Partners
Zircadian forges important relationships with other top providers to bring the finest workforce solutions to the NHS.
E-rostering for nurses with SMART
Nurses and other staff groups
Zircadian is now working exclusively with SMART, provider of e-rostering and workforce management solutions to the NHS, to offer e-rostering for nurses and other staff groups. Our collaboration with SMART marks the start of an exciting new phase for Zircadian. By adding SMART’s e-rostering solution to our suite of products we are, for the first time, broadening our field to offer software for managing nurses as well as doctors.
Specialist Alliance
Trusts can come to us knowing that we can provide a one-stop-shop for expert solutions, each tailored carefully to meet the unique needs of a specific staff group. Zircadian’s new e-rostering system for doctors is designed specifically to handle the unique rules and regulations that govern junior doctors’ work patterns. SMART’s eHL system manages the electronic rostering needs of nurses and other staff groups. Trusts needn’t compromise by choosing a blanket solution from one provider that rosters one staff group well, but is unsuitably adapted for others. Our partnership creates an alliance of specialists and integrates specialised solutions.
ESR Link
A key benefit of the collaboration is that Zircadian products will now link to ESR via the system interface that SMART already has in place. The collaboration greatly simplifies the procurement process for trusts seeking top quality e-rostering for every staff group.
About SMART
SMART delivers fully integrated workforce management across all nursing, administrative and support services in the NHS. The SMART solutions incorporate e-rostering including team based self-rostering and auto-rostering as well as fully automated time and attendance, absence management, staff bank management and monitoring of working time regulations. This breadth of functionality enables NHS Trusts to improve staff productivity and efficiency, with significant reductions in bank, agency, administration and absence costs.
In 2001, SMART was selected by the NHS and McKesson as the best-of-breed provider of e-rostering and time and attendance solutions for the National ESR programme. As a result, SMART is uniquely positioned to provide proven, secure, reliable and fully automated ESR integration. The SMART application and its interfaces to ESR have been rigorously tested and accepted by ESR.
Established in 1986, 550 organisations world-wide benefit from SMART’s solutions and services. The SMART NHS customer base is growing rapidly, with 28 trusts now contracted.
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We have chosen to work exclusively with SMART as they are specialists in the rostering of other staff groups, specifically nurses, and are pioneers in developing the technology necessary to manage this staff group effectively. Not only this but they have a reputation for providing quality solutions which consistently deliver on promises, and a track record of excellent client relations.
Henry Carleton, Managing Director, Zircadian
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We are delighted to announce our exclusive relationship with Zircadian which brings an important interface to the Zircadian doctor management solutions. Zircadian's e-rostering system goes much further than any generic rostering software to meet the specific needs of doctors. We feel that the NHS will benefit greatly from the integrated nature of our workforce management solutions.
Tristan Spencer, Health Market Director, SMART