Solidify Staffing Plans Sooner with Smart Square’s Open Shift Technology
In the complex world of healthcare, making efficient scheduling and staffing decisions is pivotal to achieving financial and operational goals.
Smart Square’s unique open shift technology proactively fills shifts across your organization using a patented sliding-incentive scale. It begins with the highest incentives 30 days before the shift and gradually decreases as staff members pick up shifts. This strategy results in filling 75% of open shifts more than two weeks before the shift date, offering tremendous relief for organizations, especially managers, by providing a clear picture of staffing needs well in advance.
While different healthcare systems employ this variable incentive model, others opt for a flat incentive rate. Some even add increased incentives for harder-to-fill shifts, such as weekends and nights. Regardless of your organization’s unique needs, the open shift functionality of Smart Square can handle a wide range of incentive models.
With Smart Square, available shifts are conveniently posted for each staff member based on their skills and competencies. These shifts are automatically displayed on their calendar within a rolling 30-day window, enabling them to choose the shifts that best suit them. This can be achieved without any manual intervention from clinical leaders.
Underpinning the open shift technology is the Predictive Model. This powerful tool starts forecasting patient demand 120 days in advance and continues to update weekly until the start of the shift.
The success of Smart Square’s open shift methodology lies in its alignment with what motivates staff to pick up shifts—either money or convenience. Financially motivated individuals tend to pick up shifts earlier when incentives are higher. Meanwhile, those driven by convenience select the shifts that best fit their personal schedules.
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