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Zircadian proudly announces the launch of its new e-Leave module for consultants. Leave management can be a frustrating process, hampered by form-filling, and by having to wait as hard copies get held up in the internal hierarchy of approval. Zircadian’s new e-Leave solution eliminates the challenges of applying for and approving leave, and the associated paper trail.

 

Consultant leave can be complicated by the fact that their leave years often run from the date of their appointment. This can make the management of leave and the calculation of consultant entitlements difficult. The e-Leave module automatically calculates consultant entitlements, outstanding leave and carry-overs from previous years. Consultants can request leave electronically. Clinical leads (managers) can check this leave against existing staffing levels and planned activities before deciding to authorise.

The leave module also has business rules written in to highlight leave requests which have insufficient notice, and integrates with Zircadian's job planning software and with the forthcoming consultant e-roster module, to clearly show which activities will be cancelled or delayed due to the leave being taken.

 

Benefits

• Increased flexibility for doctors.

• Enhanced reporting capabilities

• Better management of clinical activity

• Integration with job planning and rostering

• A consistent and transparent approach to leave
  

 

Features

• Electronic leave requests

• Electronic approval / rejection of leave

• Electronic cancellations of previously booked leave

• Delegation of leave requests and approvals

• Overall calendar view of all booked leave

• Tracking of individual leave entitlements by leave year

• Audit history of who applied for leave, who approved it and when

• Automatic calculation of leave entitlements based on date of joining

• Automatic notification to HR when leave is approved or cancelled

• Automatic checks for leave requests which have insufficient notice

• The following types of leave covered: annual, sick, study, special, paternity, maternity, and unpaid

• Days in lieu and carry overs from previous period

• Integration with Zircadian's job planning software and with the forthcoming consultant e-roster module,, to show which activities will be affected by authorising leave

• Calculation of Bradford scores to measure staff absenteeism