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Nursing Workload and Workforce Planning

Nursing Workload and Workforce Planning. Introduction to Nursing & Midwifery Workload. Introduction. Leading Better Care - repositions the SCN as ‘ visible embodiment of clinical leadership ’ SCN role as pivotal in delivering safe and effective care Education Framework

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Nursing Workload and Workforce Planning

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  1. Nursing Workload and Workforce Planning Introduction to Nursing & Midwifery Workload

  2. Introduction • Leading Better Care - repositions the SCN as ‘ visible embodiment of clinical leadership’ SCN role as pivotal in delivering safe and effective care • Education Framework • Toolkit supports learning and development: Dimension 3; To manage and develop the performance of the team, Capability 3:3 Managing the practice setting • The Toolkit: • developed as a work-based guide to support workforce planning issues relevant to the role • offers the opportunity to develop an understanding of workload and workforce planning and help with the use of workload measurement tools

  3. CQI Policies etc. HR Support SPSP NNMWWP Tools & Methodologies Analysis SCN Workforce RTC Effective Use of Resources Occupancy Data etc. SCN Role Workload Measurement Establishment Setting Skill Mix/Rostering Time Out/Predicated Absence Budgets/Financial Management Information Services Educational Framework Education Toolkit

  4. Context • Nurses and midwives comprise the largest part of the NHSScotland workforce • Planning Ward Nursing – Legacy or Design (Audit Scotland, 2002) • decisions about staffing levels were based on traditional practices, rather than current evidence • Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Planning Project (SEHD, 2004) • recommendations on methods used to calculate ward nursing establishment

  5. Why is Measuring Nursing & Midwifery Workload Important? • critical to support workforce planning • provides information about how clinical time is used • need to capture accurate data to describe the work that nurses do • relationship between nursing workload and patient outcomes • efficient decision making requires standardised, accurate and timely operational management information • presents opportunities for nurses

  6. Factors Influencing Nursing & Midwifery Workload • patient’s condition • characteristics of the care provider • elective and emergency admissions • turnover • length of stay • nursing interventions • different patterns of medical treatment • work environment • scope of professional practice

  7. NHS XXXX Experiences of Workforce and Workload Planning

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