diff --git a/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py b/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
index 93ba9e8a5..22cc89708 100644
--- a/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
 from flask import current_app
 from notifications_utils.statsd_decorators import statsd
-from sqlalchemy import and_
+from sqlalchemy import between
 from sqlalchemy.exc import SQLAlchemyError
 
 from app import cbc_proxy_client, notify_celery, zendesk_client
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ from app.models import (
     EMAIL_TYPE,
     JOB_STATUS_ERROR,
     JOB_STATUS_IN_PROGRESS,
+    JOB_STATUS_PENDING,
     SMS_TYPE,
     Job,
 )
@@ -132,19 +133,31 @@ def check_job_status():
     select
     from jobs
     where job_status == 'in progress'
-    and template_type in ('sms', 'email')
-    and scheduled_at or created_at is older that 30 minutes.
+    and processing started between 30 and 35 minutes ago
+    OR where the job_status == 'pending'
+    and the job scheduled_for timestamp is between 30 and 35 minutes ago.
     if any results then
-        raise error
+        update the job_status to 'error'
         process the rows in the csv that are missing (in another task) just do the check here.
     """
     thirty_minutes_ago = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=30)
     thirty_five_minutes_ago = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=35)
 
-    jobs_not_complete_after_30_minutes = Job.query.filter(
+    incomplete_in_progress_jobs = Job.query.filter(
         Job.job_status == JOB_STATUS_IN_PROGRESS,
-        and_(thirty_five_minutes_ago < Job.processing_started, Job.processing_started < thirty_minutes_ago)
-    ).order_by(Job.processing_started).all()
+        between(Job.processing_started, thirty_five_minutes_ago, thirty_minutes_ago)
+    )
+    incomplete_pending_jobs = Job.query.filter(
+        Job.job_status == JOB_STATUS_PENDING,
+        Job.scheduled_for.isnot(None),
+        between(Job.scheduled_for, thirty_five_minutes_ago, thirty_minutes_ago)
+    )
+
+    jobs_not_complete_after_30_minutes = incomplete_in_progress_jobs.union(
+        incomplete_pending_jobs
+    ).order_by(
+        Job.processing_started, Job.scheduled_for
+    ).all()
 
     # temporarily mark them as ERROR so that they don't get picked up by future check_job_status tasks
     # if they haven't been re-processed in time.
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py
index 573eacf5b..d1da59318 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_scheduled_tasks.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from app.models import (
     JOB_STATUS_ERROR,
     JOB_STATUS_FINISHED,
     JOB_STATUS_IN_PROGRESS,
+    JOB_STATUS_PENDING,
     NOTIFICATION_DELIVERED,
     NOTIFICATION_PENDING_VIRUS_CHECK,
 )
@@ -170,6 +171,39 @@ def test_check_job_status_task_calls_process_incomplete_jobs_when_scheduled_job_
     )
 
 
+def test_check_job_status_task_calls_process_incomplete_jobs_for_pending_scheduled_jobs(
+    mocker, sample_template
+):
+    mock_celery = mocker.patch('app.celery.tasks.process_incomplete_jobs.apply_async')
+    job = create_job(template=sample_template, notification_count=3,
+                     created_at=datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(hours=2),
+                     scheduled_for=datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=31),
+                     job_status=JOB_STATUS_PENDING)
+
+    check_job_status()
+
+    mock_celery.assert_called_once_with(
+        [[str(job.id)]],
+        queue=QueueNames.JOBS
+    )
+
+
+def test_check_job_status_task_does_not_call_process_incomplete_jobs_for_non_scheduled_pending_jobs(
+    mocker,
+    sample_template,
+):
+    mock_celery = mocker.patch('app.celery.tasks.process_incomplete_jobs.apply_async')
+    create_job(
+        template=sample_template,
+        notification_count=3,
+        created_at=datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(hours=2),
+        job_status=JOB_STATUS_PENDING
+    )
+    check_job_status()
+
+    assert not mock_celery.called
+
+
 def test_check_job_status_task_calls_process_incomplete_jobs_for_multiple_jobs(mocker, sample_template):
     mock_celery = mocker.patch('app.celery.tasks.process_incomplete_jobs.apply_async')
     job = create_job(template=sample_template, notification_count=3,
@@ -207,9 +241,16 @@ def test_check_job_status_task_only_sends_old_tasks(mocker, sample_template):
         processing_started=datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=29),
         job_status=JOB_STATUS_IN_PROGRESS
     )
+    create_job(
+        template=sample_template,
+        notification_count=3,
+        created_at=datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=50),
+        scheduled_for=datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=29),
+        job_status=JOB_STATUS_PENDING
+    )
     check_job_status()
 
-    # job 2 not in celery task
+    # jobs 2 and 3 were created less than 30 minutes ago, so are not sent to Celery task
     mock_celery.assert_called_once_with(
         [[str(job.id)]],
         queue=QueueNames.JOBS