Staffing Coordinator

AHMC Healthcare•San Gabriel, CA

About The Position

In collaboration with Directors, Unit Supervisors, and/or the Director of Nursing, the Staffing Coordinator is responsible for staffing nursing areas and completing tasks needed to meet regulatory agency and hospital standards. The role also ensures that deceased patients’ bodies are legally and promptly released to the appropriate agency. The employee is expected to understand and actively support SGVMC’s Mission, demonstrate behavior consistent with its Core Values, and support the hospital’s strategic plan and the goals and direction of the Performance Improvement Plan (PIP).

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Good writing and interpersonal skills.
Licenses and certifications are not required.

Nice To Haves

Previous clerical or unit secretary experience preferred.
Ability to type and use a computer preferred.
Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

Initiate the daily nursing office activity sheet, update it throughout the day, and send it to the nursing office report group the following day.
Maintain licenses, certifications, and competencies on file for per diem, agency, and traveler staff.
Enter paperwork, including vacation requests, sick notes, and schedule changes.
Enter changes and alterations from staffing sheets.
Copy the previous day’s staffing sheets for all Nursing Directors.
Track decedents and maintain an alternative plan if the morgue becomes full.
Enter acuity numbers into the Catalyst program.
Enter the daily nursing variance report.
Answer a heavy volume of incoming phone calls.
Dispatch transporters and maintain the patient transporting log.
Update the daily registry report.
Input new monthly schedules and keep Registry files current.
Maintain the morgue log in relation to the nursing office log.
Assist with timely placement of decedents.
Facilitate placement of decedents in the Los Angeles County morgue, including processing the death certificate and county burial permit.
For coroner’s cases, assist the Director or House Supervisor with completing form 18.
Perform other duties as assigned.