Staffing Coordinator

Per diem position, 12-hour shifts (9am-9:30pm), must be flexible to assist with weekday, weekend and holiday coverage as needed.

• Creatively tries to fill staffing needs.
  •     1)Reviews with units the staffing needs, working with the staff to try to fill the staffing need with available staff.
  •     2)Helps the staff to problem solve staffing shortages or excesses.
  •     3)Directly contracts the various float pool staff for additional availability.
  •     4)Works collaboratively and closely with the staff and Administrative Coordinator to find solutions that minimize staff impact and maximize meeting the patient’s needs.
• Gathers information about staffing needs
  •     1)Listens to report with Administrative Coordinator, concentrating on the integral needs of the units.
  •     2)Communicates with the Charge RNs via telephone to gain first-hand information about staffing on each unit.
  •     3)Reviews the documentation in the nursing office related to staffing, including, but not limited to the composite, the schedules, and the sick log.
  •     4)Takes telephone calls through the shift related to sick calls and additional needs as a result of admissions or discharges.
  •     5)Receives updates from office staff on current private duty cases.
• Integrates the staffing needs with the available staffing.
  •     1)Collaborates with the Administrative Coordinator to confirm clinical needs with available staffing.
  •     2)Assigns the available staff to meet the needs.
  •     3)Documents the assignments and calls the appropriate personnel, including the unit, and the assigned personnel and the Administrative Coordinator, if that is necessary.
• Works with outside agencies to provide assistive personnel as requested by the unit.
  •     1)Documents the need in the nursing office record books for assistive personnel.
  •     2)Contacts the agencies and requests the staff.
  •     3)Confirms the assignment and documents it.
  •     4)Verifies qualifications of outside personnel.
  •     5)Contacts the nursing unit when the assignment is made.
  •     6)Communicates issues of performance to the agency and the Administrative Coordinator to assure that quality personnel are sent from the agencies.

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