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Cross Country Healthcare

Tech-enabled staffing platform for healthcare

Human Resources Representative Senior - Employee Relations

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Orange, CA, USA
In Person
People & HRHR Generalist & Employee Relations

About the job

Requirements
  • Provide support to leadership and co-workers in the areas of responsibility.
  • Maintain and manage highly confidential information with confidentiality and sensitivity.
  • Facilitate difficult conversations with empathy, objectivity, understanding, and tact.
  • Identify issues and problems, develop solutions, and prepare recommendations.
  • Maintain effective working relationships with all levels of staff.
  • Effectively use computers and appropriate software and interact with client staff as needed.
  • Communicate above average in written and oral form.
  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Three or more years of experience in employee relations or related experience.
  • Computer experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Public speaking and presentation skills.
  • Knowledge of policies and procedures, general responsibilities, requirements, and regulations pertaining to the Human Resources department.
  • Knowledge of employment laws and requirements.
  • Knowledge of methods and techniques for organizing and implementing programs or projects.
  • Knowledge of process improvement methodologies.
  • Knowledge of personal computers, keyboarding, and appropriate software to produce correspondence, charts, spreadsheets, or other information applicable to the position assignment.
Responsibilities
  • Ensure the client adheres to employment laws and regulations from an employee-relations standpoint.
  • Assess and refine the Human Resource Handbook, policies, and practices to align with best practices and applicable laws and regulations.
  • Implement, interpret, communicate, and maintain human resources policies and procedures.
  • Handle employee-relations issues, including disciplinary actions, terminations, and recognition of positive performance.
  • Manage investigations into internal complaints of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and other high-risk employment issues.
  • Determine and recommend employee-relations practices to establish positive employer-employee relationships and promote employee morale and motivation.
  • Communicate and interpret human resources policies and practices for business partners.
  • Identify tools and programs that could be introduced to retain employees.
  • Counsel management on complex individual employee issues and large-scale organizational issues.
  • Provide counsel to employees seeking professional advice and refer them to the Employee Assistance Program when appropriate.
  • Assist management in determining and implementing appropriate corrective actions consistently and in accordance with company policies.
  • Approve appropriate actions and follow through on their administration.
  • Provide day-to-day human resources advice and support to management and staff, and participate in decision-making that supports business strategy.
  • Manage departing-employee processes, including reductions in force, exit interviews, access removal, retrieval of company equipment and property, Compliance Termination Reports, Termination Action Forms, and exit surveys.
  • Maintain terminated-employee personnel files and Employee Relations files.
  • Create and maintain Employee Relations data.
  • Manage unemployment claims and participate in related investigations and hearings.
  • Partner with internal and external legal counsel on EEOC claims and participate in court hearings.
  • Assess and analyze Employee Relations trends, propose integrated solutions, and proactively communicate needs to the Director of HR.
  • Develop strategic partnerships with leadership and provide the HR Director regular updates on Employee Relations cases.
  • Assist with training, communicate about, support, and coach managers through performance management, including objective setting, coaching conversations, 90-day reviews, annual performance appraisals, merit discussions, and performance improvement processes.
  • Partner with Training to present HR content at new employee orientation and developmental presentations.
  • Improve Employee Relations desktops and processes.
  • Lead key HR projects and support the HR Director as needed.
  • Perform other projects and duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Communications, or a related field.

About the company

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Cross Country Healthcare

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Cross Country Healthcare offers tech-enabled staffing and advisory services to healthcare organizations, helping them fill roles across home care, education, clinical and non-clinical staff, including temporary coverage through Cross Country Locums. Its platform combines technology and services to connect facilities with doctors, nurses, and allied professionals while providing workforce planning and staffing guidance. The firm differentiates itself with 38 years of industry experience, a history of awards, and certifications such as NCQA for Locums and The Joint Commission, along with a commitment to diversity and inclusion. Its goal is to solve labor-related challenges for healthcare customers by delivering reliable staffing and expert guidance that support high-quality patient care and smooth operations.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Boca Raton, Florida

Founded

1996

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What believers are saying

  • July 21, 2026 Knox Lane closed Cross Country Healthcare for $437 million cash.
  • April 23, 2026 Optimé deepened Intellify forecasting for Epic, Kronos, and Lawson.
  • Q1 2026 revenue reached $241.1 million, with sequential growth after Q4 2025.

What critics are saying

  • Q1 2026 revenue still fell 18% year over year, showing shrinking demand.
  • Aya's abandoned 2026 merger proved antitrust regulators can block strategic exits.
  • If hospitals standardize direct hiring, Cross Country's staffing middleman role disappears.

What makes Cross Country Healthcare unique

  • Intellify unifies contingent labor, compliance, scheduling, and analytics into one platform.
  • Knox Lane kept Cross Country Healthcare's brand after the July 21, 2026 acquisition.
  • Darrick Sogabe architects agentic-AI workforce planning from inside the product team.

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2 year growth

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Business Wire
May 14th, 2026
Cross Country Healthcare adds AI workforce planning tool Optimé to Intellify platform

Cross Country Healthcare has announced an exclusive 36-month partnership to integrate Optimé workforce planning solution into Intellify, its workforce intelligence platform. The deal aims to help health systems better align staffing with patient demand and reduce labour costs. Optimé adds advanced forecasting, analytics and workforce optimisation capabilities to Intellify, designed to integrate with major EHR, HR and payroll systems including Epic, Kronos and Lawson. The solution helps health systems improve resource utilisation and spend less time on manual staffing decisions. The partnership marks Cross Country's continued evolution from workforce solutions provider to technology-enabled workforce partner. Optimé, launched in 2010 by Strategic Systems International, consists of a cloud-based suite serving acute care, procedural and specialty care settings.

Business Wire
May 7th, 2026
Cross Country Healthcare to be Acquired by Knox Lane in All-Cash Transaction Valued at $437 Million

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCRN) (“Cross Country Healthcare” or the “Company”) a leading, technology-driven healthcare workforce solutions compa...

MarketScreener
May 6th, 2026
Knox Lane to acquire Cross Country Healthcare for $437M in all-cash deal at $13.25 per share

Cross Country Healthcare, a technology-driven healthcare workforce solutions company, has agreed to be acquired by Knox Lane, a growth-oriented investment firm, in an all-cash transaction valued at $437 million. Knox Lane will acquire all outstanding shares at $13.25 per share, representing a 31% premium to the 6 May 2026 closing price and a 45% premium to the 90-day volume-weighted average trading price. Following completion, Cross Country Healthcare will become a privately held company in Knox Lane's portfolio and cease trading on Nasdaq. The company will continue operating under its current name and brand. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to stockholder approval and regulatory clearances. BofA Securities advised Cross Country Healthcare, whilst MTS Health Partners advised Knox Lane.

Associated Press
Apr 23rd, 2026
Cross Country Healthcare names Darrick Sogabe chief product officer to advance AI workforce platform

Cross Country Healthcare has appointed Darrick Sogabe as Chief Product Officer to advance its technology portfolio. Sogabe brings over 20 years of experience in product strategy and technology innovation, having helped architect Intellify, the company's cloud-based workforce intelligence platform. In his new role, Sogabe will lead product strategy and roadmap development across the enterprise. He will focus on advancing Intellify to connect contingent labour, compliance, scheduling and workforce analytics into a single intelligence layer enhanced with agentic AI, helping health systems benchmark against markets and model cost scenarios. Cross Country Healthcare is a technology-driven workforce solutions company that has served the healthcare sector for 40 years. The appointment reflects the company's strategy to strengthen its position by combining healthcare labour expertise with scalable digital platforms and predictive analytics.

Yahoo Finance
Mar 12th, 2026
Long Cast Advisers revisits Cross Country Healthcare with $318M market cap and 40% in cash

Long Cast Advisers highlighted Cross Country Healthcare (NASDAQ:CCRN) in its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter as one of its largest purchases. The American healthcare talent management company, specialising in nurse, allied and physician staffing, has a market capitalisation of $318.34 million. Trading at $9.78 per share on 11 March 2026, Cross Country Healthcare holds $99 million in net cash with no debt. The company recently received a $20 million termination payment following a failed $615 million acquisition by AYA, bringing cash to over 40% of its market capitalisation. In Q4 2025, the company generated $237 million in revenue, down 5% sequentially and 24% year-over-year. Hedge fund ownership decreased from 33 to 28 portfolios quarter-over-quarter.