Job Summary
Provides Human Resource consultation and services to support the mission of Baptist. Collaborates with key stakeholders on strategic and complex human resources matters. Position is under the direction of Human Resources leadership. Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Responsibilities
- Investigates and resolves complex employee issues, manages grievances, and handles sensitive matters confidentially.
- Acts as point of contact for incoming inquiries, issues, and requests from employees and managers related to HR administration, including employee relations, and policy questions.
- Supports activities related to on-boarding, off-boarding, data management, compliance, and other processes.
- Maintains knowledge of HR processes and assists with the development and implementation of new processes, policies, and procedures
- Acts as a lead or participant on HR projects, as assigned
- Represents the HR Department in interdepartmental meetings and serves on committees, as assigned
- Assists in ensuring the company adheres to federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations and enforcing internal policies and procedures.
- Provides policy interpretation, information, counseling, and support to leaders, managers and employees in the areas of employee relations, employment, compensation, payroll, and related Human Resource functional service areas
- Cooperates with external customers, e.g. applicants, state/federal agency officials; identifies needs; collects, evaluates, and reports timely to inquiries; and, follows through to case closure.
- Completes assigned goals.
Specifications:
Experience
Minimum Required: Seven (7) years directly related experience in Human Resources.
Preferred: 10+ years in directly related experience in Human Resources in a hospital setting.
Education:
Minimum Required: Baccalaureate degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field or direct equivalent years of experience.
Preferred: Master’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration or related field.
Training:
Minimum Required: Ability to operate standard office equipment and proficient in the use of computer.
Preferred: Intermediate to advanced experience with all Microsoft products and their associated programs.
Special Skills:
Minimum Required: Previous experience using automated HR/Payroll system.
Licensure:
Preferred: SHRM certification or SPHR or PHR is preferred.
Skills Required
- Seven (7) years directly related experience in Human Resources.
- Baccalaureate degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field, or direct equivalent years of experience.
- Ability to operate standard office equipment and proficiency in use of computer.
- Previous experience using an automated HR/Payroll system.
- Ten (10)+ years directly related HR experience in a hospital setting.
- Master's degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, or related field.
- Intermediate to advanced experience with Microsoft products (Office suite).
- SHRM certification or SPHR or PHR.
What We Do
Baptist Memorial Health Care is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit health care systems and the largest provider of Medicaid in the region. Baptist offers a full continuum of care to communities throughout the Mid-South and consistently ranks among the top integrated health care networks in the country. The health care system comprises 24 affiliate hospitals in West Tennessee, Mississippi and East Arkansas; more than 5,400 affiliated physicians; Baptist Medical Group, a multispecialty physician group with more than 900 providers; home, hospice and psychiatric care; minor medical centers and clinics; a network of surgery, rehabilitation and other outpatient centers; and an education system highlighted by Baptist Health Sciences University (formerly Baptist College of Health Sciences). Baptist employs more than 21,000 people, and in fiscal year 2022 contributed more than $455 million in community benefit and uncompensated care to the communities it serves. For more information, please visit www.baptistonline.org or follow us on Facebook or Instagram.
