Staffing Advisor - Woodwinds Hospital

Fairview is looking for a Staffing Advisor to work at Woodwinds Hospital, located in Woodbury, MNl! The main goal of this role will be to help daily staffing needs in helping to find coverage for call-offs or short-staffing by using staffing grids in compliance with hospital policies, the department budget and staffing plan. This will require a high attention to detail as well as a fast paced energy!

This Staffing Advisor position will cover the Peri-Op Surgery/OR department(s) at Woodwinds and will also have an expectation to cover and collaborate with our St. John's Staffing Advisor as well.

About This Position:

Hours: 80 hours (1.0 FTE), every two weeks and is benefit eligible

Schedule: Day Shift, Working 8-hour shifts. No weekends or Holidays

Location: This position will be onsite at our Woodwinds Hospital Campus (1925 Woodwinds Drive Woodbury, Minnesota 55125) in the Birch Center.

Interview Process: We may send you a link to complete a video interview. This is an outstanding way to showcase who you are and why you want to work for us plus we have the ability to share it directly with our leaders!

• Produces and maintains 4-week employee schedules as set by policy, union contract, and department guidelines. Ensures that schedules are timely, free from error and align available resources to support the front-line staff.
• Approves and processes time off requests, shift exchanges, and holiday schedules while ensuring accurate data entry in scheduling system to include all proactive scheduling adjustments (schedule changes and extra shifts).
• Reviews staffing levels on an ongoing basis and communicates staffing needs to employees and works to fill vacant shifts. Proactively adjusts daily staffing by recruiting for, calling in, canceling or floating employees based on unit volume, acuity and needs based unexpected absences or remaining open shifts.
• Reviews scheduled staff with Charge Nurses, Administrative Nursing Supervisors and/or Nursing Managers (as appropriate) on a shift by shift basis to ensure skill level is adequate for patient care needs. Provides staffing report to Administrative Nursing Supervisor regarding census and staff needed for the next shifts all within the accurate policy and contract guidelines.
• Provides timely customer service to staff contacting the staffing office including phone calls, emails, in person visits and any other form of messaging.
• Reviews, updates, and approves employees timekeeping records (E-time) in Kronos and scheduling system per policy, including timecard corrections and reconciliation.
• Tracks and reports departmental data including attendance records, employee data and records and skill level information on all supported personnel (i.e. level III, charge nurse skill, etc.).
• Actively participates in crafting and implementing improvements that results in improved processes, procedures, and practices to achieve high quality of outputs and efficiency of process. Participates in department and system quality improvement projects as assigned

Organization Expectations, as applicable:

• Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served
• Communicates in a respective manner.
• Ensures a safe, secure environment.
• Fulfills all organizational requirements
• Completes all required learning relevant to the role
• Complies with and maintains knowledge of all relevant laws, regulation, policies, procedures, and standards.
• Fosters a culture of improvement, efficiency, and innovative thinking.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications (must be acquired or completed within a period of time):

• High level of communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to use PC, network applications and staffing software applications
• Ability to organize details
• Ability to work independently and multi-task while providing excellent customer service to all levels of staff, outside agencies and contracts

Preferred Qualifications:

• Customer Service Experience
• Bachelor’s degree
• One to three years of staffing experience in an acute health care hospital setting

Fairview offers a generous benefit package including but not limited to medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/careers/benefits/noncontract

An individual's pay rate within the posted range may be determined by various factors, including skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Additionally, our organization prioritizes pay equity and considers internal team equity when making any offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

Salary : $21 - $30