Senior Human Resources Generalist

The Pennant Group•Nashville, TN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior HR Generalist will act as a trusted advisor and will lead the day-to-day human resources functions of assigned agencies within a region. This role balances compliance and operational excellence with strong relationship-building and a focus on culture. This role will administer HR policies and procedures while also serving as a visible, hands-on resource across the organization building connections up and down, supporting employee engagement initiatives, and helping translate core values into daily behaviors. This position will own and coordinate day-to-day HR operations at the local level, ensuring high-quality execution across the employee lifecycle, enabling teams to achieve their goals.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in relevant field, or commensurate experience required.
Minimum of three (3) years of HR experience.
Healthcare industry knowledge required; home healthcare preferred.
Demonstrated ability to cultivate and maintain internal and external relationships in an ambiguous and fast paced environment while maintaining focus on execution and results.
Proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn the organization's HRIS system (Workday).
Must be able to extract and understand information from multiple segregated data sites.
Detail focused and ability to set appropriate priorities amongst multiple competing demands.
The ability to support an environment that has multiple shifts and significant staffing ramps to support growth in current, and future, geographic locations.
Must have a valid driver’s license and safe driving record.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Workday and HCHB strongly preferred.
Excellent writing skills as well as superb interpersonal and verbal communication skills; a master at presenting information, ideas, and employment information is critical.
Excellent critical thinking skills and organizational abilities.
Able to effectively work with diverse levels of expertise; ability to influence and engage employees and peers.
Ability to effectively operate as a tactical as well as a strategic thinker.
Proficient at analyzing information and dealing with complexity.
Quickly and effectively identify and resolve problematic situations.
Able to handle confidential material in a reliable manner.
Ability to perform several tasks concurrently with ease and professionalism.
Ability to effectively prioritize workload in a fast-paced environment.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

Partner with assigned agencies to execute people strategies that align with their business objectives.
Serve as local subject matter expert and hands on HR contact for assigned agencies; manage and execute the delivery of numerous HR services covering all aspects of the employee lifecycle from recruitment to exit such as: staffing, employment administration, employee relations, leave administration, training, and employee engagement.
Act as a culture carrier for the organization by building strong relationships across teams, supporting employee engagement initiatives, and helping organize internal events, recognition efforts, and meaningful employee touchpoints.
Ensures timely, accurate submission of information within the organization’s HRIS system.
Attend and participate in employee disciplinary meetings and terminations; recommend disciplinary action ensuring fairness and consistency.
Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; review policies and practices to maintain compliance.
Ensures confidentiality, timeliness, and integrity of employee records.
Partner with Service Center HR leaders to drive change management efforts related to technology implementations, process changes, organizational restructuring, and multi-site people initiatives.
Manage offboarding processes.
Determine escalation of issues to HR Resource and/or Legal Resource to obtain involvement necessary to influence/impact/resolve complex employment or compliance matters.
Perform Family and Medical Leave administration to include responding to all requests for leave, monitoring status of employees on leave, and communicating conclusion of leave.
Support Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodation requests using established workflows, templates, and interactive process guidelines.
Contribute insights that help shape HR strategy and operational effectiveness at the agency level.
Follow structured Human Resource processes and internal workflows to drive operational excellence.
Guide managers through employee relations matters, ensuring compliance, fairness, and consistency.
Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to attract and select top talent.
Adhere to all company policies and procedures.
Maintain confidentiality in accordance with HIPAA and all other policies, procedures, and standards of care.
Perform other appropriate tasks and special projects as assigned.