Strategic Scheduling is complex
Workforce planning in the Healthcare industry is complex and challenging. You need to juggle patient and customer care needs, budgetary limitations, skill set requirements, vacation fulfillment, burnout, and everyday fluctuations in the demand and supply of resources.
In healthcare organizations, strategic schedulingis a best practice and critical to your success. Strategic scheduling is a structured approach to staffing that focuses on productivity and efficiency. The goal is to minimize conflict, reduce inefficiencies, and optimize resource utilization. The more structured and timely the approach, the better the results will be.
But how do you strategically schedule? And how can UKG Pro Workforce Management (WFM) help? We will address these questions and more by providing four key recommendations on effective schedule strategies and which tools in UKG Pro WFM will offer the best support.
1. Early offers of open shifts with advanced scheduling
Not every business can post schedules and offer open shifts well in advance. The more proactively an organization addresses schedule gaps, the greater the potential for savings. Savings include labor costs like overtime. Also, there is potential to reduce negative impacts at the front end, such as skill set misalignment and employee burnout. Additionally, the
