Scheduler - Lakeside

Job Description

Job Description

Must be a certified nursing assistant

Title:  Scheduler

Reports to: Director of Nursing - Facility

Effective Date:  10/1/2018 Review Date:    NA

Position Summary

Under the direct supervision of the Director of Nursing, the scheduler is responsible for developing and maintaining the nursing department schedule.

Core Responsibilities

• Generates, manages and updates schedule templates.

• Adjusts schedule templates according to census, PTO, and pre-planned leaves of absence to create the current schedule.

• Posts the current schedule for each scheduling period.

• Reviews staff schedule change requests and grants even trades resulting in no overtime.

• Updates current schedule to reflect actual hours worked, and unscheduled absences.  

• Finds coverage for unscheduled absences and scheduling deficits. 

• Reviews staff timecards and resolves discrepancies on a daily basis.

• Keeping meticulous attendance records and makes Director of Nursing aware when threshhold for progressive discipline has been reached.  

• Communicating with unit managers and the director of nursing regarding floor orientation scheduling for newly hired employees in the nursing department.