BestChoice - Nursing Staffing Scheduler

BestChoice - Nursing Staffing Scheduler

Full-Time Benefit Eligible

Shift: 4 10-hour shifts a week. Shift times vary (5a-3:30p, 6a-4:30p, 8a-6:30p, 9a-7:30p or 11a-9:30p). Weekends every 5-8 weeks.

GENERAL SUMMARY: To perform clerical duties associated with the staffing and scheduling of all nursing personnel in accordance with standard operating procedures.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitors staffing needs on a shift-by-shift basis and assists with obtaining necessary resources to support the units by contacting central staffing RNs. Performs identified daily operations to use for deployment of central staffing RNs.

• Responsible for all aspects of the scheduling system. Responsible for the upkeep and accuracy of the changes.

• Assigns professional and support staff to nursing units in accordance with established staffing models.

• Inform appropriate personnel of staffing problems and assist with making adjustments to overall schedule.

• Record call-ins or overtime worked by personnel into electronic scheduling system to ensure accurate distribution of hours.

• Obtain necessary personnel to fill in for absent employees by assigning SRP personnel and reassigning other personnel.

• Maintain all records, logs, and files concerning staffing activities and prepare special and routine reports

• Performs general duties within staffing office, relaying messages, logging call-ins, assisting customers, answering telephones, calling staff for additional shifts and canceling shifts as needed in the most cost effective manner.

• Prepare and analyze statistical reports including the development of new reports. Prepares and distributes reports in a timely and accurate manner.

• Print and maintain staffing worksheets.

• Perform other related duties as required.

• Provide new employees with information regarding hospital and department policies and procedures.

• Attend required meetings, in-services and educational programs.

• Assist with maintaining personnel data in the electronic database.

• Provides information and monitoring of budget for manger review.

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and duties. It should be understood, therefore, that employees may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.