HR Business Partner

Dignity Health Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital is a 104-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Grass Valley California. The hospital has been providing compassionate quality health care to residents and visitors of western Nevada County since 1958. As an affiliate of the nationally recognized Dignity Health system we ensure the highest standard of health care to our patients and have access to important regional resources throughout the system including the Dignity Health Heart & Vascular Institute the Dignity Health Neurological Institute of Northern California and the Dignity Health Cancer Institute of Greater Sacramento. With 787 employees 101 active medical staff and 21 Emergency Department beds Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital continually implements and upgrades its technology and recruits employees who understand the vital importance of kindness and compassion in the healing process.

Job Summary:

The HR Business Partner is a front line member of the Human Resources team responsible for supporting the Human Resources Leadership team on the full range of operational Human Resources activities within the facility and/or service area.

Job Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Performs a hands-on role in providing human resources expertise in employee and labor relations coaching/development compensation conflict management organizational development training and other HR activities.
• Supports specific groups functions and/or geographies and embeds self within the business to work closely with managment and employees.
• Assist with employee engagement activities advising leaders on and ensuring compliance with HR policies procedures and practices. 
• Responsible for ensuring the efficient implementation of a single Dignity Health Human Resources delivery model which aligns the facility HR structure processes and systems with Service Area HR strategies.
• Serves as an HR operational leader for the facility ensuring all HR functions and activities enable business succes.
• Assists the HR leadership team in continually refining the role of Human Resources within the facility/service area to assist in acheiving their operational and strategic goals.
• Along with all other HR Leadership will align and partner with and fully utilize the resources of all the COEs embedded in the service area or at the corporate level to ensure that together they provide and develop unique insights and great depth of expertise in the area of focus in order to partner with leaders to develop values based strategic solutions.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident Critical Illness and Identity Theft
• Adoption Assistance
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Retirement Programs
• Wellness Programs

• 3 HR experience in an HR Generalist Consulting or Business Partner role or an equivalent combination of education and experience required. 
• Working knowledge of federal and state labor and employment laws FMLA HIPPA ADA COBRA and Affirmative Action Programs 
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills including excellent verbal and written communication skills required.

• 2 years of focus on an HR specialty area such as employee and labor relations OD compensation talent aquisition or other related HR experience is preferred.

• A Bachelor Degree in Human Resources Organization Development or a related field or a comparable combination of education and experience is required. 
• A graduate degree in an applicable field is preferred. 
• PHR preferred