Staffing Coordinator-Lpn

Shady Lawn • Vicksburg, MS

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About The Position

The Staffing Coordinator assists the Director of Nursing (DON) in determining nursing department staffing needs and ensuring the required number and type of nursing personnel are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The position reviews staffing budgets and models, maintains staffing patterns consistent with budgeted LHPPD, integrates self-scheduled staff into the department schedule, and helps prepare staffing reports. It also supports personnel functions, new-hire orientation and training, and resident rights and confidentiality.

Requirements

• Must hold a current Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license.
• Working knowledge of computers, including Microsoft Word, Outlook, and Excel.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to solve problems and make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
• Ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agency personnel, and the general public.
• Ability and willingness to work harmoniously with other personnel.
• Patience, tact, a positive disposition, enthusiasm, and willingness to handle difficult people.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of others in the workplace.
• Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday and cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Ability to see and hear, or use prosthetics that enable these senses to function adequately for the job.
• Ability to function independently and demonstrate flexibility, personal integrity, and effectiveness working with residents, personnel, and support agencies.
• Must meet facility general health requirements, including a medical and physical examination.
• Ability to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile people.
• Ability to push, pull, move, and/or lift at least five pounds to a height of at least three feet and carry or move that weight at least five feet.
• Physical activity requirements include intermittent sitting, standing, and walking; lifting and carrying various weights; and pushing, bending, squatting, kneeling, crawling, climbing, reaching, grasping, and fine manipulation.

Nice To Haves

• Scheduling and staffing experience is helpful.
• Experience with industry-specific time-and-attendance tracking or scheduling software is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review the nursing department’s budgeted staffing patterns and staffing model.
• Maintain a daily staffing pattern consistent with budgeted LHPPD.
• Participate in facility surveys by authorized government agencies when requested by the DON.
• Receive self-schedules from RN Team Leaders and LPN Medication Managers and integrate them into the department-wide staffing schedule.
• Review the finalized staffing schedule with the DON and post it where staff can access it.
• Assist the DON with staffing reports from scheduling and time-and-attendance software.
• Notify the DON when adequate staff are unavailable to meet resident care needs.
• Ensure daily staffing and census information is posted in accordance with state regulations.
• Ensure sufficient CNAs are available to provide quality nursing care.
• Ensure nurse aide students work under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse from their education entity.
• Assist the DON in monitoring attendance by maintaining an absenteeism and tardiness log.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals according to facility policies and procedures.
• Assist the DON in ensuring nursing personnel follow personnel policies, including appropriate dress and use of name badges.
• Notify the Nurse Educator when new associates are hired and ready for orientation.
• Ensure new nursing personnel are oriented to the facility, consistent with policy and procedure, before assignment to a unit.
• Suggest orientation in-service and training based on feedback from nursing associates.
• Attend continuing education programs and keep the required license or certification current.
• Maintain confidentiality of resident care information and treat residents with fairness, kindness, dignity, and respect.
• Knock before entering a resident’s room.
• Report allegations of resident abuse or misappropriation of resident property.
• Report resident complaints to the RN Team Leader.
• Assist in evacuating residents during emergencies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed