HR professional with 5 years of experience in scheduling, payroll and labor management. Skilled in using UKG and other HR systems to enhances staffing efficiency and ensure compliance with labor laws. Known for strong communication and leadership skills, contributing to improve team performance and employee satisfaction. Seeking to leverage expertise in a dynamic HR role.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Staffing, Payroll, and HR Specialist
Genesis Healthcare Hackett Hill Center
05.2024 - Current
Managed and evaluated Labor Management Process, ensuring policy compliance.
This employee uses Kronos (UKG) Scheduling and Timekeeping software (and other computer-based tools as necessary) to identify immediate staffing needs, participate in schedule planning, reconcile timecards and schedules, and maintain schedule
Provides oversight and direction for Labor functions
Operate the center on a set budget, special pay policies, and pay practices
Lead Center Labor Management Team by proactively managing the center’s labor management performance against Key Performance Indicators, daily
Monitor use of special pay to ensure adherence to the approved policy, and reports discrepancies to center and regional leadership when appropriate
Negotiate schedules to balance center’s staffing needs, employee schedule preferences, and financial performance
Proactively identify opportunities to reduce incremental costs such as missed meal breaks and unauthorized late outs and report to DON as appropriate
Analyze staffing trends and results to identify opportunities for improvement and make suggestions to the DON
Facilitated the onboarding and training to orient new employees
Review appropriate staffing levels for current and projected census and make recommendations to the DON
Print and post accurate staffing reports as required by CMS and state regulations
Maintain accurate Position Control Analysis form (PCA)
Department Coordinator
Catholic Medical Center
Manchester, NH
09.2023 - 05.2024
Greet visitors to the department via the telephone or monitor
Collaborate with a team to coordinate patient care and services
Coordinates all aspects of the admissions and discharge process, pre-reg, insurance verification, and demographics
Ensures each patient has code orders status, precautions, advanced directives are all accurate in Sunrise
Review and assist with completion of orders for admissions, transfers and discharges
Assist providers with order entry
Maintains filing system for all necessary hospital forms, records and log books as needed
Utilizes insurance web based portals for verifications and prior authorizations
Unit Staffing and Administrative Coordinator
Catholic Medical Center
Manchester, NH
04.2023 - 05.2024
Responsible for scheduling clinical staff
Provides support for the Kronos scheduler, extensions, mobile devices as well as complete administrative tasks
Kronos system acquires, manages, manipulates, and analyzes data, prepares and distributes reports
Educating new staff members on Kronos self-scheduling, editing timecards, and daily operation with the Kronos system
Maintains responsibility of daily operation of Kronos for assigned direct care nursing units which includes adding, and updating staff schedules, self-scheduling, and forecasting
Developed 6-week schedule and adjusted staffing levels to maintain fiscally responsibility.
Identify, analyze and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets and provides feedback to the nursing leadership
Acts as liaison for orientation training sessions for Kronos time and attendance
Collaborates with nursing leadership to develop a 6 week schedule and monitors the day to day fluctuation in staff/census and makes recommendations to adjust staff distribution as fiscally responsible as possible
Actively monitors and works the schedule daily to decrease OT and incentive pay
Communicates with nursing leadership of how shift vacancies have been filled
Participates in meetings with nursing leadership as delegated to discuss daily staffing, vacancies, PTO, etc
Scheduling Specialist
Catholic Medical Center
Manchester, NH
05.2022 - 05.2024
Handled multi-channel inquiries regarding appointments, and services, following established guidelines.
Handles outbound call efforts; perform duties related to outbound calls
Utilize physician/provider scheduling guidelines to schedule appointments while meeting established Contact Center performance goals
Use CMC Healthcare systems, contact center applications, reference materials, and websites to enter patient information, answer patient questions, verify insurance, perform specific scheduling functions
Complete call processing in an efficient manner, working as part of the team to handle the call volumes
During all interactions, displays characteristics of compassion, respect, patient-centered care, human dignity, de-escalation and excellence
Proactively read emails daily and keep up to date on all communications
Participate in multidisciplinary quality and service improvement teams
Committed to providing excellent service to CMC patients, customers, and providers
Participates in appropriate role in disasters, fire drills, fires and other emergency situations
Exercises care in the use and operation of equipment and reference materials
Performs routine maintenance to ensure continued functioning of equipment
Maintains work area in a clean and organized manner
Patient Service Representative
Elliot Health Systems
Manchester, NH
08.2020 - 04.2022
Greet and register 100+ patients on a daily basis
Maintain / update patient’s insurance and demographics
Check medical coding on patient charts and track claims
Receive incoming telephone calls and direct inquiries as appropriate
Verify all CPT codes for proper billing
Utilizes insurance web based portals for verifications and prior authorizations
Retrieving and updating medical records, collecting fees such as co-pays
Facilitates insurance verifications, and obtains additional insurance authorizations for patients for continued treatment
Track all demographics on patients to ensure proper billing
Reach out to insurance companies to address billing discrepancies as needed
Receive and process referrals from physician’s offices, and manage the referral tracking process
Schedules patients for appointments and rehabilitative treatments according to diagnosis with appropriate therapist at multiple locations
Perform general clerical duties in accordance with JCAHO, NCQA, and HIPPA
Education
Associate of Science - Computer Science
Hesser College
Manchester, NH
01-1985
Skills
UKG Scheduling
Human Resource Management
Employee Relations
Scheduling Coordination
Labor Law Compliance
Critical thinking
Organizational skills
Multi-tasking
Self motivated
Communication skills
Time management skills
Staffing management
Processing referrals
Epic
AllScripts
MS Office Suite
Google Docs
Google Sheets
Smart Sheets
ADP
Medical Terminology
Reporting
Expense reimbursements
Budget tracking
Payroll administration
Interview coordination
Record preparation
New hire on-boarding process
Background checking
Strong organization
Benefits administration
Background checks
Educational program management
Insurance verification
Authorization
Certification
Cardiac Monitor Tech
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Staffing, Payroll, and HR Specialist
Genesis Healthcare Hackett Hill Center
05.2024 - Current
Department Coordinator
Catholic Medical Center
09.2023 - 05.2024
Unit Staffing and Administrative Coordinator
Catholic Medical Center
04.2023 - 05.2024
Scheduling Specialist
Catholic Medical Center
05.2022 - 05.2024
Patient Service Representative
Elliot Health Systems
08.2020 - 04.2022
Associate of Science - Computer Science
Hesser College
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