Support Services Representative
Job Summary:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Ensures sufficient, appropriately qualified staff on a daily basis in accordance with the KP nursing workload management system
- Interprets collective bargaining agreements (CBA) to minimize the cost of overtime and/or other premium payments and ensure seniority in vacation selection or other time off;
- Follows ranking systems for regular staff in accordance with seniority provisions of contracts and availability submitted by employees;
- Documents discussions with staff and management to ensure that contract provisions are followed; may be required to testify at arbitrations 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 basis covering all nursing shifts throughout the hospital;
- Addresses all urgent staffing/scheduling/payroll situations;
- Works with and/or provides necessary information to payroll to ensure employees are paid in accordance with CBAs or other KP policies and guidelines;
- Interprets coded timecard modules and process timecards for payment on a bi-weekly basis
Grade 325
Basic Qualifications:
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills to work with a variety of personalities and negotiate the necessary coverage for the hospital staff to care for members;
- Strong problem solving skills allowing individual to develop creative alternatives to staffing/scheduling/payroll issues;
- Excellent analytical abilities of the written word, metrics, charts or other information to determine necessary staffing numbers;
- Detail oriented to ensure that discussions with staff and decisions regarding selection of staff are documented in case of disputes;
- Must be decisive; able to work independently and make decisions regarding staffing/scheduling/payroll requests or challenges;
- Ability to quickly understand and utilize the staffing/scheduling software;
- Knowledge of health-care environment preferred;
- Must be flexible to meet the needs of the department;
- Must be able to work in a Labor/Partnership environment
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