Director Employee Relations

Human Resources Manager

At Nebraska Methodist Health System, we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and people we employ. We call it The Meaning of Care a culture that has and will continue to set us apart. It's helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with a compassionate touch, going above and beyond for a patient's needs, or giving a high five when a patient beats a disease or conquers a personal health challenge. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits and a great work environment where all employees are valued! Most importantly, our employees are part of a team that makes a real difference in the communities we live and work in.

Location : Methodist Corporate Office Address : 825 S 169th St. - Omaha, NE

Work Schedule : Monday - Friday 7 : 30am-4 : 00pm

Responsible for setting direction, managing and ensuring positive employee relations. Duties include support to supervisors and staff members, managing and responding to legal employment claims, collaborating on policy development / updates, teaching / training supervisors on a variety of employment and HR topics.

Job Summary :

Essential Job Functions

Promoter of Service Excellence Assists supervisors and staff in improving patient care / customer service by fostering personal responsibility / accountability through the promotion of positive employee relations and standards of behavior. Practices the leadership standards of behavior.

Role models promotion of positive employee relations by being approachable, accessible, cares about well-being of others, builds strong and positive relationships, confronts difficult issues head on and practices first party communications.

• Coaches supervisors toward positive employee relations by assisting in conflict resolution, fact finding, policy support and general promotion of the organization's core values.

Problem solves by taking charge when necessary, setting and modeling clear expectations, effectively analyzing problems, using resources, anticipates consequences and is action oriented.

Participative Decision Maker Develops consensus-based solutions that serve the employee and organization focusing on fairness to all parties, legal compliance and positive long term community relations.

Manages Risk Secures the organization's long-term feasibility by communicating a clear vision of the organization, taking initiative to plan and organize, implement smart systems to achieve best utilization of resources, being proactive to resolve or manage well compliance situations, and being a leader in the promotion of engagement and service excellence.

Catalyst Assists in setting up policies and procedures to ensure the selection and management of the right people to serve our patients / customers.

Actively and proactively acts as counsel to division and organization on matters of employee relations to ensure minimum risk to organization and maximum protection of employees' rights, dignity and opportunity for development.

Employee advocate in situations of change, reorganization, employee relations, discipline or diversity. Ability to impartially gather facts and assess situations for fairness, legal liability and legal compliance. Skill and ability to facilitate difficult and complex fact finding.

Point person for legal proceedings to organize plan of action, gather information and strategize on important decisions.

Monitors, maintains and actively improves the organization Affirmative Action posture.

Provides support to affiliate for union relations; participating in annual negotiations, consulting on contract interpretations, assisting in dispute resolutions and participating in the monthly union / management communications.

Other duties as assigned.

Schedule : Monday-Friday

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About Methodist :

Nebraska Methodist Health System is made up of four hospitals in Nebraska and southwest Iowa, more than 30 clinic locations, a nursing and allied health college, and a medical supply distributorship and central laundry facility. From the day Methodist Hospital was chartered in 1891, service to our communities has been a top priority. Financial assistance, health education, outreach to our diverse communities and populations, and other community benefit activities have always been central to our mission.

Nebraska Methodist Health System is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by Federal, state or local law.