What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staffing Clerk position at Kaiser Permanente?
Job Summary:
Performs variety of office/clerical duties to assure proper staffing and scheduling of inpatient nursing units. Maintains staffing information in multiple scheduling/staffing databases. Works with local temporary nurse agencies as staffing resource. Audits timecards of inpatient staff every other week using the automated time reporting system.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Receives acuity information from all nursing units. Inputs same into computer. Processes and evaluates results of input to determine staffing needs.
- Identifies staffing shortages. Takes appropriate action to resolve. Calls and schedules staff as required.
- Receives staffing calls. Apprises appropriate unit or shift supervisor of pertinent information and action taken.
- Maintains current employee information on automated scheduling/staffing database.
- Generates reports as needed.
- Collects, reviews timesheets for completion. Interprets and enters manual timesheets into automated time reporting system. Audits and reconciles same against schedules.
- Coordinates local contemporary nurse agency personnel. Places and cancels requests with agencies with supervisor approval. Schedules daily assignments.
- Uses automated system to notify staff of available vacant shifts and resolve staffing issues.
- Prepares staff schedules for clinical departments and centralized float pools. Applies collective bargaining unit agreements and Kaiser polices and procedures to scheduling process.
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- Minimum one (1) year of office experience.
Education
- High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED), or equivalent related experience.
License, Certification, Registration
- N/A
Additional Requirements:
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in organizational skills, time management, detail-oriented, oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, and customer service.
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in database, word and spreadsheet PC applications.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Staffing and scheduling experience.
- Working knowledge of automated scheduling/staffing system(s).
- Bachelor's degree.
