Does anyone know any easy way to do an off duty for nurses who are really picky with the shifts they do?
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Hi Philt,
i'm manager of a care home, and roating is the biggest pain in my a***. however since everyone has now completed one rota and felt my pain things have become easier.
maybe looking at old rota's will show you how things fitted in before. however people need to remember that a request is just that, if they really can't work they need a good reason and may even want to consider A/L try to accomodate requests where you can as the staff are your biggest asset, but it must benefit both of you at times.
put the rota down, and then people will swap and sort the rest out
I think they should work what they are told!
Do it your way and let them swap their shifts when its done or get them all to give you what they want to work and take it from there. good luck!
not quite sure what you mean by off duty-are you in charge of scheduling?
we do self scheduling at my hospital-which means the schedule is posted on the wall and the nurses fill it out themselves (in pencil). they are under the understanding that they might not get all the shifts/days they want b/c all the holes have to be covered (for my floor we have to have 10 nurses per shift).
you might want to try this and then just explain to everyone in a staff meeting that the holes need to be covered and if they don't work together as a team to cover all the shifts-then some people might be moved to certain days or shifts to cover the needs.
alot of our nurses are picky too and hate it when their days are switched but that's what needs to be done. you'll find that if you let them work it out together-that the schedule will become more consistant and accurate
good luck!!
Ask the nurses what they like to work. Trust me this is a very easy way to sort this mess out. If you can accomodate the majority of them you will have a much happier environment.
Where I work they tend to do the opposite and like to have the staff unhappy. We have staff that just work nights however the scheduler gives them other shifts and they have to find switches or they end up calling in. It is so much easier to work with the staff and know their likes/dislikes than to be pulling your hair out, especially during the summer months.
Good luck.
If you can prevent a late followed by an early, that's good.
Four days in a row? Well, they should be expected to work that.
Alternate weekends, or one weekend in four off is good.
At the end of the day, you can't please all the people all the time.
Be as fair as possible, but treat them all the same.
As the person above said, they can shift swap if need be.
Be firm and, if required, get the back up of your Boss if they give you problems.
You must want to be fair to them or you would not have asked this question, but you can't perform miracles (which is a shame if you're a nurse).
Anyway, good luck.
why not try self rostering we started doing it on our ward last year and it works pretty well ,yes you will have to do a bit of tweaking here and there but if you can get the main part done for you ,staff are quite accommodating in little changes here and there ....or another way is get everyone to write in a book there ideal shifts explain you will try your best to honour there requests but it wont always be possible and then they can always swap with a work colleague if they are willing.hope this helps i know what a pain it can be i did it for 2 years ,good luck
This is one of the most interesting questions I have ever read. I have been a nurse for over 25 years and I am now a Physician Assistant. Anyway, I am in the US. And I have always wondered what scheduling and everyday life was like for nurses in England. In the US.if nurses had someone who gave that much thought to what people wanted ,it would be heaven. In the US you are hired for a certain number of hours a week and usually on a specific shift. That schedule comes out and that is what you work. If there is a day you want off ahead of time for a certain reason and you 'put in' for it.you might get it.but it's not a guarantee. We are usually hired with the agreement that we get every other weekend off. But that could change according to need. And in alot of places there is enforced overtime. Every place can be different..but alot of places are not nurse heaven. Thus explaining the great shortage of nurses in the US...and why I went on and got a Masters in Medicine and became a PA-C. But I would love to see a hospital in England.
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