Support Services Representative

The Support Services Representative is a member of the nursing team and contributes directly to patient care by ensuring that the 
necessary level of staff are provided for the inpatient units. The Support Services rep. serves as a liaison between the nursing staff 
and the nursing administration team members and is responsible for the correct interpretation of the provisions of the collective 
bargaining agreements covering staffing, scheduling, and pay practices.

Ensures sufficient, appropriately qualified staff on a daily basis in accordance with the KP nursing workload 
management system, currently known as GRASP; generates daily reports describing variances between GRASP 
requirements and actually staffing needs; Works with Registry vendors to ensure compliance with The Joint 
Commission regulatory requirements for outside registry personnel; interprets collective bargaining agreements (CBA) 
to: minimize the cost of overtime and/or other premium payments; ensure seniority in vacation selection or other time 
off; creates ranking systems for regular staff in accordance with seniority provisions of contracts and availability forms 
filed by employees; documents discussions with staff and management to ensure that contract provisions are followed; 
may be required to testify at arbitration's or other legal proceedings regarding such documentation. in accordance with 
individual facilities guidelines, negotiates with staff to cover vacant shifts; generates and maintains computerized 
master schedule on a 28-day bases covering all nursing shifts throughout the hospital; addresses all urgent 
staffing/payroll situations; work with and/or provides necessary information to payroll to ensure employees are paid in 
accordance with CBAs or other KP policies and guidelines. interpret coded timecard module that arise and process 
timecards for payment on a bi-weekly basis.