What are the responsibilities and job description for the Centralized Scheduling Coordinator position at Singing River Health System?
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Shift
Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM
Location:
Singing River Ocean Springs Hospital
Job Description Summary
Job Description
Position Overview
The Centralized Scheduling Coordinator plays a key role within the Centralized Scheduling Office, ensuring appropriate staffing coverage across multiple clinical locations within Singing River Health System. This position requires strong coordination, critical thinking, and real-time-decision-making skills to effectively address staffing gaps across clinical departments.
The Centralized Scheduling Coordinator will leverage multiple complex data sources and workforce management tools to optimize staffing assignments, ensuring the right coverage is in place to support safe, high quality patient care.
DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this intends to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks performed as assigned.
Education
Associate degree in business, data management, healthcare or related field required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
License
N/A
Certifications
N/A
Must have de-escalation training completed by the end of position orientation (90 days); must have appropriate level of de-escalation training.
Experience
At least one year's experience in staffing/scheduling software preferred.
Previous Experience In Healthcare Required.
Clinical background (e.g. RN, LPN, RT) preferred but not required.
Reports To
Centralized Scheduling and Float Pool Director
Supervises
None
Physical Demands
Work is moderately active: involves sitting with frequent requirements to move about the office, move about the facility, and to travel to another facility within the SRHS service area. Work involves exerting a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Work involves using many physical motions in performing daily work activities; subject to exposure of body fluids, sputum and tissues, which may carry the hazard of infectious disease. Work involves using repetitive motions: substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and or fingers while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard.
Work involves being able to perceive the nature of sound at normal speaking levels with or without correction; the ability to make fine discriminations in sound. Work requires close visual and acuity and the ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus, i.e. shift gaze from viewing a computer monitor to forms/printed material that are closer to compare data at close vision.
Must be able to be active for extended periods of time without experiencing undue fatigue. Must be able to work schedules assigned with the understanding that changes may be instituted according to the needs of the hospital for off days, shifts or weekends.
Mental Demands
Must demonstrate keen mental faculties/assessment and decision making abilities. Must demonstrate superior communication/speaking/enunciation skills to receive and give information in person and by telephone. Must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills. Must possess emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels. Must demonstrate ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task in complex situations is required. Must have the ability to maintain collaborative and respectable working relationships throughout SRHS and other organizations.
Special Demands
Must possess superior customer service skills and professional etiquette. Must possess proficient knowledge and ability to use a computer (must be keyboard proficient) and other office technology (i.e., telephone, fax, etc.), MS Outlook and Word.
This position is primarily office-based with potential for remote with frequent interaction with nursing leaders, clinical staff and administrators across the health system, the role requires the ability to manage competing priorities in a high-demand environment.
May require some holiday and/or weekend support when applicable.
If you’re looking for purpose, teamwork, and a place where what you do truly matters, you’ve found it. Let’s do big things together. Apply now and join our team.
With pride, passion, and commitment, we will improve health and save lives in our community every day.
Shift
Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-4:30PM
Location:
Singing River Ocean Springs Hospital
Job Description Summary
Job Description
Position Overview
The Centralized Scheduling Coordinator plays a key role within the Centralized Scheduling Office, ensuring appropriate staffing coverage across multiple clinical locations within Singing River Health System. This position requires strong coordination, critical thinking, and real-time-decision-making skills to effectively address staffing gaps across clinical departments.
The Centralized Scheduling Coordinator will leverage multiple complex data sources and workforce management tools to optimize staffing assignments, ensuring the right coverage is in place to support safe, high quality patient care.
DISCLAIMER: This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this intends to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks performed as assigned.
Education
Associate degree in business, data management, healthcare or related field required. Bachelor's degree preferred.
License
N/A
Certifications
N/A
Must have de-escalation training completed by the end of position orientation (90 days); must have appropriate level of de-escalation training.
Experience
At least one year's experience in staffing/scheduling software preferred.
Previous Experience In Healthcare Required.
Clinical background (e.g. RN, LPN, RT) preferred but not required.
Reports To
Centralized Scheduling and Float Pool Director
Supervises
None
Physical Demands
Work is moderately active: involves sitting with frequent requirements to move about the office, move about the facility, and to travel to another facility within the SRHS service area. Work involves exerting a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
Work involves using many physical motions in performing daily work activities; subject to exposure of body fluids, sputum and tissues, which may carry the hazard of infectious disease. Work involves using repetitive motions: substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and or fingers while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard.
Work involves being able to perceive the nature of sound at normal speaking levels with or without correction; the ability to make fine discriminations in sound. Work requires close visual and acuity and the ability to adjust the eye to bring an object into sharp focus, i.e. shift gaze from viewing a computer monitor to forms/printed material that are closer to compare data at close vision.
Must be able to be active for extended periods of time without experiencing undue fatigue. Must be able to work schedules assigned with the understanding that changes may be instituted according to the needs of the hospital for off days, shifts or weekends.
Mental Demands
Must demonstrate keen mental faculties/assessment and decision making abilities. Must demonstrate superior communication/speaking/enunciation skills to receive and give information in person and by telephone. Must demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills. Must possess emotional stability conducive to dealing with high stress levels. Must demonstrate ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task in complex situations is required. Must have the ability to maintain collaborative and respectable working relationships throughout SRHS and other organizations.
Special Demands
Must possess superior customer service skills and professional etiquette. Must possess proficient knowledge and ability to use a computer (must be keyboard proficient) and other office technology (i.e., telephone, fax, etc.), MS Outlook and Word.
This position is primarily office-based with potential for remote with frequent interaction with nursing leaders, clinical staff and administrators across the health system, the role requires the ability to manage competing priorities in a high-demand environment.
May require some holiday and/or weekend support when applicable.
If you’re looking for purpose, teamwork, and a place where what you do truly matters, you’ve found it. Let’s do big things together. Apply now and join our team.