About this role

Your future role at a glance

- Location: Chicago, IL
- Facility: Saint Joseph Hospital Chicago
- Department: Labor Management
- Schedule: Monday-Friday | Onsite greater than 50% of the work week
- Eligible for annual bonus incentive

How you’ll make an impact in this role

- Provides enterprise leadership for advancing scheduling strategy, standards, and performance across Ascension.
- Responsible for overseeing the implementation/ sustainment of scheduling best practices, and partnering with operational and clinical leaders to ensure alignment with staffing targets, labor budgets, and patient care needs.
- Leads initiatives that strengthen schedule integrity, reduce premium labor, and promote equitable and transparent scheduling processes.
- Provides oversight of scheduling governance, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives to advance Scheduling Excellence across ministries.
- Responsible for working with market schedulers to improve schedule quality, timeliness, accuracy and completeness and ensure key performance indicators (KPIs) are met in these areas.

What minimum requirements you’ll need

Education:

- High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's
degree/Bachelor's degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
- Healthcare industry background.

Additional Preferences:

- Healthcare background is highly preferred.
- 3+ years of experience in scheduling operations, workforce management, or staff coordination is required.
- Experience with an enterprise scheduling platform (such as UKG) is preferred.

Benefits that help you thrive

- Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options

- Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance

- Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays

- Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning

- Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources

- Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits

- Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more

*Benefit options and eligibility vary by position, scheduled hours and location. Benefits are subject to change at any time. Your recruiter will provide the most up-to-date details during the hiring process.

Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity

Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, youâll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.

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Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.

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