Staffing Coordinator - Aging Services

Location

Toronto Central

Date Posted: February 13, 2012

The Staffing Coordinator’s key responsibility is to develop and manage the on-going staffing schedules for the various seniors’ homes throughout Ontario. This involves a variety of duties including maintaining a current staff roster of part-time and casual staff, determining recruitment requirements, reviewing and managing resumes, clear and timely communication and relationship building within all levels of the organization.

Responsibilities Include:

• Collaborating with the Eldercare leaders, developing and coordinating staffing schedules for all seniors’ homes throughout the Province.
• Managing and maintaining staff rotation schedules ensuring clear communication and understanding with all managers and staff regarding these schedules.
• Communicating, on a timely basis, any changes to schedules or daily assignment sheets to pertinent staff members.
• Creating and maintaining a part-time and casual staffing pool that can be available to readily fill in for weekend shifts, staff absences and vacations.
• Knowledge and strict adherence to Provincial health and safety standards for the proper staffing levels per number of residents.
• Analyzing current staffing complement and determining recruitment requirements to maintain an efficient staffing levels at all times.
• Communicating with appropriate management staff regarding recruitment requirements and obtaining budgetary approvals to begin recruitment.
• Coordinating recruitment efforts with the company Human Resources Recruiter.
• Reviewing and managing all resumes received from the company recruiter ensuring resumes are directed to hiring Regional Managers.
• Performing all administrative duties required.

Competencies
Knowledge – business acumen; up-to-date knowledge of human resource and legislative policies and regulations; a demonstrated ability to proactively take action to achieve results and meet deadlines while respecting fundamental corporate values
Skills – Strong analytical skills, strong verbal and written communication with individuals at all levels of the organization; excellent listening and interpretative skills; ability to mutli-task; objectivity, diplomacy, tact and sensitivity in all dealings; ability to work independently as well as a team member; excellent relationship building and relationship management skills; strong administrative and coordination skills
Attributes– maturity and judgment, flexible, accepts responsibility and accountability, personal and professional leadership presence, common sense

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education and or Medical Office Assistant training.
• Experience in nursing home, hospital or other medical clinic environment involving staffing and rotating schedule planning is required
• Strong planning and communication skills are a must
• Advanced PC based software skills are required