Its easytouse interface will help you take the complexity out of rostering to open up latent capacity within your workforce and improve its efficiency. An evaluation of nurse rostering practices in the national health service the scheduling of nursing time on hospital wards is critical to the delivery of patient care, resource utilization and. I am writing to make a request under the freedom of information act. Healthroster is employee scheduling software for erostering, used in the national health service produced by allocate software it provides a computerised method for efficiently managing when staff are required to work and to ensure wards and departments have the right staff in. Ulysses has designed software for the care industry consistently for over 2 decades. We are processing your request please quote reference foi1614685, and will write to you again shortly when we are in a position to respond. The employee on line eol system is now available to access from outside of bcu by following the instructions in the guide below called eol access from outside of bcu.
Our solutions have been developed to reflect the needs of nursing and care staff, offering easytouse software that enables safer, more productive working. Helen young, executive clinical director and chief nurse at nhs direct, agrees that inefficient rostering systems manual or electronic can result in financial penalties and clinical safety issues, leaving the organisation and its executive team vulnerable to criticism and, ultimately, prosecution. This version reflects the increased implementation of erostering in all sectors acute, acute specialist, mental health and community trusts. Self direct are passionate about making sure that all people who need support to improve and maintain their health and well being are in control of their support and their own lives. The trusts licence with allocate software for the provision of the erostering system healthroster and bankstaff is due to expire on 30. Trustwide doctor rostering tdr has been adopted by several of the largest trusts in the country including 5 from the shelford group.
The tool takes away the headache of delivering the right person with the right skill mix to the area of the organisation that needs it on a daily basis. The software dramatically cuts time spent preparing rotas and also produces useful management information. You can save time with nurse rostering software, make realtime staffing decisions that improve patient care, and save money on agency usage with better bank staff management. Surgerywide doctor rostering includes the primary web applications, mobile apps, sms and email alerts, bid internal bank functions, data feeds and analytical tools and reports as part of its component services. Erostering technology records annual leave requests, staff shift preferences, sick leave, staff movement between wards, and staff skills. Pdf an evaluation of nurse rostering practices in the. The erostering system also enabled the recruitment team to have a realtime view of all vacancies. Our care worker solution drives efficient working practices and improved scheduling for care workers on the road. Nhs trusts with efficient electronic rostering erostering systems could save. A staff roster has become more than a simple way to list the hours your employees work. Homecare rostering software a lack of affordable highquality residential care, under strain from limited funding, means more people are wishing to receive care in their own homes. Pdf selfrostering can improve worklife balance and. Please state the names of all rostering providers used, split by the following staffing groups.
Information for staff aneurin bevan university health board. University hospitals birmingham nhs foundation trust. Were excited to use erostering to help transparency for all staff nils krog, chief executive officer of ategris. Clarityroster is the only demandled, activity based, intuitive e rostering tool available to the nhs and healthcare market. This link can be used to access the system via your personal computer laptop tablet smart phone etc.
Currently only our inpatient units have an eroster solution 72, as part of this procurement you will supply an advanced erostering solution for the current inpatient solution and 300 clinical teams. This article discusses the implementation of an erostering tool on one ward at leeds teaching hospitals trust, and outlines the benefits of erostering. Tdr enhances communication and collaboration between departments and provides metrics to guide improvement in areas such as consultant productivity and theatre utilisation. Especially so in the mental health sector, where insufficient numbers. We are dealing with your request under the provisions of the freedom of information act 2000. Simple to implement and providing a return on investment from the first day of operation, our software and products will help you deliver properly organised care to. Self direct, founded at the beginning of 2008, is a social enterprise dedicated to promoting changes in the social and health marketplace. Esr, healthroster, employee online, bankstaff and employee wellbeing. Our workforce software is used by over 80% of all nhs trusts in england and some of the most prestigious independent health and care home providers to manage the deployment of their nursing, medics and care workforce. While its not a standalone product and must be incorporated as part of an agency agreement, it can offer vat and efficiency savings of up to 20%. Nhs employers points to huge potential savings from erostering. Nhs vendor management system clarity workforce technology. Its once singular use has now expanded to ensure each shift has enough employees available and on the job.
Its purpose is to aid the management of the workforce. Rostering automatically build rosters based on static requirements or continually changing demand including managing the complexity, of multi skilled requirements and compliance with complex working time directive rules and industry specific regulations such as vosa drivers rules. It combines clwrota and medirota services for all doctors across an nhs trust. Find out more about what makes clarity workforce technology different. Nhs employers aimed at employers in the nhs, the guide has been developed from work which began during 201617 and continued in partnership with nhs improvement in 201819. We use erostering software at a central level to make a staffing plans in advance, in specific areas like surgery. Realtime rostering is a perfectly suited addition for healthcare organisations already utilising drs by skills for health doctors rostering system. One nhs leader that says its found a way to do just that via technology is natalie hill the erostering and temporary workforce manager at blackpool teaching hospitals nhs foundation trust, which provides a range of acute hospital services to the 330,000 population of the west lancashire fylde coast health economy, as well as the estimated 11 million annual visitors to the seaside town. Our updated guide will help you to deliver the carter recommendations and assist managers and frontline clinicians to identify areas of improvement within your current rostering. Its loaded with features which allow you to fill gaps in your rota with fully compliant bank workers, whether that be your substantive staff doing compliant overtime or nurses, doctors and other medical professionals from different facilities who are looking to work with you on a temporary basis.
The german hospital group has two hospitals, with 1,100 beds and 3,000 employees. Yours sincerely, anna leesleybrown anna leesleybrown. Healthroster nursing is the most commonly used erostering system in the nhs. This gives us a unique perspective and the knowledge to know the needs of you and your clients. Basildon and thurrock was part of nhs improvements cohort 2 of the retention direct support programme. Healthroster opens in new window is provided by allocate software plc and is an erostering workforce management system. The links required to access eol externally are as follows. Hcl workforce solutions launches erostering software. Betsi cadwaladr university health board erostering. Direct engagement allows you to engage staff directly, reducing the vat applicable on salaries. Rota master provides a comprehensive suite of software designed to satisfy all the rostering and rota creation needs of unscheduled care providers like the teams at wirral community nhs trust. Nhs professionals has partnered with allocate software since 2009 and we believe that healthroster provides a useful planning. The post holder will be critical in responding to system user queries, aligning esr and erostering data, resolving system access and producing system reports.
The full name of our company is software enterprises uk limited. Post navigation powerful workforce scheduling software. Its a smart, simple feature of our managed services that saves trusts thousands. Executive corridor darlington memorial hospital foundation. Erostering can help with planning nurses shifts in advance, ensure the offduty roster is fair to all staff and release senior nurses time to focus on direct care. Our contact address is the mint, 96 icknield street, birmingham, b18 6ru, united kingdom.
It should be noted that very few suppliers with this product. The introduction of direct booking for shifts meant that bank staff had 247 access to request shifts through their computers and smartphones. Solving the problem of rostering flexible healthcare. Over fivehundred thousand nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and healthcare assistants use our software to see shifts, book leave and direct book onto overtime or. Where no third parties are used, please explain how these staffs are rostered. More than just erostering, healthroster nursing is designed to not just automate roster creation but to make better rosters for both patients and staff alike. Bank staff fill rates for temporary staffing requests are routinely above 85% for. Whether you are already using erostering, drs or are completely new to erostering, we can help. Its easytouse interface takes the complexity out of rostering and opens up capacity within your workforce.
Nhs employers as part of the acasfacilitated negotiations in 2016, a commitment was made by nhs employers and the british medical association bma to collaboratively develop good rostering guidance to support. Under this lot the supplier will provide a hosted software solution to enable effective rostering and shift management for staff inline with contracting authority requirements, industry best practice and the recommendations highlighted in nhs productivity reports such as the february 2016 lord carter report recommendations 2, 9 and 14 and specific nhs employers good practice. You requested information regarding the rostering software. The trust accelerated rollout of the eroster software, transferring 3,000 staff onto the system over three months to create a template for a payroll system based on erostering. Based on hours of operation and job duties, the type of roster that you use has become a productive business tool. Framework overview the total workforce solutions tender exercise was conducted by healthtrust europe hte and designed to support the nhs and other public sector organisations in managing the dynamics of the temporary staffing market, whilst additionally providing workforce solutions.