Guest guest Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 I am in the process of moving my acute care therapists to an assignment based model where they are assigned to a home unit which would be their primary responsibility. We are looking at doing this on a rotation basis so that no one gets burned out on any given unit. We have had a lot of discussion about what a reasonable timeframe would be for a rotation. I am seeking input from you all as to the length of your rotation schedules, if you have a similar model. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Natasha Forbes-Thorne, OTR, MBA/HCM Rehab Director Florida Hospital Zephyrhills 7050 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills. FL 33541 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Natasha, We have had some experience with this within our own organization-supporting our own Home health/Hospice Agency. We found 2-3 months worked well for us, utilizing outpatient therapists. Changing too soon caused problems with staff just getting used to processes etc. and a lack of continuity for patients. Too long and staff lost some of their enthusiasm. We worked hard to make transitions better for the outpatient therapists, reducing # of new evals before HH rotation and helping to build up their OP schedules quickly upon completing their HH rotations. If a therapist was really enjoying the HH rotation, they had the option to continue as long as they gave 4 weeks notice to us about concluding, to allow for a smoother transition to another staff member. Hope this experience helps! Dan , PT PT Manager Vernon Memorial Hospital Viroqua, WI 54665 dnelson@... From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf Of Forbes-Thorne, Natasha Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 8:19 AM To: ptmanager Subject: Rotation Schedule I am in the process of moving my acute care therapists to an assignment based model where they are assigned to a home unit which would be their primary responsibility. We are looking at doing this on a rotation basis so that no one gets burned out on any given unit. We have had a lot of discussion about what a reasonable timeframe would be for a rotation. I am seeking input from you all as to the length of your rotation schedules, if you have a similar model. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Natasha Forbes-Thorne, OTR, MBA/HCM Rehab Director Florida Hospital Zephyrhills 7050 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills. FL 33541 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Thanks Dan for your feedback! That is exactly along the lines of what I was thinking! Natasha Forbes-Thorne, OTR, MBA/HCM Rehab Director Florida Hospital Zephyrhills 7050 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills. FL 33541 From: PTManager [mailto:PTManager ] On Behalf Of , Dan Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 10:50 AM To: PTManager Subject: RE: Rotation Schedule Natasha, We have had some experience with this within our own organization-supporting our own Home health/Hospice Agency. We found 2-3 months worked well for us, utilizing outpatient therapists. Changing too soon caused problems with staff just getting used to processes etc. and a lack of continuity for patients. Too long and staff lost some of their enthusiasm. We worked hard to make transitions better for the outpatient therapists, reducing # of new evals before HH rotation and helping to build up their OP schedules quickly upon completing their HH rotations. If a therapist was really enjoying the HH rotation, they had the option to continue as long as they gave 4 weeks notice to us about concluding, to allow for a smoother transition to another staff member. Hope this experience helps! Dan , PT PT Manager Vernon Memorial Hospital Viroqua, WI 54665 dnelson@...<mailto:dnelson%40vmh.org><mailto:dnelson@...<mailto:dnelson%\ 40vmh.org>> From: PTManager <mailto:PTManager%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:PTManager <mailto:PTManager%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Forbes-Thorne, Natasha Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 8:19 AM To: ptmanager <mailto:ptmanager%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: Rotation Schedule I am in the process of moving my acute care therapists to an assignment based model where they are assigned to a home unit which would be their primary responsibility. We are looking at doing this on a rotation basis so that no one gets burned out on any given unit. We have had a lot of discussion about what a reasonable timeframe would be for a rotation. I am seeking input from you all as to the length of your rotation schedules, if you have a similar model. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Natasha Forbes-Thorne, OTR, MBA/HCM Rehab Director Florida Hospital Zephyrhills 7050 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills. FL 33541 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2011 Report Share Posted February 4, 2011 Our acute care hospital does a 3 month rotation. There are a few therapists exempt and are in the " float " pool due to their specialties (i.e wound care team and lymphedema certified team) so they help cover anywhere when they don't have wounds or lymphedema patients on their caseload. Seems to work well. Robin King, PT, C/NDT, CCCE Therapy Manager, Rehab Therapy Health Robin.King@... Phone: __________ Health - a Top 100 Integrated Health Care Network COXHEALTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 Hi Natasha, How many beds is FHZ and how many staff do you have working in acute care on any given day? I've considered doing this at DeLand as well. It worked well at another hospital I was at (3 month rotations, acute care staff only), but it was a larger hospital with more staff on each day so I've been weary about starting it here. Thanks, Jill Piazza, PT, DPT Director of Rehab Florida Hospital DeLand On Feb 4, 2011, at 9:18 AM, " Forbes-Thorne, Natasha " wrote: > I am in the process of moving my acute care therapists to an assignment based model where they are assigned to a home unit which would be their primary responsibility. We are looking at doing this on a rotation basis so that no one gets burned out on any given unit. We have had a lot of discussion about what a reasonable timeframe would be for a rotation. I am seeking input from you all as to the length of your rotation schedules, if you have a similar model. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > Natasha Forbes-Thorne, OTR, MBA/HCM > Rehab Director > Florida Hospital Zephyrhills > 7050 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills. FL 33541 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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