking.
• Participates in new employee General Orientation to assure communication of house wide personnel policies.
• Respond to data request by Payroll, Accounting, Infection Control, Management and Administration utilizing database of employee related information.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in related area or five (5) years human resource experience.
• Human resource experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Lifting, stooping, long periods in front of computer terminal.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Communication skills including verbal, non-verbal, and listening skills.
• Management skills.
• Ability to work on a collaborative management team.
• Strong interpersonal skills – warm, caring, and approachable.
• Word-processing and spreadsheet experiences.

NOTE: This job description is an overall statement of major accountabilities and duties performed by incumbents in this position. The incumbent may be required to perform other position-related duties other than those described in this description.