Staffing CD Clerk

Kaiser Permanente; Wailuku (HI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Wailuku, Hawaii seeks a Staffing CD Clerk to manage scheduling, staffing, and timekeeping for designated work areas. The role focuses on creating and editing schedules, filling open shifts, coordinating transfers, and ensuring timely communication with unit leaders and central staffing.

Responsibilities include maintaining monthly staffing, using the electronic scheduling system, reallocating resources, handling leave forms, and ensuring compliance with labor contracts.

Qualifications

• Minimum two (2) years of office/clerical experience.
• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED), or equivalent related experience.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to coordinate efforts with team members within and outside of own department or organization.
• In-depth knowledge of computer systems and various software programs.
• Experience developing and maintaining reports.
• Ability to work independently and self-directed.

Responsibilities

• Provides centralized timekeeping for nursing units, approving timecards at the end of each pay period.
• Creates and maintains unit monthly staff schedules showing PTO, trades, and extra shifts.
• Monitors compliance with guidelines and procedures.
• Processes Leave of Absence forms and schedules nursing departments in the electronic system.
• Prepares daily/shift schedules reflecting forecasted needs with nurse managers.
• Allocates resources and manages unplanned vacancies.
• Notifies staff of vacant shifts and resolves staffing issues.
• Interacts with facilities staff to intake transfer calls and coordinate bed availability.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service

Analytical skills

Team coordination

Reporting

Education

HS Diploma or GED

Two-year Associate's Degree

Tools

Staffing software

Scheduling software

Job description

Job Summary:

The staffing coordination clerk performs all scheduling, staffing, and timekeeping responsibilities for designated work areas within scope. Staffing workflow includes creating and editing schedules to fill open shifts, as well as mobilizing staff for daily needs that surface less than 24 hours before the start of a shift (cancellation, flexing, floating, and management of unplanned shift vacancies, as well as daily maintenance of unit/department schedules). Provides support to nursing units by updating and monitoring daily schedules, assuring appropriate distribution of staff by producing a balanced monthly unit staffing schedule and arranging for supplemental staffing for nursing units. Timekeeping management includes tasks related to the accurate recording, editing and maintenance of timekeeping records for staff in designated work areas. This role utilizes an electronic staffing system platform and requires strong communication with unit leaders, House Operations Supervisors, and within the centralized staffing team. Position is also responsible in obtaining the necessary information to initiate the patient transfer and for coordinating communication.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides for centralized timekeeping for nursing units approving timecards at the close of each pay period. Performs tasks related to the accurate recording, editing and maintenance of timekeeping/payroll records for staff at MMMC.

• Maintains a strong working knowledge of applicable pay and scheduling practices.

• Creates and maintains unit monthly staff schedules to show approved PTO, staff shift trades and assignment of extra shifts in accordance with labor laws, contracts and policies.

• Monitors compliance with guidelines and procedures established by the organization.

• Process appropriate Leave of Absence forms and time in accordance with policy. Create and edit schedules for nursing departments into the electronic scheduling system following all hospital policies, procedures, and guidelines. Assign specialty roles particular to each units operational needs.

• Prepares accurate daily and/or shift work schedules, which reflect forecasted needs in collaboration with nurse managers.

• Approve or deny schedule requests, with communication to unit managers as appropriate.

• Balance and publish schedules at the end of the scheduling period.

• Adjusts schedule to accommodate needs through acquiring additional personnel or reducing scheduled staff.

• Follows policy to notify staff of available vacant shifts and resolve staffing issues.

• Contacts available staff to best provide for unit care requirements utilizing available resources to fill open shifts.

• Prepares computer optimized schedules for clinical departments and centralized float pool.

• Within 24 hours of shift time, allocate resource/float pool staff to units based on needs, using technology and communication skills.

• Receive sick call notifications and manage unplanned shift vacancies by recruiting associates for open shifts, leveraging technology.

• Maintain daily maintenance of unit/department schedules within the electronic staffing system. Effectively communicates critical or immediate staffing needs to nurse manager or their designee.

• Assists with allocation of agency resources and other duties as assigned pertaining to contract labor.

• Answer, intake, and mitigate calls for transfer requests following established procedures.

• Performs follow-up communication to expedite approval of patient transfer.

• Collaborates with Admitting and Hospital Operations Supervisors to determine availability of appropriate bed.

• Interact with the requesting facility staff over the telephone to intake calls.

• Maintain multiple databases pertinent to the transfer service.

• Accurately records the calls for transfer service in an electronic filing system.

  Basic Qualifications:

  Experience

• Minimum two (2) years of office/clerical experience.

  Education

• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED), or equivalent related experience.

  License, Certification, Registration

• N/A

  Additional Requirements:

• Strong written and verbal communications skills.

• Strong customer service skills.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Ability to coordinate efforts with team members within and outside of own department or organization. In-depth knowledge of computer systems and various software programs.

• Experience developing and maintaining reports.

• Ability to work independently and self-directed.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum of two (2) years experience with staffing/scheduling software in a healthcare setting.

• Two (2) Year/ Associates Degree.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Staffing CD Clerk

LOCATION: Wailuku, Hawaii

REQNUMBER: 1455539

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.