A healthcare company is seeking a Senior HR (Human Resources) Generalist professional with current, hands-on acute care hospital experience to join our team. This Senior HR Generalist role is critical to strengthening the hospital’s HR regulatory and compliance foundation and requires someone who can contribute immediately with practical knowledge of hospital human resources operations, accreditation standards, and survey readiness. The ideal candidate will have recent experience working directly in an acute care hospital setting, preferably in a standalone, non-system hospital, and possess strong working knowledge of The Joint Commission, CMS, and CDPH regulatory requirements. The Senior HR Generalist must have direct, personal experience participating in hospital regulatory surveys, including survey preparation, active participation during surveys, response to findings, and ongoing readiness efforts.
Key Responsibilities
- Support day-to-day HR operations within an acute care hospital environment.
- Serve as a key resource for HR compliance, accreditation, and regulatory readiness initiatives.
- Maintain working knowledge of hospital regulatory requirements, including The Joint Commission, CMS, and CDPH standards.
- Lead and support survey readiness activities, ensuring HR documentation, practices, and processes remain compliant and audit-ready at all times.
- Participate directly in regulatory surveys, including preparation, coordination, onsite support, follow-up, and corrective action planning.
- Identify compliance gaps within HR processes, policies, files, and practices, and independently recommend and implement corrective actions.
- Partner with hospital leadership to strengthen HR compliance infrastructure and ensure alignment with regulatory standards.
- Assist with policy review, process improvement, and documentation management related to HR compliance.
- Help foster a proactive culture of continuous survey readiness and operational accountability.
- Contribute as a developing leader within the HR function, with the capacity to take on increasing responsibility over time.
Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401k, and Sick Time Off.
Qualifications:
- Recent, hands-on HR experience in an acute care hospital is required.
- Experience must be in a hospital setting; experience limited to corporate, system-level HR, or other healthcare environments will not be considered a substitute.
- Direct experience with hospital regulatory surveys is required - including personal participation in The Joint Commission, CMS, and/or CDPH surveys.
- Demonstrated experience with:
- Survey preparation
- Participation during surveys
- Responding to findings
- Implementing corrective actions
- Maintaining ongoing survey readiness
- Strong knowledge of healthcare HR compliance and hospital regulatory requirements.
- Proven ability to work independently, identify compliance gaps, and drive solutions.
- Strong judgment, initiative, professionalism, and communication skills.
- Clear leadership potential and desire to grow into an HR leadership role.