Allegheny Health Network Careers

Date: 1/25/2017
Job Number: 54944
Location: Forbes Hospital
Unit: Registry
Status: Full-Time, 40 hours/week
Shift: 7am-3:30pm Monday-Friday

Allegheny Health Network is an integrated delivery network focused on preserving health care choice and providing affordable, high-quality care to the people in our communities. With more than 14,000 employees including 7,400 health care professionals, nearly 200 primary care and specialty care practices, Allegheny Health Network includes seven hospitals in Pennsylvania with nearly 2,400 licensed beds.

Allegheny Health Network’s clinical expertise ranges from primary care to the most complex surgical procedures. Services include cancer diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular care, neurological and neurosurgical services, organ transplantation, orthopedic and rehabilitation services, and women’s health.

Job Summary: Coordinates staffing for the Department of Nursing and identifies and evaluates bed availability in all patient care departments.

Job Responsibilities:

• Assists in providing adequate, competent staff for each of the nursing units by working closely with the Nurse Managers to identify their staffing needs. Coordinates and adjusts nursing schedules on a daily basis. Also reviews schedules for monthly projections. Looks and plans proactively for staffing needs created by vacancies and leaves of absence.
• Under the direction of the Nurse Manager, acts as the liaison with external staffing agencies.
• Handles appropriate orientation of agency/external staff, ensuring their orientation/training meets DOH and JCAHO guidelines; maintains appropriate files for agency/external staff.
• Coordinates the appropriate placement for all admissions and transfers in accordance with designated units and clinical standards. Works in conjunction with the physicians, managers and staff to prioritize and expedite patient placement, while resolving delays and obstacles.
• Maintains statistical information. Maintains workflow in accordance to staffing pattern and/or per request of nurse directors.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.
• Must be able to function independently on a daily basis, referring issues to the Nursing Management when appropriate.
• Must demonstrate strong interpersonal skills in order to effectively interact with staff and managers at all levels of the organization.

Required Experience:

• Must have excellent telephone, interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Basic computer skills required with spreadsheets, reports, email etc.
• One year experience in a medical setting, customer service, secretarial and/or experience with various computer software programs preferred.