Human Resources / Payroll

Owen Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center; Indiana (PA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Owen Valley Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Indiana, PA, seeks an HR/Payroll leader to direct the HR department, ensure compliant payroll processing, and oversee hiring, interviews, and training.

The role emphasizes maintaining personnel records, enforcing policies, performing background checks, and safeguarding confidentiality while supporting resident rights and facility operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration preferred but not required.
• Thorough knowledge of laws and guidelines on personnel administration in nursing care facilities.
• Payroll experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating and directing the HR department.
• Process personnel payroll bi-weekly and ensure accurate records.
• Review department requests for new or replacement personnel and arrange interviews.
• Check applications and references and schedule interviews with directors as required.
• Maintain personnel records and ensure compliance with employment practices.
• Ensure hiring and discharge procedures follow established policies and confidentiality.
• Conduct background checks and orient new personnel to policies and procedures.
• Counsel or discipline personnel as needed and conduct exit interviews.
• Maintain good employee relations and coordinate mandatory in-service trainings.
• Protect confidentiality of all employee information and uphold residents’ rights.

Skills

Payroll experience

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration

Job description

SUMMARY

The primary purpose of Human Resource / Payroll is to direct the human resources department in accordance with current applicable, federal state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations, and as directed by the Administrator, to assure that quality personnel are interviewed, trained, and employed.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist in planning, developing, organizing, implementing, evaluating, and directing the HR department.
• Process personnel payroll bi weekly.
• Review all requests from department directors for new or replacement personnel, fill requests as approved, and arrange interviews, appointments, etc.
• Check applications & references of prospective employees and arrange for interview with department directors as required or requested.
• Maintain an adequate personnel record filing system that meets the needs of the facility and complies with current employment practices.
• Ensure hiring/discharge procedures are in compliance with established procedures and policies.
• Conduct employee background checks in accordance with our facility’s established procedures.
• Orient new personnel to facility and explain personnel policies, procedures, payroll procedures, safety procedures, grievance procedures etc., as established in our operational policies and procedures.
• Counsel/discipline personnel as requested or as necessary.
• Conduct exit interviews, and record data in the employee’s personnel records.
• Maintain a good employee relations program that serves the best interest of the facility and community alike.
• Schedule all-staff in-servicing through the year for mandatory training (OSHA, HIPAA, Compliance etc.,).
• Maintain the confidentiality of all employee information.
• Ensure that newly hired employees receive a copy of our facility’s residents’ rights.
• Report any known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of confidential information.
• Ensure that the resident’s rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints, are maintained at all times.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Bachelor’s Degrees in Business Administration preferred, but not required.
• Must possess a thorough knowledge of the laws, regulations, and guidelines concerning personnel administration in nursing care facilities.
• Payroll Experiance Required

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands 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.

• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of 25 pounds to a minimum height of 5 feet and be able to push, pull, move, and/or carry such weight a minimum distance of 50 feet.