Title: HR Business Partner

Location: Long Beach/On-site

Department: Human Resources

Status: Full Time

Shift: Exempt

Pay Range*: $98,924.80 - $143,395.20/annually

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary

The HR Business Partner will partner with HR leaders, and management staff on organizational effectiveness, employee relations development, and communications that support the hospital’s mission, vision, strategic plan, and operations. Additional responsibilities include oversight over a variety of programs and policies, often encompassing several areas of human resources, including operations, recruiting, compensation, benefits, leaves, workers compensation, employee engagement, event planning, project management and/or training. The HR Business Partner will facilitate the delivery of HR programs and services to support the business objectives in partnership with HR team leaders and staff.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

• Advises leaders and employees on employee relations concerns to resolve employee relations issues and provide interpretation and explanation of current company policies, procedures, and Collective Bargaining Agreements. Escalates complex and potentially risky issues appropriately.

• Implements initiatives for continuous improvement for positive employee relations.

• Monitors trends and patterns. Identifies root cause issues and works with senior leader to proactively address the issues. Recommends new approaches, programs and procedures to affect continual organizational improvement.

• Facilitates organizational development programs for leaders and employees, and specific teams or work groups.

• Mentors and guides department leaders on employee engagement strategies and retention efforts.

• Identifies training needs. Participates in the evaluation, monitoring, and development of training programs by following-up with training participants and leaders to ensure training objectives are met and providing periodic assessments of training courses, employee participation and effectiveness.

• Partners with leadership and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity and retention.

• Sucessfully leads and manages HR related projects. Has oversight through project completion. May serve as the project leader/manager.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Partners with leadership on talent reviews, performance management, and other strategic business objectives of the organization as directed by HR Senior leadership. Develops and recommends specific action steps to help the leader address identified issues.

• Identifies training needs. Participates in the evaluation, monitoring, and development of training programs by following-up with training participants and leaders to ensure training objectives are met and providing periodic assessments of training courses, employee participation and effectiveness.

• Partners with leadership and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity and retention.

• Sucessfully leads and manages HR related projects. Has oversight through project completion. May serve as the project leader/manager.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications/Work Experience:

• 4 plus years of progressive experience in Human Resources including talent acquisition, employee relations and communication, training and learning development.

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience in Human Resources, preferably in an acute care setting.

• Certification as a Professional in Human Resources (PHR or SPHR) is a plus.