Onboarding Specialist

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Richmond, VA
In-Office
Healthtech
The Role
The HR Onboarding Specialist is responsible for ensuring all pre-employment background checks and employee health assessments are conducted and completed in compliance with both company policies and regulatory standards. This position involves collaborating with various departments to facilitate a seamless onboarding experience, verifying candidates’ credentials, and maintaining accurate records. The Onboarding Specialist provides a high level of customer service providing an exceptional and efficient onboarding experience. This role requires documentation of all background and screenings be verified appropriately in the designated repository for HR employment records.

Essential Job Statements

Ensure completion of new hire pre-employment to include background checks, education and licensure checks, screenings and other requirements needed (monitor background checks.) 

Responsible for and ensures all onboarding activities adhere to legal and regulatory environments.     

Demonstrate excellent phone skills including inquiry calls, explanation of onboarding processes, scheduling appointments.  

Analyze situations and develop effective solutions independently.  

Builds and fosters relationships with Talent Acquisition, Hiring Managers, team members and candidates to ensure a positive onboarding experience. 

Communication and coordination with Employee Health to ensure proper assessments are completed in accordance with company process and procedure.   

Initiate and monitor standard new hire paperwork (I-9 state specific, compliance, forms etc.)  

Sets appointment and tracks completion and clearance of Employee Health Assessments.  

Ensures all other background checks required for regulatory areas are initiated and updated for employment record.   

Ensure responsibility and visible commitment of diversity equity and inclusion strategy, programs, and initiatives through collaboration and implementation of initiatives across the health system.   

Provide assistance at HR express as needed for in person onboarding appointments. 

Performs other duties as assigned and/or participating in special projects to support the mission of VCUHS and the teamAccepting alternate responsibilities as required. 

Patient Population: N/A

Employment Qualifications

Required Education: High School Diploma or GED  

Preferred Education: Bachelor’s degree in business/human resources  

Licensing/ Certification
Licensure/Certification Required: N/A
Licensure/Certification Preferred: Licensed Notary Public, or eligible to obtain License’s Notary Public within one year.   

Minimum Qualifications

Years and Type of Required Experience: Minimum of one (1) to three (3) years of human resources experience in a role requiring customer interaction and problem resolution      

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: Must possess a team-focused, self-motivated attitude with the ability to work with a modest degree of supervision. Strong Attention to Detail . Effectively prioritize tasks, managing deadlines, and ensuring timely completion of assignments. Excellent listening and communication skills with the ability to provide high quality customer service. Well organized, detail oriented with the ability to work with all levels within the organization. Basic understanding of HR concepts, policies, and procedures. Exercises independent judgement in the interpretation of inquiries and determining the appropriate guidance. Take ownership of work and being answerable for the outcomes.   

Cultural Responsiveness: Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.

Other Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred: Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism under any situation is critical

Working Conditions: Periods of high stress and fluctuating workloads may occur. General office environment. Required to car travel to off-site locations, occasionally in adverse weather conditions. May have periods of constant interruptions.

Physical Requirements

Physical Demands: Lifting/ Carrying (0-50 lbs.)

Work Position: Sitting, Walking, Standing

Additional Physical Requirements/ Hazards

Additional Physical Requirements: Reach above shoulder

Hazards: N/A

Mental/Sensory – Emotional  

Mental/Sensory: Reasoning, Problem Solving, Hearing, Speak Clearly, Write Legibly, Reading, Logical Thinking
Emotional: Fast pace environment, Steady Pace, Noisy Environment, Able to Adapt to Frequent Change

 

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The Company
Richmond, , Virginia ,
10,644 Employees

What We Do

We are a strong, passionate team of more than 12,500 who take pride in caring for every person who comes through our doors. We lift each other up so we can provide the very best and safest care to those who need us most. Together. Every day.

With the support of our university, we make up an academic medical center committed to excellence in patient care, innovation and training tomorrow’s health care workforce. We continue to educate, research and evolve – staying on the cutting edge of care.

As a community of innovators, every team member can contribute a spark of ingenuity igniting a force to discover the next cure, hold the next hand, solve the greatest challenges and create the health care of tomorrow.

We foster an atmosphere of respect and welcoming for all communities. We infuse our teams with diverse talent that inspires everyone to contribute openly and freely, maximizing their impact and creating meaningful change for our patients and community.

Join our team and help us create a new kind of patient experience. Join VCU Health.

EEO Statement:
VCU Health System strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against, or harassment of, team members, applicants, or any other covered persons because of age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex (sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and pregnancy), protected veteran status, marital status, genetic information, or any other protected characteristics under applicable federal, state, or local law.

Pay Transparency Provisions:
VCU Health System complies with the Pay Transparency Provisions

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