Staffing Assistant - Baroness Hospital - Staffing Office - Full-time

About the Role

A Staffing Assistant coordinates and manages daily staffing for the health system's inpatient nursing units, including monitoring schedules and unit census in Kronos Navigator, adjusting schedules, and assigning appropriate staff to units. This role involves finding replacement staff for call-ins, managing sitter requests, and ensuring float pool staff time is correctly charged to the appropriate cost centers.

The position requires the ability to operate well under stress, make high-level staffing decisions with minimal supervision, work independently, and communicate effectively with all levels of staff. Advanced computer and people skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Monitor schedules and unit census in Kronos Navigator.
• Adjust schedules and assign appropriate staff to inpatient nursing units, including BEH East, North, and Children's.
• Check accuracy of all nursing inpatient unit schedules.
• Maintain global awareness and understanding of unit complements and needs, then allocate appropriate resources (RNs, LPNs, PCTs, Sitters) to meet those needs.
• Manage staff call-ins and find replacement staff when possible.
• Manage and find sitters for units requesting them.
• Communicate verbally, through email, and via text messaging with all levels of staff in a professional manner.
• Operate with high-level computer skills, speed, and accuracy in the Kronos and Navigator environment.
• Ensure all float pool staff time is correctly charged to the appropriate cost centers.

Requirements

• High School graduate or equivalent (required).
• Some college (preferred).
• Strong computer skills and a stable work history (required).
• Knowledge of staffing nursing units and Kronos (preferred).