Re: nurse rotas

Megan Whitehead — Thu, 22 May 2014 21:42:30 GMT

Hi Louise,

We also have hydro on our rota and two nurses (mostly) who run it. We have them as opposites on the rota so that one covers for the other when its a hydro day. Its not complete continuity, but it works because those two nurses communicate well about their shifts and patients.

Good luck! Glad I'm not the one who manages the rota because it doesn't look like fun!

Maw

Re: nurse rotas

Sal the 1st — Thu, 22 May 2014 19:55:59 GMT

its do- able This is how I did mine.

I had one rota for those that were flexible full time and another rota for those that were fixed (two rotas sounds complicated but actually it will simplify your overall rota considerably) and meshed the two together by always 'pairing' a flexible full time and a fixed part time bod together where ever possible so that when ever the fixed part time wasnt available for a specific area there would always be at least one full time flexible that would be if that makes sense. To start with it might make it easier to decide your 'pairings' and just move the 'pair' around on the rota through your various 'areas'.

yours could work out quite easily if you split the practice into 5 areas that always needed full time cover - disregard areas where cover is needed on occ at this stage (you can always subdivide your 5 areas once you have allocated your nurses) so you could allow at least one full time flexible and 1 part time fixed in each area leaving you with another 5 full time nurses to juggle as you please ( ie you could have 2 'floats' to cover sickness and holidays and 3 nurses to be shared among the busiest areas.

hope that makes some sense?