Senior HR Business Partner

As one of the nation's Top 15 Health Systems, recognized by Premier and Modern Healthcare, Valley Health is a place where excellence, compassion, and purpose come together. This distinction reflects our commitment to exceptional patient care, clinical quality, and the caregivers who make it possible.

About the Role

The Senior HR Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a strategic consultant and trusted advisor to all levels of leadership in the organization. This role aligns HR strategies with operational and clinical goals, ensuring compliance with laws and internal policies to support a highly reliable, patient-focused culture. The Senior HRBP acts as a liaison between HR centers of excellence and operational leaders, managing complex employee relations issues, driving employee engagement, supporting workforce development and retention, and fostering a healthy workplace culture rooted in Valley Health’s mission and values.

Works independently without direct supervision, consulting with the Vice President, HR Business Partnerships for unusual or highly sensitive situations. This role requires leadership, organizational, and teaching skills and must maintain a professional and confidential demeanor with employees, medical staff, physicians, and patients/families.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with executives, operational leaders, and HR leadership to develop and implement workforce strategies that support clinical and strategic operational goals.
• Provide expert guidance on organizational design, talent management, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Analyze workforce trends and provide recommendations to reduce turnover, improve engagement, and enhance retention.
• Partner with the HR centers of excellence to communicate operational challenges, inform new programs and services, and support HR initiatives, programs, and work products.
• Lead investigations into sensitive employee relations issues including harassment, discrimination, and patient safety concerns.
• Partner with legal, compliance, and risk management to mitigate legal risk and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Coach leaders through performance management, corrective action, and conflict resolution strategies.
• Support accreditation process and ensure HR compliance with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements (e.g., DNV, OSHA, CMS, etc.).
• Support recruitment strategy by working with Talent Acquisition to align hiring with long-term organizational needs.
• Participate in employee onboarding, engagement planning, and workforce development strategies.
• Guide leaders on team structure, role design, and FTE management.
• Interpret and enforce policies and labor laws; review and recommend updates to policies and procedures to reflect best practices and regulatory changes.
• Support organizational change initiatives including system integrations, leadership transitions, expansions, or changes in programs.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts across the system.
• Serve as a voice of the employee while reinforcing hospital mission and values.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field required.
• Four or more years' related work experience in human resources, with at least two years of generalist experience supporting senior and executive leaders.
• Experience working with Tableau, database management tools, statistical reporting software, or decision support systems required.
• HR Certification (PHR, SPHR, or SHRM-CP) preferred within two years of hire.

Skills

• Ability to review multiple data sources and prepare and present concise analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Strong leadership and talent development skills; ability to foster growth and professional development of employees and leadership teams.
• Ability to work collaboratively across a matrixed organization and accomplish objectives through influence and relationships.

Benefits

At Valley Health, we believe everyone is a caregiver, and our goal is to create an environment where our caregivers thrive physically, financially, and emotionally. Our most popular benefits for full-time employees include:

• A Zero-Deductible Health Plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Tuition Assistance
• Retirement Savings Match
• A Robust Employee Assistance Program to help with many aspects of emotional wellbeing
• Membership to Healthy U: An Incentive-Based Wellness Program
• Health savings account & flexible spending account for childcare
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, and professional development
• Discounts to on-campus dining and other perks as the largest employer in the region

To see the full scale of what we offer, visit valleyhealthbenefits.com.

Pay

$40.69 - $61.03 per hour