Ah the four letter word, R***. I spent a considerable amount of time
looking at different shift patterns. I have a couple of points;
In my experience 10 hr shifts are managable, in fact preferable. This
means that is allows people to work the standard weeks working hours in
four days. It follows that it also then allows more days off and
flexibility within the rota. 12 hour shifts definitely turn people
insane, and people tend to produce little in the last 2 hours.
ONE person should be in charge of the rota, and all changes verified
through that person.
We currently work a week of nights with a week off afterwards. I have
heard of some people working the "casino shift" and find it useful,
although i have no experience of it.
In order to provide 24hour cover, accounting for leave, illness, exams
etc I have found that 7 people on the rota should be considered an
absolute minimum.
I hope this helps. Contact me off list if you want to see our rota
templates.
Alistair
SpR, Dublin.
On 23 Feb 2005, at 07:44, Danny McGeehan wrote:
> Colleagues
> We are reviewing the SHO rota as the attendances have gone ballistic.
> We see 54.000 new cases a year but more are arriving in the middle of
> the night "belly up" I'm having discussions with the management about
> suitable staffing levels. I am of the opinion that no SHO should work
> more than an 8 hour shift as like me they go bonkers. I also feel we
> should have 2 SHO's on all night.
> Unfortunately we only have 6 SHO's to incorporate in the system. Last
> August Human Resources put the rota through rotaworks and came out
> with a rejigged plan that is most user unfriendly in order to make it
> compliant.
>
> Could I have some advice from other departments about how they manage
> similar problems? Both general as well as specific rotas
> Kind regards
>
> Danny McGeehan
>
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