Staffing Advisor - Woodwinds Hospital

Fairview Health Services•Woodbury, MN

50d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is looking for a Staffing Advisor to work at Woodwinds Hospital, located in Woodbury, MNl! The main goal of this role will be to help daily staffing needs in helping to find coverage for call-offs or short-staffing by using staffing grids in compliance with hospital policies, the department budget and staffing plan. This will require a high attention to detail as well as a fast paced energy! This Staffing Advisor position will cover the Peri-Op Surgery/OR department(s) at Woodwinds and will also have an expectation to cover and collaborate with our St. John's Staffing Advisor as well. About This Position: Hours: 80 hours (1.0 FTE), every two weeks and is benefit eligible Schedule: Day Shift, Working 8-hour shifts. No weekends or Holidays Location: This position will be onsite at our Woodwinds Hospital Campus (1925 Woodwinds Drive Woodbury, Minnesota 55125) in the Birch Center. Interview Process: We may send you a link to complete a video interview. This is an outstanding way to showcase who you are and why you want to work for us plus we have the ability to share it directly with our leaders!

Requirements

High level of communication and problem-solving skills
Ability to use PC, network applications and staffing software applications
Ability to organize details
Ability to work independently and multi-task while providing excellent customer service to all levels of staff, outside agencies and contracts

Nice To Haves

Customer Service Experience
Bachelor's degree
One to three years of staffing experience in an acute health care hospital setting

Responsibilities

Produces and maintains 4-week employee schedules as set by policy, union contract, and department guidelines. Ensures that schedules are timely, free from error and align available resources to support the front-line staff.
Approves and processes time off requests, shift exchanges, and holiday schedules while ensuring accurate data entry in scheduling system to include all proactive scheduling adjustments (schedule changes and extra shifts).
Reviews staffing levels on an ongoing basis and communicates staffing needs to employees and works to fill vacant shifts. Proactively adjusts daily staffing by recruiting for, calling in, canceling or floating employees based on unit volume, acuity and needs based unexpected absences or remaining open shifts.
Reviews scheduled staff with Charge Nurses, Administrative Nursing Supervisors and/or Nursing Managers (as appropriate) on a shift by shift basis to ensure skill level is adequate for patient care needs. Provides staffing report to Administrative Nursing Supervisor regarding census and staff needed for the next shifts all within the accurate policy and contract guidelines.
Provides timely customer service to staff contacting the staffing office including phone calls, emails, in person visits and any other form of messaging.
Reviews, updates, and approves employees timekeeping records (E-time) in Kronos and scheduling system per policy, including timecard corrections and reconciliation.
Tracks and reports departmental data including attendance records, employee data and records and skill level information on all supported personnel (i.e. level III, charge nurse skill, etc.).
Actively participates in crafting and implementing improvements that results in improved processes, procedures, and practices to achieve high quality of outputs and efficiency of process. Participates in department and system quality improvement projects as assigned
Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served
Communicates in a respective manner.
Ensures a safe, secure environment.
Fulfills all organizational requirements
Completes all required learning relevant to the role
Complies with and maintains knowledge of all relevant laws, regulation, policies, procedures, and standards.
Fosters a culture of improvement, efficiency, and innovative thinking.
Performs other duties as assigned