People Services Director

Compensation Range: $90K-110K/yearly

Position Summary: The Director of People Services serves as a strategic business partner and culture champion, leading talent strategies that drive organizational success and foster a high‑performing, engaged workforce. This role partners closely with senior leadership to align people‑focused initiatives with operational and long‑term goals, ensuring the effective attraction, development, and retention of top talent. The Director oversees workforce planning, employee engagement, performance management, and leadership development while ensuring consistent, equitable practices across the facility. In addition, this position provides expert guidance on employee relations, compliance, compensation, benefits, and People Services operations, maintaining adherence to regulatory standards and internal policies.

Essential Functions:

• Serves as a strategic business partner to leadership, aligning talent strategies with organizational goals and departmental business plans.

• Champions employee recognition programs and engagement initiatives that strengthen culture, build community, and reduce turnover.

• Leads workforce planning initiatives, including forecasting talent needs, succession planning, and developing targeted recruiting and retention strategies.

• Drives employee engagement and retention strategies, including action planning, culture initiatives, and leadership coaching.

• Provides expert consultation to leaders on staffing, compensation, benefits, employee development, and employee relations.

• Champions a positive, inclusive work culture by modeling organizational values and influencing culture‑building behaviors.

• Offers guidance to leaders and employees to ensure consistent, equitable application of policies, procedures, and employment practices.

• Oversees People Services compliance, including license verification, background checks, personnel files, training records, and regulatory documentation.

• Leads People Services operations including performance management cycles, progressive discipline practices, and policy interpretation.

• Facilitates training and development programs that enhance leadership capabilities, performance management, and cultural alignment.

• Conducts internal investigations, addresses complex employee relations matters, and supports response to compliance‑related inquiries.

• Ensures HRIS data integrity, reporting accuracy, and timely completion of People Services metrics, dashboards, and audit requirements.

• Partners across departments (Quality, Business Office, HIM, UR, etc.) to improve processes, strengthen compliance, and support operational excellence.

• Supports workers’ compensation, leave management, and offboarding processes to ensure consistency, compliance, and positive transition experiences.

• Always exhibit the company’s core values of champion patient care, do the right thing, embrace individuality, act with kindness, and making a difference together.

• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field from an accredited school required.

• Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), Professional in Human Resources (PHR), Society for Human Resource Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), or Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) certification preferred.

• Three years of human resources experience required.

• Two years of healthcare human resources experience preferred.

• One year of behavioral health experience preferred.

• De-escalation certification is required within 30 days of employment and prior to any patient contact.

Why Choose Us:

• Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) and 401K Benefits for full-time employees

• Competitive Paid Time Off

• Employee Assistance Program – mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance

• Student Loan Repayment and Tuition Assistance for qualified applicants

• Professional development opportunities, cross-training and CE dollars

• And much more…

EEOC Statement : Rainier Springs is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans' status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law

Employer Description

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

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Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.
We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.