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Trinity Health · 8 hours ago

Staffing Coordinator Resource Pool FT Days

Des Moines, IA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

Trinity Health is dedicated to improving the health of communities through personalized care. The Staffing Coordinator role involves assisting and organizing the staffing activities for nursing departments, ensuring safe and efficient resource utilization while maintaining communication with staff and leadership.

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Responsibilities

Uses labor tracking tools and staffing matrices to prioritize safe utilization of resources at Mercy Medical Center – Des Moines and Mercy Medical Center – West Lakes

Receives/gathers data, on an ongoing basis, from work unit (charge RN, management) to forecast/validate staffing needs

Adjusts staff coverage, following established procedures, in response to changes in patient census, patient acuity and/or over-staffing of work unit; maintains awareness of admissions, patient status upgrades/downgrades and changes in bed count needs/availability to identify impact on staffing needs and current schedule

Communicates with staff and department leadership regarding available staff, available shifts, and staffing shortages

Attends and completes all hospital and department-specific required education within the timeframe defined in the Mercy Medical Center Policies/Standards, including but not limited to updates to labor tracking tools

Identifies, resolves and communicates real potential staffing problems and information to appropriate leadership

Keeps immediate supervisor/s informed of issues/concerns and progress regarding current projects

Assists with CS Department data collection and maintenance of necessary records

Allocates internal and external resource staff to requesting departments

Coordinates with unit leadership, using labor tracking tools, to ensure employees are on the correct schedule

Communicates with staff when schedule changes occur

Maintains confidentiality of patient, staff and institutional information

May assist with nursing duties in areas of competency when staffing is not the current priority

Serves as subject matter expert on current labor tracking tools

Other duties as assigned by CS Department leadership