Workforce management software for healthcare service

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Healthcare providers depend on their people who represent the largest operational cost. Workforce Management solutions now offer the balance between outstanding patient care and cost-effective use of healthcare resources.
Healthcare organisations always have large numbers of vacancies and a talented pool of qualified professionals but are unable to offer suitable contracts of employment.
Keeping healthcare professionals motivated and employed is a challenge that modern Workforce Management solutions are tackling.
Agency costs are high and can be reduced by management of flexible contracts.

WorkPlace Systems workforce management solutions feature:

An end-to-end workforce management solution to manage the lifecycle of working time.
Interface to patient administration systems to build a demand led schedule.
Multiple scheduling engines to allow for optimised scheduling, for repetitive scheduling and manual and self-scheduling.
An absence management solution incorporating ways of coping with known absence
Planning modules to allow resourcing managers to build and simulate different recruitment scenarios to maximise flexible working and to cater for new and altered wards.
Time and attendance and activity capture, either by self-service web screens, or by hardware clocking devices.
Web screens to allow staff to swap and trade shifts, to check their forward schedules and their previous time sheet data.
A comprehensive management information package which allows for standardised and custom reporting.

Save on the number of staff hours scheduled by up to 5%.
Reduce the number of overtime hours scheduled by 10%.
Save on the number of agency staff used, substituting with flexible staff.
Improve the morale of Healthcare staff and thereby reduce labour turnover.
Increase patient care, through more effective scheduling.
Improve on the coverage of known absence (e.g. holidays, sickness and training) with appropriate staff.
Offering more flexible working times and conditions, thereby reducing the number of open jobs.
Compliance to labour and health & safety laws.
Eliminating wasteful scheduling processes by using pools and prioritised staff lists.
Reduce errors in over-payment and reduce un-authorised absence through better visibility of attended hours.
Realise more immediate control by line managers due to central visibility of rostering information.

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