Nursing Business Office Specialist Job Dedham area,Massachusetts USA,Administrative/Clerical

Nursing Staffing Coordinator

Responsible for overall nursing staffing coordination, including recruitment of replacement staff to ensure adequate staffing throughout the facility, production and distribution of nursing services reports. In addition, perform administrative and data entry functions for assigned units, including monitoring the position control, scheduling, staffing, benefit and timekeeping functions, and tasks related to compensation.

Core Competencies:

Determine and coordinate staffing for the households
Prepare and process reports each pay period
Monitor employee overtime
Train staff on scheduling system
Research and resolve benefit discrepancies

Position Responsibilities:

Communicate with nursing and ancillary staff in a manner that conveys respect, caring and sensitivity. Administrative experience
Work closely with nurse managers and nurse supervisors concerning the scheduling and staffing of households
Coordinate staffing during premium holiday, peak vacation periods and snow emergencies
Determine needs and extras on household to ensure adequate coverage by schedule float, on-call, and agency personnel; recruit over time to fill needs
Review sick book for potential problems and patterns
Maintain per diem/on-call household assignments
Monitor employee overtime and prepare/process reports on pay period basis including paid sick time, overtime, absenteeism and tardiness
Print daily and weekly staffing sheets, and record floats and availability of on-call staff
Print and distribute the following reports in a timely manner according to presented schedule: attendance report, exception report, float on-call summary. Produce other reports as needed and requested using spreadsheet, word processing and scheduling software
Train internal users as needed on use of scheduling system
Monitor agency usage, billing, and reporting
Process information and position control requisitions related to transfers, terminations, leaves of absence, changes of status LOA and workers' compensation
Perform tasks related to holiday pay
Resolve benefit discrepancies by researching payroll and nursing records
Assist in household schedules, planning sheets, drafts and originals
Ensure that nursing license registration is updated
Document attendance at educational programs attended by nursing employees
Participate in and support quality improvement programs
The above covers the most significant responsibilities of the position. It does not, however, exclude other duties, which would be in conformity with the level of the position. Completes special projects as assigned

Qualifications:

High school graduate, required
Associates degree in business preferred
Knowledge of clinical staffing and scheduling requirements and related benefit time policies and procedures, required
Demonstrated proficiency in the use of pertinent computer software/systems including reporting and maintenance
Three to four years of administrative experience; previous scheduling experience, preferred
Must be a professional, proactive, collaborative, conscientious and results-oriented individual. Must have an optimistic and positive demeanor, excellent oral and written communication skills, good intuition and able to adapt to changing priorities and display good, sound judgment with a sense of humor
Superb organizational skills. Must have solid analytical skills. Must be creative and proactive yet disciplined, discriminating and able to streamline work volume in order to maintain bottom line efforts in midst of multi-tasking and daily re-prioritizing. Must have ability to innovate, think strategically and conceptually, manage multiple projects simultaneously and handle even difficult situations
Must be motivated to learn and flexible to change
Computer literacy required; experience with databases, Windows, Word, Excel, and databases

Remote Type:
On-site

Salary Range: $50,950.20 - $71,330.27