Job Details

Field - Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP)

Location (At-Home Office): Sonoma & Napa

Field Market: Sonoma & Napa

Travel: 50–75%, including 3–4 facility visits per week

Salary: $80,000–$105,000 DOE + potential bonus

Employment Type: Full-time, Exempt

Please Note: This is not a remote position.

Make an Impact Where It Matters Most — In the Field and at the Table

Are you an experienced HR professional who thrives on building meaningful partnerships with senior leaders and bringing strategic HR value directly to the business? Do you have a gift for communication—translating complex HR concepts into business outcomes and earning trust at every level?

If so, we invite you to join our team as a Human Resources Business Partner serving Santa Barbara County, Ventura County, and Alaska. In this highly visible and hands-on role, you'll be the primary HR advisor for our operational leaders, providing expert guidance on employee relations, organizational development, and workforce planning—while spending 3 to 4 days per week visiting the facilities you support.

What You'll Do

1. Be a Trusted Advisor: Build strong relationships with Executive Directors, Directors of Nursing, Market Leaders, and Clinical Market Leaders. Help them understand and leverage the value HR brings to operations.
2. Communicate with Clarity and Influence: Translate HR data, trends, and legal considerations into strategic recommendations that leaders can act on.
3. Engage in the Field: Maintain a best practice of visiting your assigned facilities 3–4 times per week to stay connected, proactive, and visible.
4. Support People Operations: Advise on employee relations, terminations, performance management, and HR compliance.
5. Drive Onboarding and Development: Support the onboarding of new leaders and help identify market-specific training needs in collaboration with Learning & Development.
6. Lead Through Change: Support the HR aspects of acquisitions, including integration planning and cultural alignment.
7. Audit and Improve: Review HR practices, monitor Affirmative Action programs, and identify process improvements across your markets.

What You Bring

1. Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
2. 4+ years of progressive HR experience in the healthcare industry.
3. Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills—you know how to speak “operations” and build trust fast.
4. Proven ability to coach leaders, handle sensitive employee matters, and influence outcomes.
5. Experience with Workday and a solid understanding of federal and state labor laws.
6. Strong organizational, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
7. Willingness and enthusiasm to travel regularly—50–75% road and air travel, including 3–4 on-site facility visits weekly.

What We Offer

1. Competitive salary: 80k - 105k with performance-based bonus eligibility
2. Medical, dental, and vision insurance
3. Company-paid life insurance
4. 401(k) with company match
5. Generous sick and vacation time
6. Access to professional development through our Learning Management System and live training events

About Ensign Services

Ensign Services, Inc. (“ESI”) is a subsidiary of The Ensign Group, Inc. whose affiliated entities are considered national leaders in the fast-growing post-acute care industry. ESI provides service and support to over 350 facilities in the long-term care continuum that employ over 50,000 employees.

ESI is known as the “Service Center” and provides the facilities and leaders it serves with “back-office” support in areas such as accounting, construction, compliance, human resources, information technology, learning and development, legal and risk management and recruiting. This structure allows the onsite leaders and caregivers to focus on day-to-day care and operational issues in their individual operations. What sets ESI apart from other companies is the quality of our most valuable resource - our people.

We take our core values of Celebration, Accountability, Passion for Learning, Love One Another, Intelligent Risk Taking, Customer Second, and Ownership (“CAPLICO”) seriously. We want an individual in this role who will demonstrate these values through actions and words.

If you're passionate about building relationships, shaping culture, and being a strategic voice at the leadership table, we'd love to meet you.