**Location:** Sioux Center, IA **Worker Type:** Regular **Work Shift:** Day Shift (United States of America) Sioux Center Health is seeking a qualified individual to join our team! Sioux Center Health has been designated a Top 100 Critical Access Hospital by The Chartis Center for Rural Health, awarded a Top Workplace honor by The Des Moines Register, and won Best of the Northwest in 12 healthcare categories. Sioux County also ranked #6 in the nation for being one of the Healthiest Communities according to U.S. News & World Report and CVS. There’s a reason we are a recognized healthcare leader. **Position Highlights** **Discover a Career of Faith and Healing:** For over 70 years, Sioux Center Health has served patients with Jesus’ healing ministry. With eight locations located in Sioux Center, Iowa and surrounding communities, we take great pride in providing superior care in our state-of-the-art facilities. **A Career that You Will Love:** There’s no other way to say it: You will love working here. Between our strong mission and our great people, we have nurtured a pretty exceptional culture at Sioux Center Health. **A Chance to Make a Difference:** Working with us means making a real difference in the lives of our community members. Your talents and your passions are truly appreciated here. In addition to the service we provide, Sioux Center Health also supports our community with sponsored programs and events, and other volunteer work. If this is your passion, you need to consider joining our team driven to provide quality care and services within a caring Christian culture. **Summary** + The Scheduling Secretary provides coordination throughout the Acute Care (Med Surg, ER, OB) Departments and supports all staff including but not limited to: coordinating all aspects of payroll, maintaining accurate employee records and documentation, performing generalized secretarial duties, and is responsible for scheduling employees to ensure sufficient coverage of staff for all shifts. This position generates, manages and updates nursing, CNA and ER tech schedules while making adjustments as needed according to budgetary constraints, census fluctuations, call-ins, and pre-planned leaves of absence in collaboration with the Director of Patient Care. **General Hours of Work** + Monday-Friday: days, occasional weekend/holiday/call **Education and/or Experience** + High school diploma or GED required. Completion of clerical or office training preferred. Prior typing, scheduling, computer, organizational and transcribing skills preferred. Telephone and communication skills required. Bi-lingual experience preferred but not required. Must demonstrate the ability to handle the mental demands of scheduling work and prioritizing to meet deadlines. Medical Administration degree or experience preferred. Bi-lingual experience preferred but not required. **Certificate, Licenses, Registrations** + N/A **Essential Functions** + Prepares and distributes staff schedule for Med Surg, OB and ED departments while communicating with staff and team leader(s). + Assures that required coverage for Med Surg, OB and ED is scheduled for each shift including holidays and special circumstances. + Monitors pool status employee’s shifts to hold accountable to expectations. Fills out illness and injury logs and notifies managers. + Reviews requests for paid time off (PTO), vacation, maternity leave, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and unpaid leaves of absences. + Fulfills staffing vacancies in advance to ensure adequate coverage for all shifts. + Keeps attendance records and assists with the progressive disciplinary process if staff members accrue excessive absences and/or tardiness. + Communicates with team leader(s) regarding orientation scheduling for newly hired employees in the nursing department. + Completes payroll, adding floating hours, secondary job codes, and on-call hours. + Notifies staff of education requirements and staff meetings. + Compares time clock punch records against schedules and noting the appropriate changes. + Assists nursing teams with basic administrative assistant tasks pertaining to patient care in the hospital. + Assists team leader(s) with onboarding for new employees. + Supports the department by ordering, replacing and maintaining supplies/office equipment. + Supports quality and regulatory initiatives by entering quality data or data to support state and/or federal requirements. + Assists with entering and generating reports. + Demonstrates ability to design graphs, tables, and spreadsheets. + Answer department phone according to protocol and appropriately direct call or accurately take messages and disburse to staff so that efficient timely customer service standards are maintained. + File, scan, and disperse forms and files and needed to other departments or agencies as directed by department leader(s). + Assist with verifying demographic and insurance information and consent for treatment forms for inpatient and OB. + Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned. At Avera, the way you are treated as an employee translates into the compassionate care you deliver to patients and team members. Because we consider health care a ministry, you can live out your faith, uphold the dignity and respect of all persons while not compromising high-quality services. Join us in making a positive impact on moving health forward. The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.