Activity Management – Surgery and Anaesthetics

HealthRota’s Activity Management Module is a powerful rota management tool designed to simplify and streamline team scheduling across NHS trusts using a combination of centralised team schedules and job plans. Whether you’re managing a Surgery Rota, Anaesthetics Rota, or planning rotas across other specialties, our module brings everything together in one easy-to-use platform.

Manage Surgery and Anaesthetics Rotas Seamlessly

HealthRota provides a shared scheduling environment to improve coordination between Surgery and Anaesthetics teams.

For Surgery Rotas:
  • Centralised theatre schedules
  • Real-time tracking of absences and gaps
  • Prioritisation of emergency cover
  • Maximise Theatre efficiency as per the NHS England handbook
For Anaesthetics Rotas:
  • Oversight across multiple subspecialties
  • Better planning of theatre and non-theatre activities
  • Efficient allocation of anaesthetic resources

Trust-Wide Location and Resource Management

Using our intuitive Location Tree, trusts can set up and manage multiple hospital locations, reducing double bookings and maximising resource use.

  • Assign rooms, theatres, and clinics across departments
  • Avoid scheduling conflicts
  • Know exactly where your team is working
  • Mobile app access for on-the-go updates


Streamline Job Planning and Team Scheduling

Our system integrates Job Planning directly into rota creation. Furthermore, activities such as clinics, theatres, and ward rounds can be scheduled into shared rotas with ease.

  • Align clinical activities with job plans
  • Roster consultants, resident doctors, and Agenda for Change staff into the same activities
  • Improve training opportunities for resident doctors
  • Reduce complexity in rota management

Scalable Across All Specialties

Our activity management module isn’t just for Surgery Rotas and Anaesthetics Rotas — it’s built for trust-wide implementation across the NHS to centralise the management of your workforce.

Departments that benefit include:

Locations
Build dashboards of the key locations that are relevant to you and your team. Theatres, Outpatients, Diagnostics or any other rooms or mobile assets
Safe Staffing Levels
Auto-generate staffing levels for the type of Activity; accounting for Job Grades as well as Skill Mixes and Competencies
Integrated Workforce
Manage your workforce at the trust level, whether that be Consultants, Doctors in Training or Agenda for Change staff, they can all be rostered together within the activity management tool
Single Source of Truth
Create a place where Workforce Managers, Theatre Managers, Staffing Coordinators can access and build Dashboards relevant to the staff and locations they manage
Absence
Linking directly into HealthRota’s e-Rostering, instantly see where sickness, planned or unplanned absence impacts on the scheduled Activities
Fully Integrated HealthRota Rostering
Leverage all the tools of HealthRota’s e-Rostering suite. See Availability from Self Rostering, Resident Doctor work schedules and Agenda for Change rotas
Auto Rostering
Build Activity Plans for Teams and Individuals and allow the system to populate Activities with Job Plans
Multi-Disciplinary Teams
Schedule any mixture of Specialties and Job Grades to built the right team
Clear Scheduling
Let staff members accurately see where they are working, who they are working with and in what location, online or direct to their mobile
Surgery Rota
Simplify the creation of your surgery rotas by team planning and rostering your job plans to produce coherent schedules
Anaesthetics Rota
Streamline your rotas by integrating surgery schedules and rostering anaesthetic job planned activities – all in one place
Job Planning Integration
Roster your Job Plans into the activity management module and convert activity plans into job plans automatically
Centralised Theatre Schedule
Optimise planning across teams by creating your centralised theatre schedules
Reporting Capability
Report on your theatres and clinics to understand your planned vs actual activity output. Utilise our excel downloads, reporting API and/or custom Power BI adapter for in depth reporting functionality
Temporary Staffing Functionality
Offer out gaps to your substantive and bank staff using the HealthRota locum bank so gaps within your activities are filled quickly with the correct staff roles

Ready to transform how you manage your activity rotas?

Get in touch with the HealthRota team to request a demo and learn more.