This problem is about calculating staffing for the Admissions Office ( Not the OR). In addition to the 2 Required parts of the Exercise, please also calculate the number of FTE's required if the Admission Officers and Clerical Staff each are allotted 33 days of Non-Productive time.

Metropolis Health System (MHS) uses a basic work week of 40 hours throughout the system. Thus, one full-time employee works 40 hours per week. MHS also uses a standard 24-hour scheduling system of three 8-hour shifts. The Admissions manager needs to compute the staffing requirements to fill his departmental positions. He has more than one Admissions office staffed within the system. The West Admissions office typically has two Admissions officers on duty during the day shift, one Admissions officer on duty during the evening shift, and one Admissions officer on duty during the night shift. The day shift also has one clerical person on duty. Staffing is identical for all seven days of the week.

Required

1. Set up a staffing requirements worksheet, using the format in Exhibit 104.

2. Compute the number of FTEs required to fill the Admissions officer position and the clerical position at the West Admissions office.

   Exhibit 104 Staffing Requirements Example

   Emergency Department Scheduling for Eight-Hour Shifts:

   24-Hour Scheduling

   	Shift 1 Day	Shift 2 Evening	Shift 3 Night	=	Total
   Position:
   Emergency Room Intake	1	1	1	=	3 8-hour shifts
   To Cover Position
   7 Days per Week
   Equals FTEs of:	1.4	1.4	1.4	=	4.2 FTEs

   One full-time employee works 40 hours per week. One 8-hour shift per day times 7 days per week equals 56 hours on duty. Therefore, to cover 7 days per week or 56 hours requires 1.4 times a 40-hour employee (56 hours divided by 40 hours equals 1.4), or 1.4 FTEs.