Staffing Associate, 20 hours/week, day shift

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Winchester, MA

1d • $20 - $27

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Job Description: Winchester Hospital is a 5x Magnet designated, Top 10 Massachusetts recognized 223-bed regional hospital that is the leading provider of comprehensive health care services in the northwest suburban Boston area. As a Staffing Associate at Winchester Hospital, you will be responsible (but not limited to) for the following:

Requirements

• Education Required: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience Required: Excellent customer service experience
• Other Skills Required: Ability to problem-solve to determine creative solutions and options.
• Knowledge of basic medical terminology
• Strong computer skills, including sending emails.
• For safety and quality reasons, must be able to read, write and communicate effectively in English with patients, visitors and fellow members of the hospital team.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred: Post High School course work or degree
• Preferred: Healthcare experience, clinical or administrative, preferably in a hospital
• Preferred: Experience scheduling staff
• Preferred: Knowledge of Excel

Responsibilities

• Monitors scheduled staff against patient census throughout shift.
• Checks/answers call-in line to receive and communicate absences and offers to work where necessary.
• When patient needs indicate excess scheduled staff, and with approval from nursing supervisor, calls staff to either cancel or place on recall.
• When patient needs indicate, contacts staff to ask them to adjust their schedule and/or take an open shift to meet our staffing needs.
• Contact units to communicate need to float staff from one area to another based on patient care and staffing needs.
• Collaborates with leaders regarding creative staffing solutions and requests for schedule changes, weighing daily/imminent needs with more long-term/weekly needs.
• Communicates staffing changes with units.
• Communicates with the charge nurse on each shift regarding the staffing plan for the next shift.
• Assigns and posts notice of float staff assignments each shift taking into account individual employee’s skill set and competencies and continuity of care issues.
• Enters time changes, absences and other data in Active Staffer to assist Nurse Managers with scheduling/payroll administration.

Benefits

• At Beth Israel Lahey Health, we are driving the change in health care that Massachusetts wants and needs.
• Our culture promotes continuous learning, growth, innovation and a sense of belonging.
• We make it a priority to offer comprehensive compensation and benefits and help you achieve a healthy and balanced life.
• While you're busy caring for and supporting our patients, we take care of you.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED