PDC StaffPlan in Hospitals and Elder Care

Creating good staff schedules in hospitals and nursing homes that operate 24x7 is often a complicated process. It is difficult to clearly appreciate the many possible combinations of duty periods, duty hours, time-off-in-lieu requirements, holidays, etc. and make sure that each person works the correct number of hours.

Being compliant with external rules and agreements is not a trivial task and combining it with assuring that doctors and nurses with proper skills and qualifications are on duty emphasizes the need for a good decision support tool.

PDC StaffPlan is a valuable work force management solution aiming at larger hospitals or regions with 20.000+ employees that all must be treated according to the same policies while all the administrative work has to be done. At the same time, PDC-StaffPlan is unique to the smaller ward or nursing home that is challenged by several shifts, complex work regulations, union rules etc.

PDC StaffPlan provides the health sector with success through cost-effective and dynamic work planning and a coherent process for planning, communication with employees, time registration and salary reporting.

Work plans made with PDC StaffPlan ensure competent and appropriately staff for all tasks and in all important positions  - while labor costs are made visible and kept down, agreements and rules are complied, and employees’ preferences met.

Well Established Expertice

PDC StaffPlan is used for more than 20 years in hospitals and in elder care. Our customers experience a wide range of benefits through PDC StaffPlan, and the most significant are:

• Cost Savings by minimizing over manning, overtime pay and by reducing bonuses
• Less administration and simplification of the payroll work and many tedious operations
• Satisfied, committed employees and less absenteeism by involving staff effectively in the work planning process
• Greater consistency, fairness and objectivity in the planning for all employees

 

Add-on Modules to PDC StaffPlan

• Employee Influence - The employee as well as the employer both demand loose and flexible conditions of employment. Therefore we introduced "wish plans" that give the employee influence on his/her own duty hours. It gives a great responsibility and a freedom that significantly shows in absence due to sickness, stress and results in greater job satisfaction.
• Managing Substitute Workers -  PDC StaffPlan provides substitute booking facilities to wards. The responsible scheduler in each ward easily requests substitutes in case of overcrowding, illness among staff, holidays, vacant positions etc. The substitute agency receives the requests from the ward and the system then performs an intelligent search among a pool of resources and presents possible candidates ranked according to skills, availability, possible conflicts with union agreements. The costs of substitutes are automatically allocated to the consuming awards and the substitute agencies act as internal profit centres.

Read about the unique and dynamic tools in PDC StaffPlan, the benefits our customers have gained and what problems PDC StaffPlan solve every day.

Contact PDC for a discussion of your challenges and requirements.