Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning

Nursing Workload and Workforce Planning

Introduction to Nursing & Midwifery Workload

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Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning

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 Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning

CQI Policies etc. HR Support NNMWWP Tools & Methodologies Analysis Workforce

SCN

SPSP RTC Effective Use of Resources Occupancy Data etc.

Workload Measurement Establishment Setting Skill Mix/Rostering Time Out/Predicated Absence Budgets/Financial Management Education Toolkit Information Services Educational Framework

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SCN Role

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning

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 Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

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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 Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

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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 Quality Education for a healthier Scotland

Nursing and Midwifery Workload and Workforce Planning

NHS XXXX Experiences of Workforce and Workload Planning

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