Scheduling Administrator - Anesthesia

**Job Type:** Regular**Time Type:** Full time**Work Shift:** Day (United States of America)**FLSA Status:** Exempt**When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.**The Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine currently has 300+ clinical staff across the academic and community divisions working in 12 hospitals and community sites. The Scheduling Team is responsible for preparing and maintaining assignment schedules, PTO requests, incentive programs, and staffing reports. Success on this team requires meticulous attention to detail, ability to analyze and adapt to changes, strong communication skills, and an aptitude to learn a new scheduling application.This is a Monday through Friday position, with the anticipated schedule of 8:30am-5pm. This role will be located in Boston, MA, however, following the orientation and training period, there may be an opportunity for a hybrid work schedule.The Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine provides a full range of leading-edge anesthesia services in all operating rooms, intensive care units, obstetric, and non-surgical procedure areas (including gastrointestinal endoscopy, and electrophysiology) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston.Our first commitment is to provide compassionate, world-class care to all our patients. We are one of the top academic anesthesia departments in the US in clinical anesthesia and research and, as a Harvard Medical School affiliated hospital, our educational programs are among the best in the country.The department is internationally recognized for both clinical care and research. Our renowned research program produces innovative work that is making major strides in improving patient care in anesthesia, critical care, pain and headache treatment. We also have advanced innovative technologies in the field, including 3-D imaging and guided ultrasound to provide minimally-invasive, safe care for the most successful outcomes.Our department continues to grow and thrive in a culture of respect that supports the professional development and personal well-being of our staff. In addition, we have a strong commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and actively seek a diverse workforce that celebrates and honors the many cultures and perspectives represented by our staff.**Job Description:**The Scheduling Administrator serves as an important point of contact for information and issues relating to the assignment scheduling for but not limited to faculty, residents, and NP's. Works with the Manager to prepare and monitor quarterly, monthly, weekly and daily schedules for a large volume of clinical staff. Develops and maintains a keen understanding of the scheduling complexities and communicates regularly with manager and clinical leaders about conflicts.**Essential Responsibilities:**+ Prepare call schedules and other assignment schedules for physician and nursing staff ensuring accuracy and equity of assignments. This requires a thorough understanding of the scheduling application (Qgenda) and the rules surrounding assignments.+ Maintain schedules, making updates as necessary. Communicate and facilitate the resolution of conflicts.+ Forecast and communicate scheduling needs for special days, i.e. resident exam days, department-wide training days.+ Collect and prepare daily scheduling information to facilitate the preparation of the schedule.+ Enter daily clinic room schedule. Work with physician scheduler to resolve conflicts, communicate changes, and produce final case assignments.+ Prepare and maintain various scheduling reports to support scheduling and staffing operations.**Required Qualifications:**+ High School diploma or GED required. Bachelor's degree preferred.+ 3-5 years related work experience required.+ Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.**Competencies:**+ **Decision Making:** Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.+ **Problem Solving:** Ability to address problems that are highly varied, complex and often non-recurring, requiring staff input, innovative, creative, and Lean diagnostic techniques to resolve issues.+ **Independence of Action:** Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.+ **Written Communications:** Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.+ **Oral Communications:** Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.+ **Knowledge:** Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.+ **Team Work:** Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.+ **Customer Service:** Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.**Physical Nature of the Job:**+ Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling objects. Sitting most of the time, with walking and standing required only occasionally.**As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.****More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.****Equal Opportunity** **Employer/Veterans/Disabled**