• Lead the Human Resources function at Lake Norman Regional Medical Center with a focus on innovation, strategy, and employee well-being.• Implement new HR policies and programs to enhance employee engagement and retention.• Spearhead initiatives to create a more inclusive workplace culture.

Acts as a strategic partner to hospital leadership by providing consultative services for individual employees, teams and all levels of leadership for all Employee Relations topics. Provides guidance on solving complex employee relations issues. Leads management through the performance improvement and progressive disciplinary process.Provides front line support in the prevention, understanding, resolution, and education of employee relations issues. Communicates, guides, and educates on core or common Employee Relations or HR policies.Collaborates and consults with internal partners (HIPAA Privacy Officer, Compliance and Risk Officers, Administrative Leaders) to provide guidance and coaching, feedback and recommendations, related to employee relations issues.Develops and facilitates comprehensive leadership curriculum for hospital Administration (C Suite) and Director level teams.

Works with management and recruiting staff to determine workforce requirements and develop detailed plans to achieve set goals. Provide guidance, input and implementation support for business unit restructures, workforce planning, succession planning, talent acquisition, retention initiatives, employee relations, and associate engagement.Responsible for the development and execution of the associate opinion survey, career development, exit interview and company-wide employee recognition programs.Coach leadership team and link human capital with business strategies.Responsible for developing and implementing talent acquisition strategies and programs to achieve best in class sourcing, evaluation and selection of candidates. Consults with management to train interviewing and selection skills. Responsible for DISC assessment profiles. Designed and monitors retention statistics and programs for quality and effectiveness.Manage 2 HR Business Partners (Employee Relations), Program Manager of Talent Acquisition, Talent Acquisition Specialist and Talent Acquisition and Retention Coordinator.

Provide HR Generalist Partnership to Professionals via Performance, Talent and Compensation Management, Workforce Planning and Employee Engagement.

Responsible for all phases of senior-level professional recruitment in conjuction with managing five corporate recruiters.