Staffing Coordinator - Full Time

Sanford Health•Pine River, MN

About The Position

The Staffing Coordinator role at Sanford Health requires a self-directed individual with a high level of accountability and minimal supervision. The primary responsibility is adjusting and maintaining staff work schedules. This involves utilizing each department's staffing policy to make decisions for scheduling appropriate levels of patient/resident care providers, and using requests to determine staff scheduling. The coordinator will negotiate staffing needs with leaders and/or directors, anticipate immediate and future staffing needs, and actively work to resolve staffing problems by broadcasting to staff, utilizing PRN staff, or reallocating existing staff. The role also includes tracking, documenting, and reporting staffing data to directors for analysis. Strong communication and negotiation skills are essential for working with employees, leads, and department directors. The ideal candidate must be well organized, possess a high degree of self-motivation and independence, and be flexible when adjusting schedules. Proficiency in computer applications for email, scheduling, Excel, and payroll is required. The position demands the ability to work effectively with multiple interruptions, under stress, and with large interactive groups all seeking scheduling requests.

Requirements

Must be self-directed with a high level of accountability and minimal supervision
Must have strong communication and negotiation skills to work with employees, leads, and department directors
Must be well organized
Must have high degree of self-motivation and independence
Must be flexible when needed to adjust schedules
Must use computer applications for email, scheduling, excel, and payroll
Must be able to work with multiple interruptions, under stress, and with large interactive groups all wanting scheduling requests
Post secondary education or equivalent training in a health care or business related field is required

Nice To Haves

Associates degree preferred
Previous experience working with people or staffing issues desirable
Interest in receiving CNA (not required)

Responsibilities

Adjusting and maintaining staff work schedules
Utilizing each department staffing policy for decision making in scheduling appropriate levels of patient/resident care providers
Utilizing requests to determine scheduling for staff
Negotiating staffing needs with leaders and/or directors
Anticipating immediate and future staffing needs and working to resolve these staffing problems (i.e. broadcast to staff, utilizes, PRN staff, or reallocates existing staff)
Tracking, documenting, and reporting staffing data to directors for analysis
Scheduling
Ordering
Working with budget
Greeting new employees
Working with the staff