Staffing and Scheduling Consulting

Hospital operational efficiency and emergency room consulting

STAFFING AND SCHEDULING CONSULTING

Improve Your Organization’s Staffing & Scheduling Process

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As the chronic nursing shortage continues, mandated staffing ratios proliferate and patient volumes rise, hospitals struggle to consistently, safely, and efficiently staff their patient care units. Sullivan Lakier Group has extensive expertise working with hospitals to effectively assess, develop, and implement strategies to improve nurse staffing and scheduling. We utilize highly experienced RN’s who understand your challenges and are willing to roll up their sleeves to help you strategically and pragmatically improve the staffing and scheduling processes and outcomes. We adjust our approach to provide whatever level of support you need to meet your goals.

STAFFING AND SCHEDULING CONSULTING SERVICES:

We utilize a four step process in our consulting which is tailored to the level of support you need. These four steps typically are as follows;

Evaluate your overall staffing and scheduling function or specific areas identified and make recommendations for improvement
Develop an action plan to guide the improvement work for either your team or a combined hospital-consultant team
Provide project leadership or hands-on support for implementation as needed
Provide an operations dashboard and training that allows the organization to monitor progress and ensure the gains are maintained.

The areas of focus for a staffing and scheduling assessment typically fall into the following categories:

Model of care effectiveness
Staffing to ratio requirements
Staffing benchmarks and targets
Effective staffing management oversight
Staffing plans and grids per area
Daily staffing practices
Unit based daily productivity software
Care requirements of the patients
Caregiver skill mix
Staff scheduling processes
Staff competency requirements
Use of automated staffing and scheduling systems
Staffing resources and availability
Staffing tracking reports
Staffing policies and procedures
Use of registry, interim traveler and sitter staff
Overtime and premium pay
Staff orientation/training programs
Level of support systems for care delivery
Use of current staffing tracking reports
Extending the career of most experienced staff
Educational courses for managers on managing staffing

BENEFITS OF OUR STAFFING & SCHEDULING CONSULTING SERVICES :

We will work with you to develop and implement strategies that result in:

Improved staffing and scheduling efficiency and effectiveness
Improved staff scheduling and shift-by-shift staffing grids
Improved staffing resources and availability
Reduced use of registry and traveler staff
Reduced overtime and premium pay
Improved coordination of patient assignment and staff competency
Updated staffing policies and procedures
Enhanced effectiveness of orientation and preceptor programs
Daily and shift-by-shift staffing tracking reports

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