Director, Human Resources

Overview

Director of Human Resources

Location: Garden City Hospital – Garden City, MichiganEmployment Type: Full-Time | Exempt

Garden City Hospital is seeking an experienced Human Resources Director to provide strategic and operational HR leadership within a fast-paced acute care hospital environment. This role partners closely with executive leadership to drive employee relations, labor management, workforce strategy, compliance, and HR operations while developing a strong, visible presence throughout the organization and community.

Responsibilities

• Lead employee relations activities including investigations, conflict resolution, grievance management, and disciplinary actions
• Partner closely with executive leadership regarding organizational changes, workforce strategy, and HR implications of operational decisions
• Drive onboarding, orientation, and employee integration initiatives to improve retention, engagement, and workforce stability
• Develop and implement employee retention strategies focused on engagement, culture, employee experience, and workforce development
• Analyze workforce metrics including turnover, overtime, FTE utilization, and labor trends to drive operational improvements
• Administer employee programs, engagement initiatives, and HR services that support employee satisfaction and organizational success
• Serve as a trusted advisor to hospital leadership on labor relations, compliance, workforce planning, and organizational development while leveraging support and partnership from corporate HR resources
• Lead, develop, and mentor the local HR team while driving cross-training and building organizational capability
• Ensure personnel files, documentation, and HR processes remain compliant and audit-ready, including maintaining HFAP readiness

Qualifications

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 3 Years of related healthcare experience required.
• Must be familiar with the hospital organization; functions of various departments; current personnel practices and techniques, including review techniques; training methods; and job analysis.
• Familiar with the labor market, laws, wage and hour regulations, and ERISA guidelines preferred.
• Knowledge of state and federal wage and hour required.
• Familiar with Joint Commission and HFAP standards.

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Garden City Hospital, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

At Garden City Hospital, we pride ourselves on community involvement and commitment to preserving access to quality and compassionate healthcare. We are a state-of-the-art medical facility with over 300 licensed beds and a teaching hospital, offering medical education to students, residents and fellows from across the country. The residency and fellowship programs offer graduate medical education to more than 80 trainees in specialties. Garden City Hospital has an award-winning staff of over 350 of the area's best and brightest physicians from almost every specialty. Learn more at www.gch.org.

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Employment Status

Full Time

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf