Unit HR Head - Healthcare

Role Purpose:

The Unit HR Head will lead the end-to-end HR function for the hospital unit, ensuring strong manpower planning, timely hiring, smooth HR operations, payroll oversight, employee engagement, and compliance with organizational policies.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead the HR function for the hospital unit, aligning people practices with business and operational needs.

- Drive recruitment for clinical, non-clinical, and support functions to ensure timely closure of critical positions.

- Oversee core HR operations including onboarding, employee records, attendance coordination, confirmations, transfers, and separations.

- Manage and review payroll inputs in coordination with payroll/shared services to ensure timely and accurate salary processing.

- Partner with unit leadership and department heads on manpower planning, organization structure, and workforce productivity.

- Ensure implementation of HR policies, statutory compliance, disciplinary processes, and employee grievance handling.

- Build employee engagement and retention initiatives across the unit.

- Track HR dashboards and MIS covering hiring status, attrition, attendance trends, vacancies, and key people metrics.

Functional Focus:

- Recruitment: 60%

- Core HR / HR Operations: 40%

Candidate Profile:

- MBA / PGDM in HR or equivalent qualification preferred.

- 15-18 years of HR experience, with strong exposure to unit HR leadership.

- 2-3 years of recent experience in a hospital or healthcare environment is preferred.

- Strong experience in recruitment, employee relations, HR operations, and payroll coordination.

- Ability to work closely with hospital operations teams and manage HR in a fast-paced environment.

- Preference for candidates from South India, given business and cultural fit requirements.

Key Skills:

- Strategic and operational HR leadership

- Talent acquisition

- Payroll coordination

- Employee relations

- HR compliance

- Stakeholder management

- Team management

- HR MIS and reporting