In managing the exacting balance of patient care and proper staff levels in healthcare facilities, you can’t afford to take shortcuts. From medical professionals to support staff, and even to the managers tasked with employee scheduling, it’s imperative you get it right. Fortunately, these shortcuts help your facility find that delicate balance while also enabling…
Shiftwork has long been a staple in the workforce, especially in organizations with 24/7 staffing needs, but what has evolved over the years are the ways organizations approach shift scheduling. Public safety, healthcare, restaurants, manufacturers and others have various types of shift schedules that work for them. When implemented with employee input, shift scheduling can…
Most of us have experienced being a patient. When you seek care at a clinic, hospital or at a healthcare center, it’s often easy to grasp which providers have just started their shift. It’s even easier to understand that the provider with little patience and a brisk tone is at the end of their shift.
In some ways, overtime is an unavoidable reality of managing a healthcare workforce. Whether you need employees to fill in for absent coworkers or your center is experiencing an increased demand for services—such as what happened during the height of the pandemic—overtime keeps your facility fully staffed and ready to meet patient needs.
Many employers misunderstand overtime requirements, which can be costly as the price of non-compliance is high. It’s important that HR takes the lead in training line managers, particularly those overseeing workers newly reclassified as nonexempt, not to repeat the overtime errors other companies have made.
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