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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Reporting to the Senior Vice President of HR Operations, responsibilities include coordinating and managing key system-wide integration and transformation initiatives within Human Resources. Supports employee-focused policies and programs with a concentration on system harmonization projects and compliance.Interfaces with clinical, operational and financial leaders across BILH, building trusted relationships and fostering teamwork while ensuring discipline and rigor that ensure rapid progress against Human Resources integration goals. Ensures the coordination of all interdependencies, including systems, people and processes to support continued goal achievement within Human Resources.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Reporting to the Executive Director of HR Operations, responsibilities include coordinating and managing key system-wide integration and transformation initiatives within Human Resources. Supports employee-focused policies and programs with a concentration on system harmonization projects and compliance.Interfaces with clinical, operational and financial leaders across BILH, building trusted relationships and fostering teamwork while ensuring discipline and rigor that ensure rapid progress against Human Resources integration goals. Ensures the coordination of all interdependencies, including systems, people and processes to support continued goal achievement within Human Resources.

Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States

+ Partners with hospital leaders in the planning process to ensure strategic plans drive business results, optimize service, and align with company values.+ Identifies solutions and provides consulting to leaders on how to effectively accelerate the development of employees+ Provides guidance, coaching, and consultation regarding leading people and organizational management practices to develop leaders+ Provides input to HR Centers of Excellence regarding specific functional strategies, programs, and practices to ensure that they meet business needs. + Leverages human capital expertise to advise and hold facilities accountable for sustaining engagement action plans+ Uses organizational diagnostics to proactively identify and react to engagement challenges and opportunities.+ Applies best diversity and inclusive practices to promote inclusive hiring and promotions.+ Leads talent assessment and development discussions leveraging program, approach, and template guidelines provided by HR COEs+ Leads conversations with facility teams on sourcing, recruiting and staffing plans,and partners with Talent Acquisition team to determine and support hiring plans+ Coach leaders on change management strategies and resistance management techniques inaccordance with the BILH change management methodology+ Identifies where inconsistent communications appear and aligns communication plan with company strategy to ensure expected results.+ Supports all aspects of HR during new facility openings, closings or relocations. In partnership with senior HR leaders, provides human capital consultation regarding team, department, or more significant operational restructuring.+ Interprets and ensures compliance with collective bargaining agreement regarding HR and operational matters, in collaboration with senior management. + Represents hospital administration in labor matters including chairing labor/management meetings and contract negotiation.

York, Maine

Leading the Human Resources, Payroll, Employee Health, Patient Quality, Risk Management, Infection Control and Medical Staff Credentialing functions. Partnering with employees and senior leaders to develop, implement and sustain a strategy to support employees, organizational objectives, and positive patient experiences/outcomes.Responsibilities include:• Builds and maintains effective relationships with all employees to include Leadership and Medical Staff• Recommends policies and practices to leadership• Responsible for regulatory compliance, audits, record keeping and surveys• Guides senior leaders in corporate communications to include regular written communications, media and Town Hall discussions• Develops a benefit structure that attracts/retains talent and meets organizational financial goals• Leads employee relations, performance management, organizational effectiveness, and talent planning. Provides guidance to leadership. Represents York Hospital in legal matters.• Responsible for regulatory compliance, audits, record keeping and surveys• Guides compensation management and payroll practice compliance• Facilitates Quality, Patient Harm Prevention and Management Education Series Committees• Contributes to Patient Advisory Committees• Leads efforts to support effective onboarding, orientation and talent development• Designs wellness initiatives to include workplace safety and loss control measures• Directs, coaches and supports the success of HR and Quality team members• Guides Quality Improvement activities supporting an organizational culture of continuous improvement• Supports the integrity of the Medical Staff Peer Review program• Facilitates RCA and Debrief efforts, including guidance on Sentinel Events• Supports Infection Prevention programming for patient and caregiver safety• Leads patient and caregiver Risk Management• Partners with CEO and CMO with patient complaints and concerns• Hospital Incident Command System member

York, Maine

Reporting to the Chief Medical Officer, the Director of Quality and Risk collaborates with hospital leadership, medical staff and employees in support of the quality improvement, patient safety, risk management and infection prevention goals.Areas of responsibility include leading Quality Improvement activities, advising on state and federal program compliance, coordinating timely and thorough management of medical staff peer review, coordinating root cause analyses, oversight of the infection prevention program, helping all members of the hospital community see opportunities for improvement, coordinating Potential Claim Reports process, inclusive of the identification of probable claims and the reporting to the malpractice carrier, maintaining open, positive communication with hospital leaders and medical staff to encourage early notification of quality or risk issues, facilitating follow through on any sentinel events and/or on other high-risk exposure cases, assisting with walk rounds with leaders to identify staff safety concerns, assisting leaders with the resolution of patient/family complaints and quality risk issues when indicated, participating in the ad hoc Ethics meetings as requested, focusing on quality and/or risk aspects of cases reviewed and managing the team of Quality staff members and budget.

York, Maine

- Reporting to and partnering with the Director in planning and coordination of all aspects of human resources including employee relations, talent management, benefits and compensation.- Conducts HR investigations and works with the Director to address any subsequent action. Provide guidance and advice to leadership on employee relations and performance management concerns. Responds to inquiries from employees or leaders, including those related to performance, policies, status, and leaves of absence (LOA).- Advise employees and leaders regarding LOA and disability management, policies and procedures. Serve as a central point of contact for employees with both occupational and non-occupational injuries or illnesses. Involve appropriate partners (Leaders, Employee Health and TPA’s). Communicate effectively with employees and leaders to ensure all parties have necessary information. Develop communication and educational tools for employee and leaders. Analyze reports and data to identify trends and opportunities.- With the Director’s strategic oversight, manages and administers welfare, disability, retirement (including defined benefit and defined contribution plans), leave of absence, workers’ compensation and voluntary benefit programs. Develops communication materials and programs to ensure employees, providers and leaders are informed and have access to benefit information.- Assumes accountability for making York a leader in promoting health and safety for the benefit of all stakeholders (employees, patients, guests, and vendors). Benchmarks industry best practices to influence a company-wide implementation of health and safety programs.- Plans, develops and manages safety and health resources, programs, and policies. Oversees disability management and injury prevention initiatives, to improve employee health, and reduce costs. Partners with key stakeholders in leadership, Employee Health, Quality and EVS/Security to achieve results.

Freeport, Maine

As a partner in the HR Business Team, primary responsibilities include supporting the Customer Satisfaction and Facilities business units. Functions include guiding employee relations, performance management, organizational effectiveness & design, talent planning and development.

York, Maine

Reporting to the Director of Staff Experiences (HR, Credentialing and Employee Health). Primary contact for benefits administration, staff and provider benefits education and communication, coordination of annual benefits open enrollment, management of workers’ compensation, return-to-work and leave of absence programs. Focuses include employee relations, guidance and partnership with senior leadership. Acting supervisor for HR/Payroll services in absence of Director. Responsible for ACA compliance, OSHA recordkeeping. Project experience includes retirement plan RFP process (DB and DC plans), pension plan de-risking, HRIS implementation. Chairperson of Safe Patient Handling committee, managing approximately $50,000 annually in grant funds used to maintain patient handling initiatives. Active member of Safety, Healthy Lifestyle, Staff Advisory, and Loss Control committees.

Portland, Maine

As part of the HR team supporting District, Superior and Law courts throughout Maine, primary accomplishments included development of enhanced employee communications such as the web based HR newsletter, improved engagement between the Administrative Office and courts as well as other agencies including the Division of Employee Health and Benefits, design and implementation of a First Day Orientation program for all new employees of the Judicial Branch, statewide as well as new benefits education to Magistrates, Judges, and Justices. Other functions included labor relations, records management and payroll coordination.

York, Maine

Danvers, Ma

Primary responsibilities included recruitment, onboarding, training and development. Motivated and retained top talent by anticipating and responding to human resource issues as they arose. Additionally responsible for developing the leadership skills and actively coaching the management team. Partnered with the Store Manager, studying market trends, and developed plans for driving engagement and retention. Other functions included scheduling, payroll coordination, and mass-hiring for two new store locations in New England, hiring approximately 300 employees to successfully launch both locations.

Bangor, Maine

Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, provided patient care to trauma, critical, acute and psychiatric patients as well as administrative tasks in a high demand level-two trauma center seeing approximately 100-patients per day. Worked and collaborated alongside clinical staff from multiple disciplines as well as ED clinicians, physicians and trauma surgeons.

Auburn, Maine

Provided direct care to patients in long-term care, skilled/rehabilitation and Alzheimer’s units under the direction of the Registered Nurse.

Bachelor’S Degree, Child Development & Family Relations

Activities and Societies: Student Government, VP for Student Organizations and Executive Budgetary Committee member; UMaine Residents.

Master’S Degree, Health/Health Care Administration/Management