PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serves as a member of the leadership team providing strategic direction on HR related issues. Works effectively as a team member in a dynamic executive environment in a matrix organization, and promotes teamwork within and across the organization by maintaining positive relationships and utilizing effective problem solving skills.
• Provides direction, leadership, communication, consultation and support for human resources total rewards functions. Shares HR knowledge and best practices across the organization to foster collaboration, encourage learning and innovation, and promote shared accountability and responsibility. Directs the resolution of HR issues. Contributes to the financial performance of the organization.
• Identifies HR best practices and adopts those initiatives which support the organization's strategic objectives. Participates in development of HR policies and provides interpretation and administration of those policies. Ensures policies are in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Serves as a key resource on matters related to organizational effectiveness, performance improvement, and integrating HR programs to enhance organization performance.
• Administers and directs total rewards functions such as compensation, benefits, talent management, physician relations, HRIS, learning and development and diversity efforts. Assumes fiscal responsibility through budgetary planning and implementation.
• Identifies total rewards opportunities and develops and implements plans to achieve best practices to increase satisfaction and retention while ensuring fiscal responsibility.
• Implements communication initiatives to enhance employee engagement and acts as a liaison, where appropriate, with communication departments and various administrative groups. Establishes and communicates methods for soliciting physician and employee opinions and increasing involvement and satisfaction.
• Guides labor relations policies related to total rewards and addresses emerging labor issues including assessment of vulnerabilities, supervisory training, coordination of consultant activity, policy development and formulation of responses to media.
• Creates and maintains an environment which focuses on physician and employee engagement and encourages continuous quality improvement of services to all customers, both internal and external.
• Coordinates with overall organization leadership in development and succession planning. Develops policies and coordinates efforts to address labor issues.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Master's degree

EXPERIENCE

• Ten years' experience, with five years' in leadership

Named 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare 2023 - Becker's Healthcare

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2023 - Newsweek

Named One of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women 2023 - Newsweek

SSM Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system serving the comprehensive health needs of communities across the Midwest through a robust and fully integrated health care delivery system. The organization's 40,000 team members and more than 12,800 providers are committed to providing exceptional health care services and revealing God's healing presence to everyone they serve.

With care delivery sites in Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma and Wisconsin, SSM Health includes 23 hospitals, more than 300 physician offices and other outpatient and virtual care services, 13 post-acute facilities, comprehensive home care and hospice services, a pharmacy benefit company, a health insurance company and an accountable care organization. It is one of the largest employers in every community it serves.

To request additional information, confidentially submit your interest, or nominate a fellow colleague, please contact:

Angela Jones

Executive Talent Acquisition

Angela.Jones1@ssmhealth.com

SSM Health is committed to equal employment opportunity based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, and all other statuses protected by law.

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