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Zircadian is delighted to announce the launch of its new e-rostering module for junior doctors. The new system, which can be purchased as an additional module to the core MRM-Live rota management system, is designed specifically to handle the unique working arrangements of junior doctors, and the complex rules and regulations which govern them.

 

Benefits:

• EWTD monitoring: Continually monitors a doctor’s working arrangement for a single employer, to provide an up-to-date, accurate record of working time, rest, any breaches and how those breaches were resolved.

• New Deal compliance: Aligns the duty roster to the contracted rota, meaning tighter control of New Deal compliance on the roster and significantly reduced risk of unexpected higher banding costs.

• Better use of internal resources: Reduces demand for external locums by identifying available doctors within the trust. Identifies doctors with the right competencies and available hours, including those that have opted out of the 48-hour limit, to cover unexpected service gaps. Further reduces locum costs by ensuring prospective cover arrangements are adhered to on the roster.

• Increased safety and reduced risk: Improves health and safety by minimising the risk of tired doctors, reducing the need for external locums, and preventing gaps in the daytime and on-call clinical service.
  

• Accurate, accessible information: Allows accurate roster information to be accessed by doctors, nurses, medical staffing, roster managers, night managers and the bleep desk. This means better communication and faster decision-making.

• Continuous and safe service delivery: Reduces the risk of service interruptions by automatically identifying potential shortfalls in daytime and on-call service resulting from swap or leave requests.

• Greater accountability and transparency: Provides a full audit trail of all changes made to a published roster, and alerts the user to any potential compliance or coverage issues for a requested change. If the change goes ahead the reason for the decision is recorded.

• Reduced workload and admin costs: Significantly reduces time spent building and managing the duty roster, thereby allowing smarter and more cost-effective deployment of resources. Clearer responsibilities and better sharing of information prevents duplication of effort.

• Happier doctors: Minimises inequitable working arrangements between doctors on the same roster. Doctors can achieve a better work-life balance by being able to access an up-to-date roster, identify when they can take leave and who they can swap with.

Contact Richard Lucas on 020 8946 8199 or email info@zircadian.com for further information or to arrange a demo.

 

Further information on e-rostering for junior doctors

 

Zircadian wins tender to provide e-rostering for doctors across the East and West Midlands

 

Zircadian collaborates with SMART to offer e-rostering for nurses and other staff groups