LECOM Institute for Successful Living accepting applications and resume submissions for a Full Time Nursing Department Scheduler to our growing team at LECOM at Elmwood Gardens, located at 2628 Elmwood Ave, Erie PA.

The Nursing Department Scheduler will actively schedule nursing staff of all positions to meet staffing levels while maintaining appropriate records and documentation. This position will also perform duties to provide resident centered care to patients of the LECOM Institute for Successful Living, and to consistently address and communicate resident needs and concerns.

The Nursing Department Scheduler will also function as a Medical Records Specialist and Ward Clerk, as needed.

CHARACTERISTIC JOB TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Knowledge, skills, attitude, and energy to consistently provide resident centered care;
• Will be responsible to schedule nursing staff including full time, part time, and PRN staff;
• Responsible to understand ideal and minimum staffing levels for all positions for all shifts and days, and potential changes in those staffing levels;
• Will utilize PRN staff availability to fill available shifts on the master schedule;
• Will contact staff in person, via phone, text and email to schedule fill-ins, pick-ups and adjust scheduling needs;
• Will constantly communicate schedules with all nursing staff, facility scheduler and Nursing management;
• Will schedule all new nursing staff with orientation and training shifts;
• Will work with Nursing Management to review and approve timecards in correspondence with the schedule;
• Will maintain accurate records of what employees are scheduled, time off, and requests;
• Will maintain daily staffing sheets and adjust them appropriately for accuracy and store them for record keeping purposes;
• Will complete any necessary reporting of schedules or hours worked as needed
• Enter physician orders: to include new admission orders, daily new orders from physician, and daily new orders from Therapy
• Schedule all incoming appointments as ordered by the physician, to include the scheduling of transportation.
• To include all follow up: Dialysis, family requests (i.e. funerals), wound clinics and any other appointment as ordered by a physician.
• To ensure the medical summary and any other related paperwork (i.e. scans, x-rays, test results, labs) is prepared in advance appointments.
• Communicate with front desk and family any appointments – scheduled, changed, or cancelled.
• Provide instruction to all who will be attending the appointment – proper infection control and social distancing guidelines.
• Notify staff of patient appointments, destinations, and times to ensure patient is prepared and ready prior to the appointment.
• Keep track of all inventory sheets from all new admits, and upload into doc library,
• Keep track of Disposition of medications returned to pharmacy and upload into medical records. Prepare disposition of medications and provide to nursing staff for review and signature’s for accuracy
• Notify pharmacy, dietary, Laboratory of all resident that are no longer residing at the facility and also room changes.
• Prepare and print out or down load onto a disk any request for medical records that are ordered or requested by outside entities
• Psyche Visits, Podiatry, Dental: follow up with Psyche, Podiatry, Dental visits, upload doc in doc library and maintain and accurate visit record of the Psyche records will become the responsibility of the Ward Clerk
• Prepare for labs that need drawn the day before they are due and have the information and labs slips ready for the third shift to prepare for the lab draws, including tubes and paperwork. Follow up and track lab results to ensure that the physician is aware of the new lab work results every morning before rounds.
• Physician visits: accountable for maintaining the schedule for physician rounds, providing the Physician with an accurate list of people that need seen, calling the physician 2 weeks before they need seen to inform them that their visit is due.

Benefits:

LECOM Institute for Successful Living’s Full Time employees enjoy the availability of an industry leading benefits package including:

• HAVE YOU HEARD OF OUR NEWEST BENEFIT AVAILABLE TO ALL FULL TIME STAFF?
• OUR NEW CHILD CARE BENEFIT provides up to $200 / month in childcare subsidy
• Full Time employees enjoy a monthly child care subsidy and access to a large network of child care providers in the Erie and Northwest Pennsylvania area!
• Already have a provider who is not on the child care network? Support specialists can assist you to add your current child care provider to the network so you can take advantage of these benefits as well!
• Highmark BC/BS Medical Insurance with employee-only coverage costing only $70/ month!
• Full Family Medical Insurance is only $320/month!
• Zero Copays and Deductibles for Employees with LECOM Medical Insurance utilizing LECOM physicians and Millcreek Community Hospital on most all services!
• Retirement Plan with dollar for dollar match up to 6% of your check!
• Dental and Vision Insurances
• Voluntary Benefits such as Additional Life Insurance, Critical Illness, Accident, Short Term Disability and Pet Insurance available
• Life Insurance, Long Term Disability and AD&D Insurance provided at no cost!
• Paid time off accruals including Vacation and Sick Time
• 6 Paid holidays each calendar year
• Employee referral program, $100 – $1000 / employee referred
• Employee Assistance Program available to everyone in your immediate household
• Employee appreciation/recognition events
• All benefits listed subject to meeting eligibility criteria. Ask us for more information!