Heather Thomas Email & Phone Number

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Integral member of the Human Resource team, providing Human Resource consultation to all levels of management regarding employee relations, performance management, organizational structure and compensation..
• Proactively manage employee relations by partnering with line management to resolve employee issues, manage performance and ensure consistent application of HR practices, policies and procedures.
• Provides analysis of trends and metrics in partnership with HR group to develop solutions, programs and policies for the organization. Provides reporting of key HR statistics, data, trends and best practices. Utilizes.
• Provide consultation and support implementation of new business unit structures, new positions and reclassifications of existing positions to enable business flexibility. This includes the analysis and recommendations.
• Consultation and analysis of organization’s compensation philosophy to enable adaptive changes that will ensure future as healthcare leader within the community. Analysis of internal data in relation to best practices.
• Mediates disputes and advises all sides involved on matters relating to employment, employee relations and human resources policies, personnel procedures and complaint procedures.

Albuquerque, NM, US

• An integral member of the Human Resource team, providing Compensation related consultation to Human Resource partners in Employee Relations and Recruiting as well as to all levels of Operational Management within an.
• Consultation and implementation of new positions and reclassifications of existing positions. This included the analysis and recommendations regarding the proposed job descriptions, and a market analysis determining a.
• Consultation and implementation of a Sales Department Incentive Program to adequately reward the desired behavioral and performance outcomes of the various positions within PHP’s Sales Department. Lead an.
• Performed annual Benchmarking of all positions with assigned Customer Groups and recommended reclassifications as necessary to keep PHS and PHP competitive with the market.
• Performed annual administrative costing and implementation of a “General Increase” for the PHS System Services Group as well as simultaneously recommending, costing and administering an annual “Pay For Performance”.
• Consultation, analysis, recommendations and implementation of Reorganizations being considered with the assigned Customer Groups.

Albuquerque, NM, US

• Integral member of the Human Resource team, providing Human Resource operational management and employee relations support to all levels of staff and management at multiple hospital campuses. Major Accountabilities.
• Facilitating organizational change during the transition of the two hospital cultures and facilities into one, through leadership role in communication committees, employee and patient satisfaction committee.
• Consolidation project with operational leadership to merge departments from two different hospitals into one consolidated department within Lovelace Medical Center. This includes streamlining organizational charts and.
• HRIS research, reporting and data entry in the Lawson system, including documentation of protocols and system-wide recommendations for better utilizing the system tools available for recordkeeping.
• Compensation operational duties of researching and creating justifications for new positions, developing job descriptions, upgrading position salary grades based on external and internal data and resolving internal.
• Researching and resolving benefit issues between employees and third party administrator.

Long Beach, California, US

• Served as a critical Senior Management team member with human resources accountability during the purchase and transitioning of a privately owned organization with three lines of health care business to a division of a.
• Managed an incremental organizational downsizing during acquisition from approximately 325 employees to an end state of 105 employees. Provided transitional support and services to impacted employees and employee.
• Managed the smooth migration to corporate HR policies and procedures ensuring employee and management understanding, information accessibility and consistent application of new policies.
• Directed the successful transition to a new corporate benefits package, including the leading the projects of merging the previous 401(k) plan and terminating an ESOP program.
• Partnered with Molina Human Resource counterparts in 6 states and with technical database experts to successfully transition the entire company’s performance management process from being based on anniversary date to a.

• As a member of a corporate Human Resource team, provided a broad range of generalist support:
• Proactively managed employee relations partnering with line management to resolve employee issues, ensuring consistent application of HR practices and implementing targeted improvements, such a policy and procedural.
• Conducted New Hire and Benefits Orientations, Management Orientations and on-going Management Skills Programs.
• Researched, recommended and implemented enhancements to HRIS system.
• Implemented web enabled Employee Self Service Module to the HRIS enabling management and employees to view and update certain components of their personnel records online, including benefits enrollment.
• Created an online Benefits Open Enrollment process using HRIS Custom and Employee Self Service modules.

Master'S, Human Resource Management

Bachelor'S, Cultural Anthropology