Staff rotas
This section contains tools used to assist in describing and displaying the capacity flows with in an acute ward, the capabilites required of acute pathway staff and rota systems used to allow for that capability and capacity to be available when most required. A subset of this file looks at Staff roles and the Changing Workforce.
 | Title: Skill mix workshop summary Published: May 2006 Summary: This paper summerises the issues, good practice examples and way forward from a National Workforce Project Workshop on 23/05/06. The workshop formed part of the larger National Acute Workforce review under taken by CSIP in 2006. |
 | Title: Ward staffing & service user need Published: September 2005 Summary: Adult mental health benchmarking - Greg Quinn, Audit Commission. Document includes: AC role in health, Benchmarking studies, Ward staffing and service user need: AMH, Current database, The way forward. Title: Ward staffing & service user need Published: November 2004 Summary: Inpatient adult mental health. This audit examines the Trust’s position with regard to the activity, resourcing and service user need portfolio across its adult rehabilitation, acute admission, crisis and low secure inpatient environments. |
 | Title: A day in the life of an acute ward Published: 2005 Summary: A picture of a London acute ward. Information on an average ward on an average weekday based on London averages of HAS report 2003, London figures of Sainsbury national survey 2004 and snap shot survey of 11 acute wards taking part in London Acute Care Collaborative. |
 | Title: Creating capable teams methodology Published: 2005 Summary: The Creating Capable Teams Methodology is a toolkit which outlines a process that enables teams to identify its functions. They develop a series of sequential steps, some of which can be undertaken in parallel which together forms an interactive process and enables teams to think and develop lateral problem solving processes to deliver capabilities of teams. These capabilities can them be developed into a care pathway. |
 | Title: Capacity and workload toolkit Published: September 2005 Summary: Spreadsheet on Acute in-patient capacity and workload toolkit, edition 1.1, including introduction and aims, functions and benefits, using the toolkit, analytical model and links. |
 | Title: Duty rota standards Published: January 2005 Summary: Nursing Duty Rota Planning standards for adult mental health in-patient services. |
 | Title: Sketchbook re acute capacity Published: August 2005 Summary: Spreadsheet to document and record Acute ward inpatient capacity. |
 | Title: In-Patient Ward Establishment Published: March 2004 Summary: Determining nurse establishment and grade mix in psychiatric in-patient wards. This paper proposes an approach that can be used to determine or evolve a nursing establishment and recommends allowances for paid "time out". It also offers guidance concerning grade mix, skill mix, the balance of staff within the inpatient nursing team, the therapeutic conditions on the ward and suggests clinical outcome measures. |
 | Title: Estimating the size & mix of Nursing Teams Published: 2003 Summary: Selecting and Applying Methods for Estimating the Size and Mix of Nursing Teams. A systematic review of the literature commissioned by the Department of Health, April 2002. |
 | Title: Problems Goals Summary: Enhanced therapeutic skills for inpatient mental health professionals. problem centered goal setting and care planning. The aims of this document are to: utilise outcomes from functional analysis, link to care planning process, and to practice writing problem and goal statements. |