How You Schedule is Your Culture
Stand out from the crowd with a purpose-built
workforce planning, scheduling and deployment strategy

Make Your Skilled Nursing Facility the Employer of Choice

Who is Health Workforce Edge?

Workforce Edge Consulting & Training is the premier partner in workforce optimization for health service organizations across the entire continuum of care. Having established the field in healthcare more than two decades ago, our solutions are tailored to meet each client’s unique needs and are delivered by experts with deep industry knowledge and experience.

We focus our results on the critical work and change management “around the system”.  We are vendor-neutral and view technology simply as an enabler. We partner closely with clients to drive positive workforce optimization experiences for your teams with proven outcomes. Our innovative methodologies, consulting strategies and supporting training programs are designed to engage and empower your organization to take control of scheduling and deployment as a strategic function. We aim further to release you from reliance on agency staffing.

Interested in learning more? These articles discuss the LTC and SNF Administrators perspectives to optimizing and improving the working experience for their residents and teams.

Your Brand:
How You Schedule Your Teams
is Your Culture
Your Brand: How You Schedule Your Teams is Your Culture

Revolutionizing SNF Workforce Scheduling: Building Predictability and Quality for Staff and Residents
Revolutionizing SNF/LTC Workforce Scheduling

The SNF Administrator’s Perspective Assessing and Analyzing Healthcare’s Workforce Crisis
The SNF/LTC Administrator's Perspective

Workforce Edge
has helped
health leaders
solve these
challenges:

  • Reliance on agency and premium labor
  • Decreased employee engagement and “joy at work”
  • Revolving door of recruitment
  • Entrenched and unfair schedules
  • Unfilled positions and high turnover
  • Inconsistent Collective Agreement compliance and/or issues with scheduling fairness and equality
  • Lack of advanced planning leading to inability to get ahead of surge needs
  • Average PTO levels and sick time backfill needs

FINANCIAL STABILITY

Up to 75% reduction in the use of overtime
Decrease in total spend between 1-3% on labor
Average savings to budget of 3.57 FTE through sharper position planning and controls
15% - 30%
increase in filled FT positions
30% reduction of nursing vacancies
Increase of 75% in shift fill rate through shift-filling process changes
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Workforce Edge

Our results speak for themselves:

Workforce Edge Results

STAFF JOY

100% of complex continuing care staff reported that schedules were equitable and fair after implementation
75% of continuing care nursing staff say that new schedules and processes have a positive or very positive impact on getting vacation and time the rest
Innovation in schedule patterns that attract and retain a variety of staff
50% of RN respondents advise that new optimized schedules and processes have had a positive to very positive impact on quality of care (i.e., errors, complaints, falls, satisfaction)
100% of RNs reported that previous schedules and processes had a negative to very negative impact
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Six Reasons to Choose Workforce Edge

Healthcare Expertise

HEALTHCARE EXPERTISE
Workforce Edge boasts a deep knowledge of the healthcare sector, enabling specialized workforce solutions for its challenges and regulations.

Healthcare Systems Advisory

ADVISORY SERVICES
We are consulting partners supporting senior executives in moving the needle forward to capture sustainable gains through positive workforce optimization initiatives, comprehensive support and strategy implementation.

Adaptability

ADAPTABILITY
Workforce Edge works across the entire continuum of care and for more than two decades has evolved with the healthcare industry, continuously improving our methodologies.

Client-centricity

CLIENT-CENTRICITY
Prioritizing long-term client relationships, we understand unique client needs and offer collaborative, tailored solutions.

Healthcare Niche Focussed

NICHE FOCUS
Specializing exclusively in healthcare workforce optimization, we provide focused, high-quality services tailored to the sector’s needs.

Customized Programs & Training

CUSTOMIZED CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS & TRAINING
We offer tailored training programs addressing distinct workforce challenges, ensuring alignment with healthcare organizations’ goals.

Are you ready to improve quality, continuity and stability
by fostering greater employee loyalty?