PHSA
Location
Vancouver, BC | Canada
Job description
Job Summary:
In accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values, and strategic directions of PHSA, safety including both patient and employee safety, is a priority and a responsibility shared by everyone at PHSA’s Agencies/Divisions/Services, and as such, the requirement to continuously improve quality and safety is inherent in all aspects of this position. Reporting to the Team Leader, Scheduling & Timekeeping Services, the Portfolio Clerk-Scheduling is responsible for performing scheduling & timekeeping duties for a portfolio including preparing and adjusting staff rotations and allocating and calling in relief staff using an electronic system to fill vacancies, leaves of absence and sick leaves in accordance with applicable collective agreement, receiving and processing vacation and other staff requests from staff, and responding to written and verbal enquiries from staff regarding vacation accumulations and related requests.
Duties/Accountabilities:
1. Prepares and posts staff rotations and schedules for units by reviewing master rotation and flow sheets transferring information into an electronic scheduling & timekeeping system, adjusting schedules to fill gaps, identifying staff shortages, and checking that staff with relevant skills is scheduled and/or available
2. Makes arrangements for relief staff by performing duties such as receiving notification from staff and scheduling & timekeeping office, recording calls, making any necessary calculations, such as patient-staff ratios, determining availability of existing staff according to established procedures, contacting relief staff and forwarding information to Operations Manager. Answers inquiries related to scheduling & timekeeping issues and refer complex problems to Team leader Scheduling and Timekeeping Services as required.
3. Allocates and calls in staff to fill long and short term vacancies resulting from unfilled positions, vacations, leaves of absence and sick leaves in accordance with applicable collective agreements, utilizing a computerized staff scheduling & timekeeping system, to ensure adequate staff coverage. Notifies the Operations Manager of vacancies not filled and/or any difficulties, and posts designated hours according to departmental procedures
4. Receives and processes requests such as vacation by preparing appropriate documentation, verifying seniority and vacation entitlements against established documents, completing vacation schedule and forwarding to Operations Manager for approval. Receives and processes requests for leave of absence and/or terminations, makes necessary calculations, completes documentation according to established timeframes and departmental procedures and forwards to applicable Operations Manager for approval; sends information to Employee Engagement as applicable
5. Liaises with client Manager and Human Resources regarding present & future staff scheduling & timekeeping needs, in order to anticipate any changes
6. Assists Manager with the line and rotation assignment and plotting of orientation shifts for new employees and in tracking and backfilling vacant positions until filled
7. Maintains related records and documentation such as attendance records, leave requests, and relief staff availability.
8. Maintains equipment and stationary needs by performing duties such as replacing toner cartridge and film, arranging for repair when required, ordering supplies, completing various requisitions, obtaining authorizing signature as required, and forwarding requisitions to internal department.
9. Types a variety of technical and non-technical material such as correspondence, memos, minutes, agendas, notices, reports, flow charts and spreadsheets.
10. Provides receptionist functions by performing duties such as greeting staff and volunteers, answering telephones, taking and/or relaying messages, and responding to general enquiries related to vacation accumulation and pay policies in accordance with established policies and procedures
11. Provides scheduling & timekeeping related information to departments by performing duties such as compiling statistics from a computerized staff scheduling & timekeeping system, submitting to Operations Manager for review, and forwarding to appropriate department as requested
12. Performs other related duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
Education, Training and Experience
• Grade 12 and three years' recent related experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
Skills and Abilities
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position
Privacy Policy
Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) respects your right to privacy and takes seriously its responsibilities regarding the collection, use and disclosure of your personal information. Personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act of BC, section 26 (c). The personal information that we collect from you or about you when applying for a job with PHSA will be used to assess your qualifications and suitability as a potential employee of PHSA, as well as for the purposes of recruitment and onboarding. We may also collect and use additional personal information provided by you or your references in the course of the evaluation and hiring process that will become part of your employment file if you are a successful candidate
Your contact information, education and experience, desired job location and pay information, eligibility and availability, core skills, job functions, getting to know you responses, resumes, cover letters, references, pre-screening questionnaire responses and job application history is recorded in PHSA’s third-party applicant tracking system (“Brainhunter”)in Canada indefinitely and will be shared with our staff on a “need to know” basis. If you require access to your data, PHSA can provide a printout of your data and job application history. We do not sell or rent the information you provide to us to third parties. However, we do contract with a service provider to assist us in maintaining and managing our databases and to communicate with job applicants. We do not authorize this third party to make any other use of your information.
The service provider (“Brainhunter”) allows the option for you to delete your account after signing into the system. Before deletion you are advised with a warning. Your record is permanently purged / deleted from the respective site and the record will not be available in any searches. The job will have only the respective application information that you made previously
To view the third party vendor privacy policy please refer
Your information is protected using technical and administrative security measures to reduce the risks of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure and alteration. Some of the safeguards used are firewalls, intrusion detection, physical access controls to our data centres, and information access authorization controls
Personal information will be used by authorized staff only to fulfil the purpose for which it was originally collected or for a use consistent with that purpose. We do not disclose your personal information to other public bodies, third parties or individuals except as required or authorized by law or with your consent. View our PHSA Privacy Policy for more information
If you have any questions about the management of your personal information during the recruitment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at 604-875-7251, toll free 1-866-744-7363 or #260 – 1770 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver BC, V6J 4Y6. You may also contact External Recruitment at *******@phsa.ca
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