HCA 270 Managing Staff

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Managing Staff Phyllis E. Adams HCA 270 June 30, 2013 Alisha Neal Managing Staff The Healthcare manager has many roles, his/her duties many depend of several factors such as the size and type of healthcare facility. Generally Healthcare managers plan, organize, and supervise decisions made within the facility. Among the many responsibilities of management is the component of staffing the facility and managing the costs thereof. In an ideal world, the manager’s role is to increase productivity, and optimally managing resources and decreasing costs—all while trying to enhance the quality of care. Total labor expense for healthcare provider organizations can exceed 50 percent of a hospital's operating costs and 90 percent of its variable…show more content…
The manager must monitor the productive and non-productive time of each employee to insure that the facility is staffed properly for optimal patient care. Productive time is defined as an employee’s net hours on duty when performing the functions of his or her job description. Non-productive time is paid for time when the employee is not on duty, not producing. (Baker, 2011) Two different methods are used to compute the FTE, the annualizing method, and the scheduled position method. The annualizing method is a two-step process to compute a FTE by first computing the paid days worked by an employee per year and then deducting the paid days not worked to calculate the net paid days worked to a factor. The numbers are calculated by computing the totals days in the business year minus the paid time off for holidays, vacations, sick days, education days, and dividing the total days in the business year by the net paid days worked to arrive at a factors. For example, the total days in a business year for a 52 week year is 364 days, minus two day off per week (104) equals 260 days. Subtract 9 holidays, 7 sick days, 15 vacation days and 3 education days equals 226 net days worked. Divide 364/226 and the annual factor is 1.6106195, or…show more content…
The healthcare facilitiy where I work is busiest during morning hours earlier in the work week. L ater in the work week, usually on Thursdays and Fridays the staff prepares for the upcoming work week by tracking our busiest hours, and doing what we can allow for more time for direct patient care. We make sure supplies are stocked, order additional supplies, access staffing needs, and sometimes even plan potluck lunches so we do not have to leave the facility for lunches during those critical hours. There are several methods of improving productivity that may seem like small measures but save time and money. By observing productive and non-productive time a manager can reasses staffing on an hourly, weekly, quarterly, or annual basis, minimizing cost for the facility. With careful management projections can be made for the upcoming years budget. The mananger has a constant struggle to maintain adequate staffing without exceeding his/her staffing budget. (Davis, 2008) The goal should be more creativity and productivity from each employee, and less non-productivity, which amounts to paying employee for time when they are utilizing their time properly. If employees are doing more socializing with other employees and friends on Facebook than their job duties, it can make for much frustration for
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