I did not know about the HealthRota app before coming to RSCH/PRH but I really was amazed with the system. Having all our entitled leave allocated when organising our rota was extremely helpful, compared to other trusts where it would be so difficult to use up all your annual and/or study leave due to staffing difficulties (and therefore contributed to burnout and decreased wellbeing). It is one major aspect that has made me want to consider staying at this trust next year.
The app is fantastic, very easy to use, great for getting the time off you need for AL/SL (e.g. able to get onto an ALS revalidation course and not worrying about swapping night shifts so I could attend!) and so useful for knowing who is working at any one time in the hospital (particularly during on-calls). It is definitely something that should be implemented at other trusts both to improve junior doctors’ wellbeing and improve patient safety with easier adaptability for unexpected sickness and awareness of who is working at any one point in the hospital across many teams.
It’s absolutely fantastic. This rota gives us ownership, feel valued as a team member, inclusive and allows our voice to be heard. Creates a better work life balance.
I like HealthRota – mainly because I can see who else is on with me for that day, or when I have to hand the bleeps over in the morning (or collect them from the night shift reg) I know who to contact. Similarly, if on a weekend then I know who will be about.
The rotas are easy to view on the app and you can see how good the cover is on any given day. It is also very useful being able to request annual leave whenever you want to rather than having to fit it in between on-calls.
HealthRota has allowed me to have a much better work/life balance while pursuing a career in Emergency Medicine. It is refreshing to have much more control over when you work and how you fill your hours with self-rostering and HealthRota. I got married during my attachment in ED and there was minimal hassle getting the stag, wedding and honeymoon off. This would have been a nightmare without HealthRota. As well as ensuring departmental safety, I believe systems like HealthRota will reduce personal burnout in ED and increase job satisfaction.
The HealthRota app is very user friendly. By making rotas visible across specialties, it allows easy communication between teams and safe allocation of staff. In addition, and particularly important for Doctors in Training, it makes requesting leave simple – a task that’s never been straightforward when using different processes in previous Trusts.
A breath of fresh air to be treated like an adult with a life outside of work able to request leave and have the majority of it approved without any swaps.
I enjoyed the flexibility that the HealthRota app provided. For the first time in my career was i able to have annual leave when i wanted it without complex rota swaps. It definitely made my working life better!
It’s such an improvement on classical binding rotas to be able to plan leave and unavailability upfront – I don’t know anyone who has complained about this system compared to traditional methods. The rota team that supports the app are EXCELLENT and have only been very helpful and supportive!
This is such a great system – I have received 100% of the annual leave and unavailable days I have requested in both my clinical fellow job and my current training job. It makes such a difference not feeling that sense of dread when trying to get annual leave granted for important life events and marking unavailable days where you actually want your zero days is so much better than having them randomly allocated to days that are not useful. It is an excellent system and a massive selling point.
Fantastic work that will really make a difference to our doctors – well done to everyone involved. Keep up the great work!