Jobs for People with MS: National MS Society

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Part time

Work Shift: Evening (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

JOB SUMMARY: Contributes to the Hospital’s mission by collaborating with the patient care leaders to ensure adequate and appropriate staffing levels for all shifts. This administrative staff position will have an impact on patient care and the patient experience by striving to provide appropriate staff to meet our patient care needs. This position also impacts our fiscal stability by selecting and scheduling staff in a way that is fiscally responsible, minimizing overtime whenever possible. Staff satisfaction is also influenced by this position’s efforts to meet the staffing needs in a way that is fair and equitable to staff.

Job Description:

HOURS:

• Two (2) 8-hour shifts

• Saturday & Sunday

• Every other weekend

• Additional $4.00/hour shift differential

NOTE: Must be able to attend training during the week between 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Under the direction of the Float Pool/Patient Placement Supervisor or Clinical Supervisor contacts staff to adjust staffing based on volume and patient care needs:

• Monitors scheduled staff against patient census throughout the shift.

• Checks/answers call-in line to receive and communicate absences and offers to work where necessary.

• When a patient needs to indicate excess scheduled staff, with approval from a nursing supervisor, the nurse calls staff to either cancel or place them on recall. The nurse attempts to place calls in a timely manner to avoid staff traveling to the hospital unnecessarily and incurring minimum call-in pay.

• When patient needs are indicated, we contact staff to ask them to adjust their schedules and/or take an open shift to meet our staffing needs.

• Contact units to communicate the need to float staff from one area to another based on patient care and staffing needs.

• Prioritizes which staff to contact based on protocols intended to maintain parity and minimize premium hours and overtime.

• Maintains awareness of staff hours scheduled and worked by the Mandatory Nurse Overtime policy.

• Collaborates with leaders regarding creative staffing solutions and requests for schedule changes, weighing daily/imminent needs with more long-term/weekly needs.

• Communicates staffing changes with units.

• Communicates with the charge nurse on each shift regarding the staffing plan for the next shift.

• Assigns and posts notice of float staff assignments each shift, taking into account each employee’s skill set and competencies and continuity of care issues.

• Enters time changes, absences, and other data in Active Staffer to assist Nurse Managers with scheduling and payroll administration.

• Monitors and keeps Nurse Managers and/or Clinical Supervisors abreast of staff approaching 16 consecutive hours worked, overtime, or ESP, so those individuals would be called off first if patient care needs allow.

• Assists Nursing leaders in projecting staffing needs

• Retrieving and reviewing historically tracked census and staffing data and trends to assist in determining appropriate staffing needs.

• Facilitates RN licensure compliance.

• Runs reports of licenses expected to expire within two weeks.

• It notifies staff of license status, reminding them to renew their licenses before expiration. It also advises pertinent leaders of potential licensure compliance issues. It follows up daily until a staff member is in compliance. It escalates based on procedure.

• Produces badges. Collects replacement fee when appropriate.

• Produces and distributes various daily and weekly reports to units and nurse leaders.

• Maintains and enters data into Excel spreadsheets and generates Mandatory Nurse Overtime reports as needed.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled