HR Manager - Department of Psychiatry

Partnering with appropriate stakeholders the HR Manager will serve as a strategic business partner and facilitate the effective human resources operations for the Department of Psychiatry within UI Health Care. As the human resources manager this position will collaborate with supervisor and other HR professionals to interpret and apply human resource policies labor contracts laws and practices along with developing creative solutions to business issues/challenges. This position provides human resource consultation and guidance to departmental human resource representatives unit leadership and employees. The HR Manager is expected to have sufficiently evolved HR knowledge and skills to effectively mentor HR team members.

Position Responsibilities:

• Proactively seeks to understand strategic plans and acts as a resource/partner to meet the human resource needs of the Department of Psychiatry.
• Build strong business relationships with departments and leverage knowledge of key business drivers to advise leadership and ensure best practices.
• Provides strategic and administrative direction for all functional areas of human resources including employee relations labor relations compensation recruiting and organizational development.
• Advise and direct on HR policies laws and regulations as well as procedure interpretation.
• Provide direction to supervisors and leaders on the use of performance management tools and corrective and disciplinary action plans (including but not limited to the preparation administration and follow-up of implemented documentation). Determine necessary next steps and outcome for performance issues.
• Provides direction to Psychiatry leadership and staff regarding broad range of human resource topics which require the application of judgment in the analysis of human resource and operational relationships.
• Coaches and consults with supervisors and appropriate HR staff to make recommendations on difficult performance issues and develops manager/supervisor skills to address performance issues.
• Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings.
• Develops and implements strategies to improve employee engagement.
• Hire develop and manage the performance of staff. Provide mentorship and guidance to department HR professionals and back-up coverage during times of absences or vacancies.
• Serves as liaison between department and Health Care Human Resources regarding benefits and leave programs as related to workers compensation disability leave leave of absence requests FMLA ADA accommodation requests and other leaves (both medical and non-medical). Advise unit leaders on best practices and respond to inquiries regarding policies/procedures.
• Partner with key stakeholders to implement programs designed to recruit retain and engage employees.
• Develop recruitment strategies; oversee hiring processes/practices including applicant evaluation/selection and employment law/legal issues.
• Collaborate with Psychiatry leadership to address recruitment and time-to-hire issues which impact operations.
• Reviews edits and approves HR workflow transactions; provide guidance and oversight to department HR staff on HR transactions and metrics.
• Proactively obtains interprets and presents metrics and analysis (performance attrition hiring vacancy employee engagement and other data) to business leaders to influence decisions. Identifies trends within designated group formulates and executes action plans to address issues through proactive training turnover and retention strategies career development and other methods.
• Advises and provides recommendations to department on classification placements/reviews new hire salary recommendations equity reviews etc.
• Develop recommend and oversee Rewards and Recognition Program in accordance with UI Health Care and University policies/procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Pay Level: 5A

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