Job Description

About Shepherd Center

With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation, Shepherd Center is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Shepherd is the only rehabilitation facility in the nation with an intensive care unit on-site, allowing us to care for the most complex patients and begin the rehabilitation process sooner. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again.

Shepherd Center's culture is one of hope, humor, and hard work. You will enjoy career growth, strong relationships with co-workers, strong support from leadership, and fun activities that have kept over 12% of staff members working at Shepherd for more than 20 years.

The Staffing Coordinator manages the scheduling of nursing personnel assigned to inpatient nursing units throughout the hospital. This role maintains the critical link between clients and healthcare professionals through arranging proper schedules. This interactive, collaborative role works alongside staff throughout the nursing units to help ensure smooth operations of clinical patient units.

The Staffing Coordinator ensures units are accurately staffed to achieve the best patient care and ensures schedules are effectively communicated to staff.

Job Responsibilities

• Accurately follows all practices and policies related to the Staffing Office (i.e., proactively solicits staff to provide appropriate coverage, follows cancellation hierarchy, assures staff are distributed as needed to meet the needs of the Center, etc.) Refer to Staffing Office Rules and Practices Manual.
• Updating Kronos and issuing standard reports per established timelines so as to ensure proper payment for employees.
• Upholding federal, state, and local standards in scheduling.
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with the Unit Managers, Charge Nurses and all other nursing staff.
• Practices proper safety techniques in accordance with Center and departmental policies and procedures. Responsible for the reporting of employee/patient/visitor injuries or accidents, or other safety issues to the supervisor and in the occurrence notification system.
• Monitors and ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements, organizational standards, and policies and procedures related to area of responsibility. Identifies potential risk areas within area of responsibility and supports problem resolution process.

Required Minimum Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent

Required Minimum Certification:

• No professional certifications required.

Required Minimum Experience:

• N/A

Required Minimum Skills:

• N/A

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

Physical Demands:

• Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time or exerting up to 15 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.

Working Conditions:

• No potential for exposure to blood and body fluids.

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The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified.